Unit 1
Chapter 1 - True/False Questions:
1) When the U.S. Constitution was written, voting was largely limited to property-owning white
males.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 2
2) Creation of the Department of Homeland Security demonstrates the function of government
to help ensure domestic tranquility.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 7
3) One way government promotes the general welfare is through Social Security.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 7-8
4) Isaac Newton argued that kings would make decisions in strict adherence to moral and
religious teachings.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 9-10
5) The Enlightenment and Reformation encouraged people to seek alternatives to absolute
monarchy and to ponder new ways of governing.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 9-10
6) John Locke wrote Leviathan, in which he advocated strong government.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 10
7) According to Thomas Hobbes, life without a family would be "nasty, brutish, and short."
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 10
8) One reason that direct democracy is not used more often in the United States is because our
population is too large.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 11
9) The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in North America.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 11
10) The U.S. federal government frequently makes grants to nongovernmental organizations to
promote civil society.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 13
11) Majority rule is the principle that government decisions should be based on the preferences
of more than half of the citizens.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 12-13
12) The fall of the Soviet Union exposed the inherent flaws of democracy.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 13
13) A majority of Americans express a preference for presidents with strong religious beliefs.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 14
14) A majority of Americans are skeptical of presidents with strong religious beliefs.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 14
15) Declining birth rates have led to a decrease in the American population in recent decades.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 18-20
16) The number of African Americans in the United States is higher than the number of
Hispanics.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 19
17) African Americans are the fastest growing racial or ethnic segment of the American
population.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 19
18) Due to the extraordinary influx of illegal immigrants in recent years, the American
population is becoming younger.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 19-20
19) The economic boom of the 1990s caused the average size of the American family to increase.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 20-21
20) A majority of Americans believe that illegal immigration is a serious problem.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 21
21) When it comes to regulation of the economy, conservatives tend to believe that government
is best that governs least.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 16
22) Liberals often believe that the government should intervene in the economy.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 16
23) In the United States there are currently about twice as many conservatives as liberals.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 16
24) Social conservatives believe that government should promote traditional moral teachings.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 16
25) Libertarianism is a political philosophy based on individual freedom and the restoration of
traditional moral values.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 16
26) Negative perceptions of the United States have been increasing in some parts of the world.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 24
Chapter 2 - True/False Questions:
1) Following the French and Indian War, the colonists and Great Britain eagerly encouraged
further westward expansion.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 33-34
2) The Sons of Liberty were organized to fight the French and Indian War.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 34
3) The Sons of Liberty protested British rule in the colonies.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 34
4) Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to argue for American independence from Great Britain.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 37
5) The Declaration of Independence draws from the teachings of John Locke.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 38
6) Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation included the inability to pay war debts, to
collect taxes, and to conduct general business.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 40
7) Under the Articles of Confederation, it was difficult for the federal government to collect
taxes.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 40
8) Shays’s Rebellion was the last battle of the Revolutionary War.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 41
9) The 1787 Constitutional Convention was called to seek a peaceful resolution to the French
and Indian War.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 41
10) The Great Compromise recommended a bicameral legislature with representation in one
house based on population and equal representation by state in the other house.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 44
11) The Great Compromise resulted in a bicameral legislature, with all spending and taxing bills
originating in the House of Representatives.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: comprehension
Page reference: 44
12) To appease women, the Constitution counted women as 3/5 of a person for representation
purposes.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 45
13) The Committee on Unfinished Portions was charged with ironing out the details of the
executive branch.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 45
14) In order to prevent any one component of government from becoming too powerful, the
Framers separated powers among the three branches of government.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 46
15) The system of separation of powers was designed to prevent the concentration of power in
any one branch of government.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 47
16) The political philosopher Montesquieu heavily influenced the Framers of the Constitution
through his writings, which advocated a separation of powers and a system of checks and
balances.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 46-47
17) Article I, section 8, enumerates the powers of the president.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 49-50
18) Article II vests the executive power in a president.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 52
19) The Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment would give women equal rights.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 50-51
20) The president has the sole authority to resolve conflicts among or between the states.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 50-51
21) Article V of the Constitution specifies how amendments can be added.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 52
22) The supremacy clause prevents government from establishing an official religion.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 52
23) The supremacy clause is found in Article I, section 8.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 52
24) Ratification of the Constitution required approval of nine out of the 13 states.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 53
25) The Federalist Papers were designed to explain the new Constitution and encourage people
to support its ratification.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 54-55
26) The first states to ratify the Constitution were small states.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 55
27) The Constitution has only changed through formal amendments.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 60
28) Supreme Court decisions can change the meaning of the Constitution.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 61
Chapter 3 - True/False Questions:
1) The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina demonstrates the benefits of a federal system.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Analysis
Page reference: 94-95
2) There are more than 87,000 state and local governments in the United States.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 97
3) There are about 10,000 state and local governments in the United States.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 97
4) The Constitution divided the power between state and national government in order to create
a confederation.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 96-97
5) The elastic clause is the root of Congress's implied powers.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 98
6) The Constitution divided the power between state and national government in order to create
a federal system of government.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 96-97
7) The elastic clause is the root of Congress's implied powers.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 98
8) The Tenth Amendment grants reserve powers to the state governments.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 98-100
9) In a unitary system, the national government draws its power from the people.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 98
10) In a confederate system, the state governments draw their power from the people.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 98
11) The Constitution includes a detailed list of the power of state governments.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 99
12) Protection of endangered species is a concurrent power.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 100
13) Congress’s implied powers are linked with its enumerated powers.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 98-100
14) Article IV requires states to extradite criminals to states where they are to stand trial or have
been convicted.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 101
15) Article III prohibits states from extraditing criminals to other states in order to stand trial.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 101
16) The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments enhanced the power of the state governments
vis-à-vis the national government.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Synthesis
Page reference: 105
17) The New Deal was a package of policies introduced by the Roosevelt administration to
remedy the Great Depression through federal action.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 106
18) The Great Society was a package of policies introduced by the Roosevelt administration to
remedy the New Deal through federal action.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 110
19) The Supreme Court was initially rather supportive of Roosevelt's attempts to deal with the
Great Depression.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 107
20) The New Deal was characterized by intense governmental activity on the national level.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 106
21) For the first time in U.S. history, the New Deal embraced local governments as equal
partners in an intergovernmental system.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 107
22) After Roosevelt unveiled his court-packing plan, the Supreme Court upheld most of the New
Deal programs.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 107
23) Metaphorically, cooperative federalism is similar to a layer cake.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 108
24) Block grants are federal monies given to the states with few strings attached.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 111
25) The Great Society was a package of policies introduced by the Roosevelt administration to
remedy the New Deal through federal action.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 110-111
26) Dual federalism is sometimes referred to metaphorically as a layer cake.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 108-109
27) States generally prefer categorical grants over block grants.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Analysis
Page reference: 111
28) A cornerstone of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" program was an effort to provide
universal health care.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Knowledge
Page reference: 111
29) States generally prefer block grants over categorical grants.
Answer: TRUE
Bloom’s level: Analysis
Page reference: 111
30) Under the banner of New Federalism, Republicans advocated for an increased use of
unfunded mandates.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 112
31) Due to the Supreme Court's decision in Stenberg v. Carhart, American women have equal
access to abortion services regardless of where they live.
Answer: FALSE
Bloom’s level: Comprehension
Page reference: 116