Study Guide #3 (Foundations of Government and Law and the American Political System)
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EXPLORING YOUR OPTIONS (INFLUENCES ON THE FRAMERS)
Choose the phrase that best matches the given definition.
1.
The right to life, liberty, property and
4.
the freedom to find happiness.
2.
7.
When King John II was forced to
called the Enlightenment was also
sign the Magna Carta, he gave up
known as this phrase.
some of his power because the nobles
a.
natural rights
b.
republicanism
a.
Age of Reason
c.
salons
b.
Reign of the Right Mind
a.
due process
d.
state of nature
c.
The Renaissance
b.
limited government
d.
Time of Thought
c.
rule of law
d.
self government
Citizens give up some freedom; in
5.
forced him to.
Congress writes laws, the President
8.
The Magna Carta was the first
exchange, the government protects
enforces laws, and the courts interpret
document to establish that no one is
citizens’ right to life, liberty, and
laws.
above the law.
property
3.
The great revolution in thinking
a.
direct democracy
a.
due process
a.
freedom contract
b.
representative democracy
b.
limited government
b.
freedom exchange
c.
separation of powers
c.
rule of law
c.
social contract
d.
tabula rasa
d.
self government
d.
social freedom
When a government fails, the citizens
have the right to revolt.
6.
The people who wrote the
9.
Both the Mayflower Compact and
Declaration of Independence and the
Common Sense argued that colonists
U.S. Constitution.
should be in charge of themselves.
a.
consent of the governed
b.
general will
a.
Artisan Partisans
a.
due process
c.
majority rule
b.
Founding Fathers
b.
limited government
d.
natural freedom
c.
Useless Yankees
c.
rule of law
d.
Wise Writers
d.
self government
BEFORE THE BREAKUP (ENGLAND VS THE AMERICAN COLONIES)
Fill in the blank with the correct word or phrase.
10. To help pay for their soldiers,
11. After the Boston Tea Party,
England passed the
England wanted to place more
____________ Act, which forced
restrictions on the colonies, so
____________ in response to the
the colonists to put expensive tax
they passed the Coercive Acts to
Stamp Act. They stopped buying
stamps on all legal documents as
force Massachusetts colony to
British goods as a form of protest.
well as newspapers, calendars,
follow British rule. Colonists
After one year, Britain was forced
and almanacs.
called these acts the
to repeal the Stamp Act.
a.
Declaratory
____________ Acts.
b.
Stamp
a.
c.
Townshend Revenue
d.
Quartering
12. American colonists organized a
a.
boycott
Absurd
b.
flash mob
b.
Evil
c.
tea party
c.
Intolerable
d.
quorum
d.
Overkill
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Study Guide #3 (Foundations of Government and Law and the American Political System)
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THE FIGHT (DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE)
Match the phrases from the Declaration of Independence with their meanings.
13. just powers
a. can be seen just by looking at it
14. natural rights
b. powers that are fair
15. pursuit of happiness
c. rights people are born with
16. self-evident
d. rights that cannot be taken away
17. unalienable rights
e. trying to find joy and contentment
THE REBOUND (ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION)
Match the causes and effects for these problems of the Articles of Confederation.
CAUSE
EFFECT
18. The Articles of Confederation did not create
any courts.
a.
19. The government under the Articles of
Large States were unhappy because with bigger populations, they
thought they should have more power.
Confederation could not collect taxes to raise
b.
money.
The government could not pay its debts from the Revolutionary
War, and America lost standing with other nations.
20. The legislature created by the Articles of
c.
Confederation gave equal power to large and
When a problem arose between states, there was nowhere to
settle the dispute.
small states.
THE KEEPER (U.S. CONSTITUTION)
Choose the correct modern meaning for the following phrases from the U.S. Constitution’s Preamble.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
21. establish Justice,
A. create a fair legal system
22. insure domestic Tranquility,
B. help keep the people safe and healthy
23. provide for the common defense,
C. join together to defend against attacks
24. promote the general Welfare,
D. keep things peaceful at home
25. and secure the Blessings of Liberty
E. make sure that freedom and liberty is around
to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU (ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION VS U.S. CONSTITUTION)
Match the causes and effects to show how the U.S. Constitution fixed the problems of the Articles of Confederation.
ARTICLES PROBLEMS
CONSTITUTION SOLUTIONS
26. Independent states made laws that penalized
out-of-state businesses and citizens.
a.
27. Small and large states could not agree on
how power should be divided in the
states the same as they treat their own citizens.
b.
legislature.
The new Constitution said laws passed by Congress are superior
to state laws.
28. States could and did ignore laws passed by
the Congress created by the Articles of
The new Constitution required states to treat citizens of other
c.
The new Constitution split the legislature so states had equal
power in one half and power based on population in the other.
Confederation.
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