Unit Test Answers

In which section of the Declaration of Independence is the purpose of government described?

Read the quote from England’s Magna Carta.No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned or disseised of his free tenement or of his liberties or free customs. . . . To no-one will we sell or deny of delay right or justice.

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 demonstrated that Parliament had

English Bill of RightsCommentaries on the Laws of EnglandPetition of RightMagna Carta

Central and state governments influence each other in

According to Thomas Hobbes, what is the purpose of government control over citizens?

Look at the diagram below.

An oligarchy is best defined as

Read the excerpt from James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention from July 14, 1787.Mr. SHERMAN urged the equality of votes [in the Senate] not so much as a security for the small States; as for the State Govts. which could not be preserved unless they were represented & had a negative in the Genl. Government. He had no objection to the members in the [House] voting per capita, as had been suggested by [Mr. Gerry].

Which best summarizes the social contract outlined in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence?

The men sent to the Constitutional Convention to represent their states were best known as

When the police arrest someone today, they must follow certain agreed-upon procedures. They are said to be following

The part of the US government that interprets laws is the

That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.

Key privileges included in both the English Bill of Rights and the US Bill of Rights include

As the colonies moved toward independence, the First Continental Congress was created in

The English Bill of Rights put limits on the power of

A direct democracy is one in which all citizens

Why were taxes an ongoing source of conflict for the American colonists?

Read the excerpt from Robert Yates’s notes from the Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that the mode of representation of each of the States ought to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of every other description three fifths to one free inhabitant.