Unit 2 Exit Ticket Questions
1.1
1.
Selected Political Beliefs of Thomas Jefferson
• supported strong state governments
• opposed formation of a national bank
• favored policies that promoted farming and agriculture
A
He supported policies that limited federal power.
B
He favored a government that would encourage
commerce.
He proposed the system of checks and balances.
C
D
He devised the system of collecting taxes on
income.
2. How did the Articles of Confederation create a weak national government?
A The national government controlled the
admission of states.
B The Articles of Confederation gave the national
government powers it no longer needed.
C The national government could regulate the
western land claims of the original 13 colonies.
D The Articles of Confederation created a national
government with few powers to manage the
economy.
3. Use the text to answer the question that follows.
. . . where a people are gathered together the word of God requires that to maintain
the peace and union of such a people there should be an orderly and decent
Government established according to God, to order and dispose of the affairs of the
people at all seasons as occasion shall require . . . [We] . . . do therefore associate
and conjoin ourselves to be as one Public State or Commonwealth; and do for
ourselves and our successors and such as shall be adjoined to us at any time
hereafter, enter into Combination and Confederation together . . ..
—Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639
What best explains why this document is important?
A It was an early step towards self-government in the
American colonies.
B It established the principle of religious toleration in the
American colonies.
C It pledged representatives of the thirteen American
colonies to work together.
D It led to conflict between the American colonists and the
English government.
1.2
1. In The Spirit of the Laws, Baron de Montesquieu defined which of the following as “the accumulation of
all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and
whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective”?
A republicanism
B federalism
C democracy
D Tyranny
2. According to John Locke, what was the primary purpose of government?
A to support an aristocratic class
B to promote equality among citizens
C to protect natural rights of individuals
D to uphold complete religious toleration
3. Use the excerpt below to answer the question.
Rousseau’s social contract theories together form a single, consistent view of our moral and political situation.
We are endowed with freedom and equality by nature, but our nature has been corrupted. . . . We can overcome
this corruption, however, by invoking our free will to reconstitute [remake] ourselves politically . . .
—“Social Contract Theory,” Dr. Celeste Friend, Hamilton College, 2004
Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best reflects this philosophy?
A He has abdicated Government here, by
declaring us out of his Protection and waging
War against us.
B . . . abolishing the free System of English Laws
in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein
an Arbitrary government . . .
C Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments
long established should not be changed for light
and transient causes. . . .
D That to secure these rights, Governments are
instituted among Men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed. . . .
1.3
1. Based on the excerpt, which statement best supports these ideas in Federalist 51?
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern
men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. . . .
[T]he great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the
governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
—James Madison, Federalist 51
A Government should keep citizens from having any control over it.
B Government should be designed to function with limited power.
C Government should set clear limits on citizens′ rights.
D Government should stay out of religious matters.
2. What was one reason for the creation of a bicameral legislature in the United States?
A It allowed slaves to be counted as part of the
population.
B It balanced the power of the people with the
states.
C It helped clarify the expressed powers of
government.
D It eliminated confusion about congressional
boundary lines.
3.
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal
government are few anddefined. Those which are to remain in the State
governments are numerous and indefinite.
—James Madison, The Federalist, Number 45
Which principle of the U.S. Constitution is explained in the excerpt?
A federalism
B republicanism
C checks and balances
D popular sovereignty
1.4
1. One of the decisions reached at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was that representation and voting
in the House of Representatives would be based on population. Which statement best explains a reason for
this decision?
A It guaranteed the southern states a larger
representation than the northern states.
B It addressed the concerns of larger states about
equal representation in the Senate.
C It satisfied supporters of universal suffrage
because everyone would be represented.
D It ensured that the legislative branch would be
more powerful than the other branches.
2. Which principle of U.S. government consists of supreme authority belonging to the people?
A rule of law
B federalism
C limited government
D popular sovereignty
4.2
1. Use the excerpt below to answer the question.
As soon as several of the inhabitants of the United States have taken up an opinion or a feeling which they wish
to promote in the world, they look out for mutual assistance; and as soon as they have found one another out,
they combine. From that moment they are no longer isolated men, but a power seen from afar, whose actions
serve for an example. . . . Nothing, in my opinion, is more deserving of our attention than the intellectual and
moral associations of America.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835
Which statement explains why the type of association described in the excerpt is important to U.S. society?
A A free-market economy requires business
owners to provide for society’s needs.
B Individual freedom means citizens must choose
to join together to change society.
C Government is expected to provide most social
services in a democratic government.
D A country with rigid social classes requires the
wealthy to provide for the less fortunate.
2. Which American document is the basis of all U.S. national law?
A Declaration of Independence
B Articles of Confederation
C Constitution
D Magna Carta
3. Which statement best supports this excerpt?
In America, the lowest classes have conceived a very high notion of political
rights, because they exercise those rights; and they refrain from attacking the
rights of others in order that their own may not be violated.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
A American constitutional rights are guaranteed to the wealthy.
B American citizens decide constitutional rights by secret ballot.
C American government emphasizes the preservation of individual rights.
D American law requires a strong judiciary to regulate individual rights.