FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVT TEST

Question 0

Direct Democracy

Answer 0

All citizens have I vote for any law or action

Question 1

Types of Government (6)

Answer 1

Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Theocracy
Oligarchy

Question 2

Representative Democracy

Answer 2

Citizens elect officials to represent them to make decisions on their behalf

Question 3

Monarchy

Answer 3

A king or queen controls the entire government

Question 4

Dictatorship

Answer 4

A single ruler completely controls the government and all decision-making

Question 5

Theocracy

Answer 5

Government is controlled by religious leaders

Question 6

Oligarchy

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Government of the few; often of a small group of wealthy nobles/ aristocrats

Question 7

Magna Carta

Answer 7

Accused are granted a trial by jury, all citizens are guaranteed justice, regardless of class you must follow the laws

Question 8

Enlightenment Philosophers (5)

Answer 8

Baron de Montesquieu 
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire 
John Locke
Thomas Paine

Question 9

Baron de Montesquieu

Answer 9

Believed government should be divided into 3 branches

Question 10

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Believed that all men are created equal

Question 11

Voltaire

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Believed government should not control religion

Question 12

John Locke

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Porpoise of the government was to protect the natural rights, believed Ina social contract where citizens have to agree to give up some of their rights by the government

Question 13

Mayflower Compact

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Established self government in Plymouth Colony

Question 14

Mercantilism

Answer 14

Where a country tries to sell more goods than it buys

Question 15

What war started the revolutionary war

Answer 15

Lexington and Concord

Question 16

The stamp act

Answer 16

All printed documents had to have a stamp, colonists boycotted British goods

Question 17

French and Indian war

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Colonists and England fought France for ownership of US

Question 18

Tea Act

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Placed tax on British tea

Question 19

1st Continental Congress

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• all colonies were represented but Georgia
• colonists met to discuss the intolerable act
• Sent King George 3 the Declaration o Rights and Grievances asking I repeal acts
• violence starts the first 2 battles of revolutionary war

Question 20

2nd Continental Congress

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All colonies sent representatives, colonists split 50-50 on the issues o independence

Question 21

Thomas Paine

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Wrote common sense, a book calling for independence from Britain

Question 22

Problems with the Articles of Confederation

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1. Each state had 1 vote regardless size
2. No power to tax
3. Couldn’t regulate foreign interstate trade
4. No executive branch I enforce rules
5. No judicial branch to settle disputes
6. Unanimous vote needed for AC
7. 9 out of 13 states was required to pass laws

Question 23

Virginia Plan

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supported by larger states, thought that representation on government should be based of population, government should be divided into 3 branches, Federal government should have expanded powers

Question 24

New Jersey plan

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Supported by smaller states, equal rep in congress

Question 25

Connecticut Compromise (Great compromise)

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Set up a bicameral legislature, senate will have = representation, House of Representatives based on population

Question 26

Federalist

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Supported the ratification of the constitution

Question 27

Anti federalist

Answer 27

Did not support he ratification of the constitution

Question 28

How can the Constitution be changed?

Answer 28

By a vote of the states