Test Bank for American Government Constitutional Democracy
Under Pressure, 1e Cal Jillson (All Chapters)
Chapter 1 – The Revolution and the Constitution –
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
Who wrote that, without an all- c Niccolò Machiavelli John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
powerful monarch, human beings
will fall into a war of all against all
in which life is “solitary, poor,
nasty, brutish, and short”?
In addition to social contract c Nothing else was Divine right Separation of powers Unlimited, immoderate
theory, what are two other taken monarchy and the and free markets constitutional regime
concepts taken from classical Common Law
liberalism that influenced the
Founding generation?
Who were the Pilgrims? b Wealthy English Middling English Wealthy English Middling English
Puritans who Puritans who settled Anglicans who settled Anglicans who settled in
settled in the South in New England in in the South in order the Mid-Atlantic in order
in order to avoid order to avoid to develop it to develop it
religious religious economically economically and in
persecution in the persecution in the some cases to avoid
home country home country religious persecution in
the home country
,What drove the idea behind the d The orthodox did Banishment was an The vastness of the All of the above
notion that the Americans had not feel the need accepted form of land allowed for
“space” for dissent? to destroy the punishment pockets of
unorthodox acceptability
interspersed between
places of orthodoxy
To what area of social life did Adam c Law Government and The economy Culture
Smith most extensively apply the politics
principles of classical liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker was d Hobbes Machiavelli Montesquieu Bacon
the earliest to argue most
influentially that science and
discovery worked for the eternal
benefit of society?
When did the concept of c At the At the Magna Carta At the American At the English Revolution
individualism find its brightest Constitutional and in the form of Revolution and in the and in the form of
moment and what form did it take? Convention and in the Barony form of the idea that religious tolerance
the form of freedom has its own
separation of order and structure
powers
What did the ancients mean by b They thought it Rule by the people Rule by the people in They thought it was
“democracy?” was equivalent to in the interest of the their own self-interest equivalent to “free
“mob rule” entire community government”
Name two philosophers associated b Locke and Smith Locke and Hobbes Polybius and Rorty and Rawls
with social contract theory Machiavelli
What two concepts does classical b Large government Limited government Large government and Limited government and
liberalism favor? and aggregate and individual rights individual rights aggregate rights
rights
,What was the dominant American b Social Democracy Classical Liberalism Classical Corporatist Capitalism
political and social ideology in the Republicanism
nineteenth and twentieth
centuries?
Which of the following are d Space for dissent Social fluidity and Equality and tolerance All of the above
characteristics of American colonial and economic heterogeneity
settlement that influenced opportunity
American political development?
What was the official religion of the a There was no single Puritanism Anglican Catholicism
British colonies in North America? official religion
throughout all of
the British colonies
Who is the legitimate source of d The powerful The rich The divine The people
political authority, according to the
idea of individualism?
What is social contract theory? a An argument that An argument that An argument that the An argument that power
the legitimate the legitimate origin non-legitimate origin rests exclusively with
origin of of government rests of government is in those best suited to
government is in with the “divine the agreement of a exercise it
the agreement of a right of kings” free people
free people
An uprising that convinced b Boston Massacre Shay's Rebellion Boston Tea Party The Second
Americans to support a stronger Constitutional
national government was ^ ^. Convention
The written constitution first c the writings of John Scotland the United States France
developed in ^ ^. Locke
The assignment of legislative, d Federalism Checks and Balances Bicameralism Separation of Powers
executive and judicial powers to
different institutions is an example
of ^ ^.
, What was the most important b It increased the It ended the French It instantiated Spain as It indebted the French to
consequence of the Seven Years French as a threat as a threat to the a threat to the British American financiers.
War (aka the French and Indian to the British British colonies in colonies in North
War) with respect to American colonies in North North America. America.
political development? America.
Did the decision to declare a Gradually Immediately Combination of the None of the above
independence from Great Britain two
happen immediately or did it
develop gradually?
During the “critical period,” what c The Revolutionary The ratification of The Annapolis None of the above
major events occurred that spurred War and the Articles of Convention and
the calling of the Constitutional Northwest Confederation and Shays’s Rebellion
Convention? Ordinance the Battle of
Yorktown
From what class of society did the b Social, economic, Social, economic, Social, economic, and Social, economic, but not
delegates at the Constitutional and political elites and political elites political masses who political elites who were
Convention come and was this who were who were not were representative not representative of the
representative of the average representative of representative of of the average average American
American? the average the average American
American American
How does a representative c It doesn’t. In a representative In a representative In a representative
government differ from a direct government the government the government the people
democracy? people rule directly. people elect elect a tyrant to rule on
representative(s) to their behalf during times
conduct the business of extended crisis.
of government.
What does bicameralism mean? b The executive The legislative The judicial branch The structure of the
branch will exist in branch will exist in a will exist under the government will be
a plural form. dual chamber form. conditions of “dual conditioned by “dual
sovereignty.” federalism.”
