History test

Which statement from the Declaration of Independence influenced Article I. Section 2 of the Constitution?

"To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

U.S. Senate rejects President Wilson's Treaty of Versailles Congress refuses to pass President Roosevelt's court packing plan The War Powers Act is passed over the veto of President Nixon Which constitutional principle is exemplified by the list above?

Checks and Balances

Skateboarding started in the late 1940s and early 1950s. California surfers wanted to find a way to surf when the water was calm. The modern skateboard originated from attaching wheels to simple wooden boards that resembled surfboards. Which of the following developments is best illustrated by this information?

Diffusion of American popular culture

Which of the following is a term used to describe the national or central government in the United States?

Federal

Which of the following is a term used to describe the ruling authority for a community?

Government

When citizens can only meet in public for certain purposes, they regard such meetings as a strange proceeding of rare occurrence, and they rarely think at all about it. When they are allowed to met freely for all purposes, they ultimately look upon public association as the universal, or in a manner the sole, means which men can employ to accomplish the different purposes they may have in view. - Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1840 Which value is best reflected in this excerpt?

Populism

How did the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lay the groundwork for the civil rights movement?

The amendment made slavery illegal throughout the entire United States.

Which of the following demonstrates the diffusion of American culture?

The rise of baseball as a major sport in Japan

Which action is the best example of a civic responsibility?

Voting on Election Day

Lacrosse gained popularity......in the mid nineteenth century. in] the urban areas of New York, Philadelphia, and especially Baltimore and Annapolis. Advent of the synthetic stick and conversion of the field to a hockey-like box...in the 1930s made lacrosse even more popular...Sporadically disappearing and reappearing, today the old native game enjoys a record following. Organized professional leagues have surfaced during the past two decades, and college intramural and varsity lacrosse, which have long thrived in the northeast, are established at state universities across the South and West. -Anthony Aveni, Colonial Williamsburg Journal. 2010 A student could use this excerpt in a paper about the

contributions of American Indians to U.S. culture

The ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence helped

inspire people in other countries to question the authority of their government

The major reason the Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution was to

limit the power of state governments.

Under the U.S. Constitution, the government may not take private property unless

the government pays the owner fair compensation for the land