- Base your answer to question 1 on the statements following and on your knowledge of social studies. Statement A: "I would have hanged my brother if he took part with our enemy in this country," said patriot Sam Adams. Statement B: Bodies were then piled in the carts and hauled through the streets. The loyalists laughed and hooted as they saw these carts go by. "There goes another load of rebels," they would say. Based on these statements, which conclusion can best be drawn about the colonists' support for independence from England?
Your answer:
All american colonists favored independence from England.
Patriots received better treatment than loyalists received.
The issue of independence from England caused sharp differences between the American colonists.
Patriots and loyalists both wanted to end British rule of the colonies.
- According to this cartoon, which is an accurate statement about the American colonies?
Your answer:
Individual colonies cannot survive by themselves.
The American colonies are likely to fail.
The colonies must separate from Great Britain.
Each colony is different from every other one.
- The American Revolution was an attempt by the patriots to
Your answer:
adapt to British policies
limit their economic practices
join with Canada
change the political system
- A major task facing the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to create a government powerful enough to get things done but not so powerful that the government would
Your answer:
become more powerful than the church
become too costly
threaten the rights of the people
discourage people from running for office
- What do the hats in this cartoon represent?
Your answer:
the official titles the President holds after leaving office
the different roles a President has while in office
the political offices a person must hold before becoming President
the different positions a President must fill with qualified people
- An important principle of the United States Constitution is that
Your answer:
states have no basic right to act on their own
a one-house legislature is the most democratic type of representation
the President should have absolute power
limits must be placed on governmental power
- To become official, the United States Constitution had to be ratified by elected delegates in at least nine states. This requirement is an example of which principle of government?
Your answer:
All people are equal under the law.
Government gets its power from the consent of the people.
Government needs a system of checks and balances.
Confederation is better than federation.
- Which statement about the United States Constitution is an opinion?
Your answer:
The New York State Constitution served as a model for the development of the United States Constitution.
The writing of the constituion involved a series of compromises.
The United States Constitution was drawn up because many people were dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation.
The United States Constitution is the best working plan of government in the world.
- The New York State Legislature and the United States Congress are similar in that members of both
Your answer:
can declare war
can ratify treaties with forgein nations
are directly elected by the people
serve in the Federal Government
- Up to 1890, the term "American frontier" was used to refer to
Your answer:
a fixed boundary separating one political area from another
the dividing line between Spanish and American settlements
a shifting area marking the farthest extent of pioneer settlements
one of the coastlines of North America