PSCI 210 - Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers.
What three forms of governmetn does the United States use? - answerRepublic, federal,
presidential
What is the differences betweem Republicans and republicans? - answerRepublicans -
political party
republicans - form of government
What are th...
What three forms of governmetn does the United States use? - answer✔✔Republic, federal,
presidential
What is the differences betweem Republicans and republicans? - answer✔✔Republicans -
political party
republicans - form of government
What are the primary founding functions of the U.S. government? - answer✔✔1. Establishing
justice
2. Ensuring domestic tranquility
3. Providing for the common defense
4. Promoting the general welfare
5. Securing the blessings of Liberty
Define popular sovereignty - answer✔✔A notion that the ultimate authority in society rests
within the people
Why were the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Quartering Act significant? - answer✔✔They caused
further unrest among the colonists, fueld the "no taxation without representation" movement, and
colonists called them the intolerable acts
Who wrote Common Sense and what was its significance? - answer✔✔Thomas Paine, the
pamphlet galvanized the American Public against reconciliation with Great Britain
What is social contract theory? - answer✔✔A theory that holds that governments exist based on
the consent of the governed
Who authored social contract theory? - answer✔✔John Locke
Who authored the Declaration of Independence? - answer✔✔Benjamin Franklin, John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingstion, and Roger Sherman
What is the general structure of the Declaration of Independence? - answer✔✔1. Introduction -
People have power and rights
2. A list of problems
3. Declared our country the United States of America and stated that the American people will
fight for their right to independence
When was the Declaration of Indepence written and signed? - answer✔✔July 2, 1776
When was the Declaration of Independence read publicly for the first time? - answer✔✔July 4,
1776
Why was the Declaration of Independence read aloud? - answer✔✔They desired to inform the
public and many people at the time were illiterate
Who was Charles Cornwallis? - answer✔✔British general during the Revolutionary War
Who was Nathaniel Greene - answer✔✔The American General in the South during the
Revolutionary War
What was Shay's Rebellion? - answer✔✔An armed uprising in Massachusetts during 1786 ad
1787. Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels in an uprising against
perceived economic civil rights injustices.
Why was Shay's Rebellion a problem for Federalism? - answer✔✔Congress could not rally an
army and war cost too much
What were the Articles of Confederation? - answer✔✔A compact between the thirteen colonies
that created loose ties between the states, with the government drawing its powers from the states
When were the Articles of Confederation created? - answer✔✔1777
What was the main problem with the Articles of Confederation? - answer✔✔They failed to
provide a strong central government
What was the Virginia Plan? - answer✔✔Three branches
Strong central government
Legislative powers select executive and judicial
Representatives based on population
What was the New Jersey Plan? - answer✔✔Strengthen Articles of Confederation
One house with one representative per state
Supreme Court Justices appointed for life
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