Under Pressure, 1e Cal Jillson (All Chapters)
Chapter 1 – The Revolution and the Constitution –
Single-Select Multiple Choice
Question Answer A B C D
Who wrote that, without an all- c Niccolò Machiavelli John Calvin Thomas Hobbes John Locke
powerful monarch, human beings
will fall into a war of all against all
in which life is “solitary, poor,
nasty, brutish, and short”?
In addition to social contract c Nothing else was Divine right Separation of powers Unlimited, immoderate
theory, what are two other taken monarchy and the and free markets constitutional regime
concepts taken from classical Common Law
liberalism that influenced the
Founding generation?
Who were the Pilgrims? b Wealthy English Middling English Wealthy English Middling English
Puritans who Puritans who settled Anglicans who settled Anglicans who settled in
settled in the South in New England in in the South in order the Mid-Atlantic in order
in order to avoid order to avoid to develop it to develop it
religious religious economically economically and in
persecution in the persecution in the some cases to avoid
home country home country religious persecution in
the home country
,What drove the idea behind the d The orthodox did Banishment was an The vastness of the All of the above
notion that the Americans had not feel the need accepted form of land allowed for
“space” for dissent? to destroy the punishment pockets of
unorthodox acceptability
interspersed between
places of orthodoxy
To what area of social life did Adam c Law Government and The economy Culture
Smith most extensively apply the politics
principles of classical liberalism?
Which Enlightenment thinker was d Hobbes Machiavelli Montesquieu Bacon
the earliest to argue most
influentially that science and
discovery worked for the eternal
benefit of society?
When did the concept of c At the At the Magna Carta At the American At the English Revolution
individualism find its brightest Constitutional and in the form of Revolution and in the and in the form of
moment and what form did it take? Convention and in the Barony form of the idea that religious tolerance
the form of freedom has its own
separation of order and structure
powers
What did the ancients mean by b They thought it Rule by the people Rule by the people in They thought it was
“democracy?” was equivalent to in the interest of the their own self-interest equivalent to “free
“mob rule” entire community government”
Name two philosophers associated b Locke and Smith Locke and Hobbes Polybius and Rorty and Rawls
with social contract theory Machiavelli
What two concepts does classical b Large government Limited government Large government and Limited government and
liberalism favor? and aggregate and individual rights individual rights aggregate rights
rights
,What was the dominant American b Social Democracy Classical Liberalism Classical Corporatist Capitalism
political and social ideology in the Republicanism
nineteenth and twentieth
centuries?
Which of the following are d Space for dissent Social fluidity and Equality and tolerance All of the above
characteristics of American colonial and economic heterogeneity
settlement that influenced opportunity
American political development?
What was the official religion of the a There was no single Puritanism Anglican Catholicism
British colonies in North America? official religion
throughout all of
the British colonies
Who is the legitimate source of d The powerful The rich The divine The people
political authority, according to the
idea of individualism?
What is social contract theory? a An argument that An argument that An argument that the An argument that power
the legitimate the legitimate origin non-legitimate origin rests exclusively with
origin of of government rests of government is in those best suited to
government is in with the “divine the agreement of a exercise it
the agreement of a right of kings” free people
free people
An uprising that convinced b Boston Massacre Shay's Rebellion Boston Tea Party The Second
Americans to support a stronger Constitutional
national government was ^ ^. Convention
The written constitution first c the writings of John Scotland the United States France
developed in ^ ^. Locke
The assignment of legislative, d Federalism Checks and Balances Bicameralism Separation of Powers
executive and judicial powers to
different institutions is an example
of ^ ^.
, What was the most important b It increased the It ended the French It instantiated Spain as It indebted the French to
consequence of the Seven Years French as a threat as a threat to the a threat to the British American financiers.
War (aka the French and Indian to the British British colonies in colonies in North
War) with respect to American colonies in North North America. America.
political development? America.
Did the decision to declare a Gradually Immediately Combination of the None of the above
independence from Great Britain two
happen immediately or did it
develop gradually?
During the “critical period,” what c The Revolutionary The ratification of The Annapolis None of the above
major events occurred that spurred War and the Articles of Convention and
the calling of the Constitutional Northwest Confederation and Shays’s Rebellion
Convention? Ordinance the Battle of
Yorktown
From what class of society did the b Social, economic, Social, economic, Social, economic, and Social, economic, but not
delegates at the Constitutional and political elites and political elites political masses who political elites who were
Convention come and was this who were who were not were representative not representative of the
representative of the average representative of representative of of the average average American
American? the average the average American
American American
How does a representative c It doesn’t. In a representative In a representative In a representative
government differ from a direct government the government the government the people
democracy? people rule directly. people elect elect a tyrant to rule on
representative(s) to their behalf during times
conduct the business of extended crisis.
of government.
What does bicameralism mean? b The executive The legislative The judicial branch The structure of the
branch will exist in branch will exist in a will exist under the government will be
a plural form. dual chamber form. conditions of “dual conditioned by “dual
sovereignty.” federalism.”
