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Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
What three powers did the states declare they now held in the final section of the Declaration of Independence?
  1. Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness
  2. Declare War, Trade Freely, Form Alliances
  3. Levy Taxes, Build an Army, Build a Navy
  4. Freedom, Equality, & Property
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
The framers of the American government were influenced by what religious teachings?
  1. Buddhism
  2. Judeo-Christian
  3. Islamic
  4. Agnostic
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
The Iroquois Confederation influenced Benjamin Franklin to propose the following for colonial unity...
  1. Albany Plan of Union
  2. Articles of Confederation
  3. New England Confederation
  4. Pennsylvania Legislature
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
Which of the following believed the best way to lead a new government was best ruled using a form of government known as natural law?
  1. Eldridge Gerry
  2. John Locke
  3. John Adams
  4. Fester Adams
  5. George Washington
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
How did the Articles of Confederation reflect the colonists' fear of monarchy?
  1. By creating a national government headed by a queen
  2. By creating a national government with no power
  3. By creating a national government without an executive or an executive branch
  4. By creating a national government with no judicial system
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
What did the Virginia Plan Purpose?
  1. A monkey to run each state
  2. James Madison become King
  3. A strong national government
  4. George washington as a farmer
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
Thomas Hobbes thought that the state of nature was
  1. inhospitable and full of conflict
  2. not subject to a social contract
  3. basically benign
  4. good until corrupted by government
  5. ended by the introduction of property
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
Why did the citizens of the early colonies not want to accept the new Constitution?
  1. Fear of federalism
  2. Fear of taxes getting to high
  3. Fear of Communism
  4. Fear of upsetting the balance of power
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
The "Great Compromise" called for a bicameral legislature which was:
  1. one house legislature
  2. two house legislature
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
What is the First through Tenth Amendments?
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
The "New Jersey Plan" called for a two house legislature:
  1. True
  2. False
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