Semester One Exam Review 2017 Question Preview (ID: 27830)

a) Made slavery illegal

b) Citizens did not have to quarter soldiers in their homes

c) Made Barney Fife Sheriff of Mayberry

d) It established judicial review

a) George Washington

b) Thomas Paine

c) John Adams

d) Thomas Jefferson

a) A stronger navy

b) A national bank

c) The president's cabinet

d) The stock market

a) Dealt with the creation of the national bank

b) The necessary and proper clause from the Constitution was used

c) When state and national power conflict, national power is supreme

d) All of the above

a) How to divide tup the nation's wealth in a fair way

b) How many terms a president should serve

c) How large and powerful the federal government should be

d) Whether there should be both a president and vice president

a) Have very limited powers

b) Must obey all federal laws

c) Choose the nation's president

d) May nullify federal laws

a) Republicans

b) Patriots

c) Federalists

d) Anti-federalists

a) He saw the rebellion as a threat to the authority of the new governemnt

b) He feared the rebels might stir up a bloody revolution like that in France

c) He felt he had to protect tax collectors at work in the Appalachians

d) He preferred leading an army to leading the national government

a) as a way to insure speedy passage of legislation

b) as a way to assure the right to vote to all adult males

c) as a way to satisfy the different interests of the rich and poor citizens

d) as a way to balance the differences between the large and small states

a) division of powers between the national and state governments

b) provision for admitting new states to the Union

c) distribution of power between the Senate and the House of Representatives

d) method of amending the Constitution

a) to settle the dispute between Federalists and Anti-Federalists

b) to settle the dispute about representation between slave states and non-slave states

c) to settle the dispute about allowing slavery in the nation

d) to settle the dispute about how many senators would be elected from each state

a) They wanted to carry out the election most fairly

b) They wanted to ensure all voters had an equal say

c) They distrusted state lawmakers’ ability to make wise choices

d) They distrusted ordinary Americans’ ability to make good decisions

a) The President could not sign laws

b) The court system could not agree on laws

c) Congress could not force states to pay taxes

d) The king did not support them

a) levying taxes on exports

b) establishing a strong national executive

c) equal representation for the states in the national legislature

d) popular election of Senators

a) John Adams

b) George Washington

c) William Howe

d) Henry Knox

a) Why the colonists thought “taxation without representation” was unfair

b) What Britain needed to do to win back the loyalty of the colonies

c) Why it was time for the colonies to separate from Great Britain

d) What other nations could do to help the colonies win their freedom

a) shared power between the national and state governments

b) states retain most of the power

c) the central/national government has all the power

d) states can veto federal laws

a) a government in which there is a two-party system

b) a government in which elected officials have limited terms

c) a government in which government power is limited by checks and balances

d) a government where representatives are elected by the people

a) threatened law and order in Massachusetts

b) shocked congress into calling for a Constitutional Convention

c) dramatized the money problems faced by poor farmers

d) showed how well the Articles of Confederation worked

a) Goals of the government

b) Powers of the Congress

c) Limits on the government power

d) Rights of the people