SDTV: Episode Resources - American Government

program
  • Introduction to Government.
  • The Origins of American Government
  • Types of Government
  • Characteristics of American Democracy
  • All the Stuff That Happened Before the Constitution Was Written
  • Origins of a New Nation
  • The Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation
  • The Constitutional Convention
  • The United States Constitution
  • The Basic Principles of the Constitution
  • The Articles of the Constitution
  • The Drive for Ratification
  • sample test

    1. What does popular consent mean?

    2. What is the idea behind the social contract theory?

    3. True or False: In a direct democracy, people vote for representatives who work on their behalf to create laws.

    4. True or False: England had a sizeable amount of money after the French and Indian war.

    5. True or False: The Virginia Plan called for a strong national government that derived its power from the people, not the states.

    6. According to Aristotle's theory of natural law, society should be governed by:
    (a) A monarch
    (b) Ethical principles
    (c) Aristotle

    7. In which type of government is the power to govern given to the people?
    (a) Aristocracy
    (b) Oligarchy
    (c) Democracy

    8. What is one of the main reasons the colonists began to organize against England?
    (a) England imposed strict taxes on the colonists
    (b) England said that the colonists would have to turn their homes over to the French
    (c) They came home late one night, and England grounded them

    9. When were the Articles of Confederation ratified?
    (a) Before the Revolutionary War
    (b) During the Revolutionary War
    (c) After the Revolutionary War

    10. In a confederation, which of the following holds the most power?
    (a) State governments
    (b) National government
    (c) Courts

    11. What is the result of the Great Compromise?
    (a) Representation in Congress determined by state population.
    (b) Every state gets two representatives in Congress.
    (c) Both "a" and "b".

    12. Which of the following best describes federalism?
    (a) The national government possesses almost all of the power.
    (b) The state governments possess almost all of the power.
    (c) Power is distributed to both the national and state governments.

    13. According to the supremacy clause in the Constitution, which type of law has supremacy?
    (a) National law
    (b) State law
    (c) Local law

    14. In Article I of the Constitution, the Necessary and Proper clause gives what type of powers to Congress?
    a) Elastic powers
    b) Enumerated powers
    c) Super powers

    15. Article III of the Constitution deals with what branch of government?
    (a) Executive
    (b) Legislative
    (c) Judicial

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