Review for test on Standards 1.4 - 1.7
1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? When?
2. Who wrote the Constitution of the United States? When?
3. Who wrote the Virginia Plan?
4. Who favored the Virginia Plan? Why?
5. Who favored the New Jersey Plan? Why?
6. Define federalism.
7. Define separation of powers.
8. Which branch makes the law?
9. Which branch enforces the law?
10. Which branch interprets the law?
11. What is judicial review? Which court case established judicial review?
12. Why were the Federalist Papers written? Who wrote them?
13. Who declares war?
14. What is the only requirement to be a Supreme Court Justice?
15. Name the two houses of Congress.
16. Define sovereign.
17. Define limited government.
18. Define checks and balances.
19. Congress is in which branch?
20. The President is in which branch?
21. The doctrine of nullification said a _______ could nullify a law if it found it to be unconstitutional.
22. What is the cabinet?
23. What is the supreme law of our land?
24.Who was sovereign under the Articles of Confederation?
25. Who is sovereign under the United States Constitution?
25. Democracy should derive its power from ____________.
26. What is republiaism based on?
27. How many states did it take to amend the Articles of Confederation?
28. How many states does it take to amend the Constitution of the United States?
29. Explain the Great Compromise.
30. What was important about Shay’s Rebellion?
31. What was important about the Whiskey Rebellion?
32. Explain the 3/5ths Compromise.
33. How were Senators chosen in 1789?
34. In which house of Congress are tax measure initiated?
35. What are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution called?
36. How many states did it take to ratify the Constitution?
37. What does ratify mean?
38. Why did the Articles of Confederation not work?
39. What was the Northwest Ordinance?
40. Name the successes of the Articles of Confederation.
41. Name the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
42. After the American Revolution and under the Articles of Confederation what happened to the value of
paper money in the United States?
43.. What was the name of the political party that supported a strong central government?
44. What was the name of the political party that supported strong state government and a limited central
government?
45. Which party supported strict interpretation of the Constitution?
46. Which party supported loose interpretation of the Constitution?
47. Which political party did the wealthy usually support?
48. Which political party did the common man usually support?
49. People in the North tended to vote for which political party?
50. People in the South tended to vote for which political party?
51. People in the West tended to vote for which political party?
52. Immigrants tended to vote for which political party?
53. Which party supported the Sedition Acts? What did the Sedition Acts make illegal? What amendment did
this violate?
54. Name the first two political parties.
55. Name the leading Federalist.
56. Name leading Democratic/Republicans
57. What allows loose interpratation of the Constitution?
58.Why was the Electoral College created?
59. Which party supported the creation of a national bank?
60. Which party supported industrial development?
61. Which party supported farmers?
62. What is a political party platform.
63. People who wanted to ratify the Constitution were known as __________.
64. People who did not want to ratify the Constitution were known as __________.