Workbook 1.1 - Workbook 2.0

Which are powers of the legislative branch? (Select all that apply.)

To impeach a judge or president- To confirm or deny judicial appointments

By the election of 1866, some state congresses elected African Americans for the first time in United States history.

True

How many states must attend an amendment convention?

Two-Thirds

Which are powers of the executive branch? (Select all that apply.)

Veto Power - Nomination of Judges

How can the executive branch can check the power of the legislative branch?

Vetoing legislation

Which actions must occur before a proposed amendment can pass through both houses of Congress?

Voting - Debating

Which is a power of the judicial branch?

Declare laws unconstitutional

How can the judicial branch check the power of the executive branch?

Declaring Executive Action Unconstitutional

What effect did the outbreak of fighting at Lexington and Concord have on the Second Continental Congress?

Delegates realized they needed to take action.

Rousseau believed that people are born free and surrender their freedom for the good of _[blank]_.

Society

Number the states that make up what was the Northwest Territory in the order in which the states were admitted to the Union. (Start with one (1) for the first state.)

1. Ohio - 2. Indiana - 3. Illinois - 4. Michigan - 5. Wisconsin

The Electoral College was created for the following reasons. (Select all that apply.)

Eligible voters were not well informed. - Few understood the needs of a government. - News spread slowly in the 18th century.

The purpose of the First Continental Congress was to seek independence from Great Britain.

False

Which of the following reasons made George Washington a good choice for the position of president of the United States?

He did not want to hold the position for long.

How can the legislative branch check the power of the judicial branch?

Impeaching Judges

What was the impact of Reconstruction on civil rights?

It provided the legislation for equal civil rights, but those rights were typically bypassed through local legislation.

Who is considered the Father of the Constitution as well as the Father of the Bill of Rights?

James Madison

Who wrote The Federalist Papers?

James Madison - John Jay - Alexander Hamilton

In The Spirit of the Laws, what are the powers in government that Montesquieu describes? (Select all that apply.)

Judicial - Legislative - Executive

Label the Great Lakes in and around the Northwest Territory.

Lake Ontario - Lake Michigan - Lake Superior - Lake Huron - Lake Erie

Locke's Two Treatises of Civil Government brought forth the ideas of social contract and the _[blank]_ of man.

Natural Rights

What decisions were made at the First Continental Congress? (Select all that apply.)

To continue the boycott of highly taxed imported British goods - To call another meeting if Britain did not repeal the Intolerable Act