American Government Scavenger Hunt
Name___________________
Instructions: This assignment is meant to give you a preview of people concepts & topics we will be
studying this Semester. Look through Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5,6, & 8 to answer the following questions.
Pay special attention to key terms you can look up in the index of the book or terms located to the
side of the readings. In addition, peruse the pictures and tables located on the pages in these
chapters to find the answers to some of the questions.
CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS
1. What rights did John Locke say a government
had a duty to protect?
Answers
2. A term that means…not limited by
restrictions
3. In Kelo v. City of New London (2005), the government exercised its right to ______________
Domain.
4. What ancient civilization utilized a Direct
Democracy?
5. What new form of government did the
Romans establish in 509 B.C.?
CHAPTER 2 QUESTIONS
6. What country did we copy a bicameral
legislature from?
7. Who was the first person to sign the
Declaration of Independence?
8. What event took place on March 5, 1770?
9. Why was Thomas Jefferson called upon to
draft the Declaration of Independence?
10. Because news of ___________Rebellion shocked the nation and led to calls for stronger
government.
11. Who was called the Father of the
Constitution?
CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS
12. What is the most powerful and direct
expression of popular sovereignty?
13. What are the three branches of
1)
government?
2)
3)
14. What Supreme Court case established the
practice of Judicial Review?
15. What did the 19th Amendment guarantee?
CHAPTER 5 QUESTIONS
16. Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton are the only two presidents to be _______________.
17. What position in Congress did Joseph
Cannon hold?
18. The first female Speaker of the House was _____________________.
19. How many Laws did Congress pass in the
2007-2008 session?
CHAPTER 6 QUESTIONS
20. Who took the oath of president after the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy?
21. What president was known as the “The
Great Communicator?”
22. What precedent did George Washington set?
CHAPTER 8 QUESITIONS
23. How many justices serve on the Supreme
Court?
24. This Supreme Court Case ruled that separate
facilities for blacks and whites do not imply
inequality.
25. Who is the first Hispanic justice on the
Supreme Court?