U.S. GOVERNMENT- UNIT 2 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Read the sentence.
The conflict over _[blank]_ led to the first political parties.
Which option correctly completes the sentence? Correct answer-state and federal powers
Match the party to the party's platform. Correct answer-Democratic-Republican Party: supported
strong state governments, opposed central bank, aligned with France because of French support
during the American Revolution
Federalist Party: strong, centralized federal government, central national bank, aligned with Great
Britain against France for economic reasons
What is the key to help individual citizens cultivate a relationship with their government at all levels?
Correct answer-communication
What is a basic idea of federalism? Correct answer-the sharing of power by a national government
and state and local governments
What political viewpoint does Jefferson use to refute the creation of a national bank? Correct
answer-The federal government is overstepping its constitutional limits.
Which case established federal authority to create a national bank? Correct answer-McCulloch v.
Maryland
Which case established federal authority over interstate commerce? Correct answer-Gibbons v.
Ogden
Which case stated that separate facilities for African Americans did not violate the Fourteenth
Amendment? Correct answer-Plessy v. Ferguson
How did the idea of states' rights become altered? Correct answer-Southern states wanted to
protect slave owners' rights to own slaves.
What actions did African Americans take to negate the effects of segregation?
Select all that apply. Correct answer-boycotts
sit-ins
Which case overturned the judicial ruling that separate facilities for minorities were equal? Correct
answer-Brown v. Board of Education
How did women's suffrage leaders believe that the Seneca Falls Convention would promote their
political goals? Correct answer-They believed that protesting the government would help them
achieve the goal of universal suffrage.
WITH ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Read the sentence.
The conflict over _[blank]_ led to the first political parties.
Which option correctly completes the sentence? Correct answer-state and federal powers
Match the party to the party's platform. Correct answer-Democratic-Republican Party: supported
strong state governments, opposed central bank, aligned with France because of French support
during the American Revolution
Federalist Party: strong, centralized federal government, central national bank, aligned with Great
Britain against France for economic reasons
What is the key to help individual citizens cultivate a relationship with their government at all levels?
Correct answer-communication
What is a basic idea of federalism? Correct answer-the sharing of power by a national government
and state and local governments
What political viewpoint does Jefferson use to refute the creation of a national bank? Correct
answer-The federal government is overstepping its constitutional limits.
Which case established federal authority to create a national bank? Correct answer-McCulloch v.
Maryland
Which case established federal authority over interstate commerce? Correct answer-Gibbons v.
Ogden
Which case stated that separate facilities for African Americans did not violate the Fourteenth
Amendment? Correct answer-Plessy v. Ferguson
How did the idea of states' rights become altered? Correct answer-Southern states wanted to
protect slave owners' rights to own slaves.
What actions did African Americans take to negate the effects of segregation?
Select all that apply. Correct answer-boycotts
sit-ins
Which case overturned the judicial ruling that separate facilities for minorities were equal? Correct
answer-Brown v. Board of Education
How did women's suffrage leaders believe that the Seneca Falls Convention would promote their
political goals? Correct answer-They believed that protesting the government would help them
achieve the goal of universal suffrage.
