MJ Civics End-of-Course Practice Exam
Which statement reflects the Enlightenment ideas of natural law as expressed by Locke?
A. A
What is a government that is run by the people, either directly or indirectly?
A. Democracy
What constitutional principles are demonstrated in examples A and B?
A. Example A: checks and balances; Example B: separation of powers
How did the U.S. Constitution address the problem under the Articles of Confederation that Congress had no power to ensure its laws were followed by the states?
A. It created an executive branch to enforce laws.
How does rule of law affect U.S. government officials and institutions?
A. It holds government officials and institutions accountable to the law.
Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
A. The government did not have a separate judicial branch.
Which phrases complete the diagram?
A. depends on people; serve the people
What is the term used in the Fourteenth Amendment to describe persons who are born or naturalized in the United States?
B. Citizens
What did many American colonists use Thomas Paine's Common Sense to justify?
B. Declaring independence from Britain
Which complaint should be added to this list?
B. Suspending trial by jury in many cases
Which viewpoint was common among Anti-Federalists?
B. The Constitution does not give enough power to the states.
Which action completes the diagram?
C. British ignore colonist grievances
Which constitutional principle does Madison describe in the passage?
C. Checks and balances
What does the phrase "insure domestic tranquility" in the Preamble of the Constitution mean?
C. Keep the homeland at peace
Based on this passage, with which complaint in the Declaration of Independence would John Locke agree?
D. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.