AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ROOTS AND
REFORM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
●● Mayflower
Answer: Landed in Plymouth Massachusetts in the 1620's carrying a
group of protestants known as Puritans. Unlike New York & Virginia
colonists, they were concerned with religion more than profit.
●● Roger Williams
Answer: clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of
church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the
colony of Providence, Rhode Island. God should punish for
shortcomings.
●● Anne Hutchinson
Answer: midwife who though that Massachusetts churches had lost
touch with the Holy Spirit. she was banished and set up colony in
Portsmouth, RI.
●● Thomas Hooker
Answer: thought that men should vote regardless of religion or property.
He went on to set up a colony in Hartford, Connecticut.
,●● William Penn
Answer: A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania (Penn's woods granted to
him by King Charles II) to establish a place where his people and others
could live in peace and be free from persecution.
●● Monarchy
Answer: a form of government in which power is vested in hereditary
kings and queens who govern in the interest of all.
●● Totalitarianism
Answer: a form of government in which power resides in a leader who
rules according to self-interest and without regard for individual rights
and liberties.
●● Oligarchy
Answer: a form of government in which the right to participate depends
on the possession of wealth, social status, military position, or
achievement.
●● Democracy
Answer: a system of government that gives power to the people, whether
directly or through elected representatives.
, ●● Direct Democracy
Answer: a system of government in which members of the polity meet to
discuss all policy decisions and then agree to abide by majority rule.
●● Indirect Democracy
Answer: a system of government that gives citizens the opportunity to
vote for representatives who work on their behalf.
●● Republic
Answer: a government rooted in the consent of the governed; a
representative or indirect democracy.
●● Functions of American Government
Answer: Establishing Justice, Ensuring Domestic Tranquility, Providing
for the Common Defense, Promoting the General Welfare, and Securing
the Blessings of Liberty.
●● Political Culture
Answer: commonly shared attitudes, beliefs, and core values about how
government should operate.
●● American Political Culture
Answer: emphasizes liberty, equality, popular consent, majority rule,
popular sovereignty, & individualism.
REFORM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
●● Mayflower
Answer: Landed in Plymouth Massachusetts in the 1620's carrying a
group of protestants known as Puritans. Unlike New York & Virginia
colonists, they were concerned with religion more than profit.
●● Roger Williams
Answer: clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of
church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the
colony of Providence, Rhode Island. God should punish for
shortcomings.
●● Anne Hutchinson
Answer: midwife who though that Massachusetts churches had lost
touch with the Holy Spirit. she was banished and set up colony in
Portsmouth, RI.
●● Thomas Hooker
Answer: thought that men should vote regardless of religion or property.
He went on to set up a colony in Hartford, Connecticut.
,●● William Penn
Answer: A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania (Penn's woods granted to
him by King Charles II) to establish a place where his people and others
could live in peace and be free from persecution.
●● Monarchy
Answer: a form of government in which power is vested in hereditary
kings and queens who govern in the interest of all.
●● Totalitarianism
Answer: a form of government in which power resides in a leader who
rules according to self-interest and without regard for individual rights
and liberties.
●● Oligarchy
Answer: a form of government in which the right to participate depends
on the possession of wealth, social status, military position, or
achievement.
●● Democracy
Answer: a system of government that gives power to the people, whether
directly or through elected representatives.
, ●● Direct Democracy
Answer: a system of government in which members of the polity meet to
discuss all policy decisions and then agree to abide by majority rule.
●● Indirect Democracy
Answer: a system of government that gives citizens the opportunity to
vote for representatives who work on their behalf.
●● Republic
Answer: a government rooted in the consent of the governed; a
representative or indirect democracy.
●● Functions of American Government
Answer: Establishing Justice, Ensuring Domestic Tranquility, Providing
for the Common Defense, Promoting the General Welfare, and Securing
the Blessings of Liberty.
●● Political Culture
Answer: commonly shared attitudes, beliefs, and core values about how
government should operate.
●● American Political Culture
Answer: emphasizes liberty, equality, popular consent, majority rule,
popular sovereignty, & individualism.
