AMERICAN POLITICS TODAY FINAL
PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Shay's rebellion
Answer: Daniel Shays led a force of a thousand farmers in an attempt to
take over the Massachusetts state government arsenal
●● Constitution
Answer: this document is based on 3 key principles:
1) popular control of govt through a republican democracy
2) a rejection of monarchy
3) limitations on government power that would protect individual rights
and personal property (protect against tyranny)
●● monarchy
Answer: a form of government in which power is held by a single
person, or monarch, who comes to power through inheritance rather than
election
●● republicanism
, Answer: the ideology of any state that is NOT a monarchy; a
government in which elected leaders would represent the views of the
people
●● Common Sense
Answer: a widely read indictment of monarchy and an endorsement of
the principles that fueled the Revolution
●● consent of the governed
Answer: the idea that govt gains its legitimacy thru regular elections in
which the ppl living under that govt participate to elect their leaders
●● natural rights
Answer: aka "unalienable" rights; Declaration defines them as life,
liberty, and pursuit of happiness; central purpose of government is to
uphold these
●● federalist papers
Answer: the most comprehensive statement of the framers' political
philosophy and democratic theory was a series of essays written by
Madison, Hamilton, and Jay; explained and justified the framework of
human nature and its implications for democracy
●● economic equality
PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Shay's rebellion
Answer: Daniel Shays led a force of a thousand farmers in an attempt to
take over the Massachusetts state government arsenal
●● Constitution
Answer: this document is based on 3 key principles:
1) popular control of govt through a republican democracy
2) a rejection of monarchy
3) limitations on government power that would protect individual rights
and personal property (protect against tyranny)
●● monarchy
Answer: a form of government in which power is held by a single
person, or monarch, who comes to power through inheritance rather than
election
●● republicanism
, Answer: the ideology of any state that is NOT a monarchy; a
government in which elected leaders would represent the views of the
people
●● Common Sense
Answer: a widely read indictment of monarchy and an endorsement of
the principles that fueled the Revolution
●● consent of the governed
Answer: the idea that govt gains its legitimacy thru regular elections in
which the ppl living under that govt participate to elect their leaders
●● natural rights
Answer: aka "unalienable" rights; Declaration defines them as life,
liberty, and pursuit of happiness; central purpose of government is to
uphold these
●● federalist papers
Answer: the most comprehensive statement of the framers' political
philosophy and democratic theory was a series of essays written by
Madison, Hamilton, and Jay; explained and justified the framework of
human nature and its implications for democracy
●● economic equality
