1st 9 Weeks Study Guide American StudiesBaker 2017

  1. What do we call the division of authority between the states and the national government?
  2. What is the term for dividing government into 3 branches?
  3. What US government document first set forth the basic rights of the people?
  4. Name the Purposes of government outlined in the Preamble to the US Constitution. (there are 5)
  5. What are the three systems of government that we borrowed from the English?
  6. Name the 4 sections in the Declaration of Independence.
  7. What was the original route of ships going to the New World called?
  8. What do historians believe the message “Croatoan” carved in the tree at Roanoke meant?
  9. What was the impact of European colonization on Native Americans?
  10. What were the main reasons for European colonization in America?
  11. What is an oligarchy?
  12. Identify the main purpose of the Mayflower Compact.
  13. Who is considered the Father of the US Constitution?
  14. Describe What the Albany Plan of Union proposed?
  15. Which document included John Locke’s philosophy that people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government?
  16. What did Thomas Paine’s Common Sense persuade the colonists to do?
  17. How does the saying “No Taxation without Representaiton” reflect the colonists views of British Government?
  18. Why were boycotts by the colonists an effective protest against the British?
  19. Give the main provisions of the Great Compromise?
  20. Who has the power to tax under the Constitution?
  21. What political group was Patrick Henry associated with?
  22. What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the Revolution?
  23. What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
  24. Define a confederation.
  25. What did we call colonies that were largely self governing?
  26. What was the similar effect of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact on the colonists?
  27. What basic principle do the words “We the People” in the Preamble signify?
  28. What attitude led to the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution?
  29. Identify the major conflict of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
  30. Explain the Three Fifths (3/5) Compromise?
  31. What type of government if a federal government?
  32. List the 4 characteristics of a nation state.
  33. Restate the Social Contract Theory.
  34. When describing the U.S. government, what type of government terms should be used?
  35. Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
  36. What phrase do historians today use to refer to the U.S. Constitution ?
  37. Define “Unalienable rights”.
  38. Which British documents limited the King’s power? Know them in date order.
  39. List the common held beliefs of the Federalist and Anti-Federalists.
  40. Why didn’t the government under the AOC have an executive or judicial branch?
  41. Know the force, evolutionary, divine right, and social contact theories of the origins of government.
  42. Explain the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise.
  43. Why did Plato believe philosopher kings would be the most fit to rule in Greek society?
  44. Who is considered the Father of the U.S. Constitution?
  45. What are the 4 sections of the Declaration of Independence?