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Drafting the Constitution — Unit test Answers

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Which type of governmental power does a unitary system hold?

A
centralized power
B
state power
C
shared power
D
local power
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Read the quotation from the Declaration of Independence."For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury."Which legal change after the American Revolution most likely resulted from this grievance?

A
Due process of law was implemented.
B
A new legal system was founded.
C
The court system was established.
D
All colonial court cases were retried.
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Among many other influences, which helped to shape United States governmental documents, such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?

A
Athens' Council of 500
B
Middle Eastern monarch rule
C
Judeo-Christian principles
D
the fall of Sparta
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Athens and Sparta were both

A
countries.
B
city-states.
C
monarchies.
D
empires.
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Rome became a ________ at the end of the 6th Century BCE.

A
Democracy
B
Republic
C
Dictatorship
D
Theocracy
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In a confederal system of government, power is

A
given to the central government.
B
given to the president exclusively.
C
shared between the central and state governments.
D
distributed equally among the state governments.
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The concept of checks and balances ensures that

A
each branch of government does not have power over the others.
B
only one branch of government maintains power over the others.
C
each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the others.
D
no branch of government has a separate power from the others.
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Read this passage from the English Bill of Rights.That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.This passage from the English Bill of Rights led to the protection of which right?

A
the freedom to bear arms
B
the right to pass taxes
C
the freedom of speech
D
the right to vote
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How did Enlightenment thinkers approach the study of government?

A
by taking a historical view
B
by taking a divine right view
C
by taking a faith-based view
D
by taking a secular view
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A charter is a written document that

A
states the conditions of an agreement.
B
describes the separation of powers in diagram form.
C
lists the items for sale in a shop.
D
describes, in Latin, which laws should be followed.
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In a unitary system of government, power is

A
held by state governments.
B
held by a central government.
C
held by a single person.
D
held by a group of people.
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense pushed for a more radical solution than the First Continental Congress did in resolving issues of British rule. What was Paine’s solution?

A
declaring war on Britain
B
invading Britain
C
moving inland, beyond British territory
D
declaring independence

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