EOC Review

Part 1 (Units 1&2)

Jot down this outline to use as a
study guide!
 Intro to Civics
• What is Civics?
• Who are citizens?
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• What are their duties and responsibilities?
Duties
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Responsibilities
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 Intro to Civics
• Purposes of Government
– Keep Order
– Services
– National Security
– Plan
• Types of Government
– Autocracy - 1
– Oligarchy - few
– Democracy - all
 America’s Beginnings
• Who Came?
– Why? – 3 Gs (glory, God,
Gold)
– Where did they settle?
Regional differences?
• Ideas about government
– Political Theorists
– English History
– Self-Government in the
colonies
 America’s Beginnings
• Road to Revolution
– Self-Government (independence)
– Taxes
– Restricted Rights
– No representation
– Trade disputes (mercantilism)
– Violence
 Early American Government
• Declaration of Independence
– Purpose, Ideas, Author
• Articles of Confederation
– Problems?
• Constitutional Convention
– Compromises
– Ratification Debates: Federalist v. Anti-feds
 Early American Government
• Constitutional Structure: 3 Parts!
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• Constitutional Principles:
– Rule of Law
– Popular Sovereignty
– Separation of Powers
– Checks and Balances
– Federalism
Sample EOC Questions
A person who rules with absolute power
is called a ____________________
A. President
B. Monarch
C. Dictator
D. Aristocrat
Who holds the power in a representative
democracy such as the USA?
A. The Government
B. The People
C. The Army
D. The President
Voting in American Democracy is
legally a:
A. Right
B. Privilege
C. Obligation
D. Burden
How would one best define the “tossed
salad” theory?
A. American immigrants are C. Diversity that is a
assimilated into the continuous ebb and
society and adopt flow within society
American values, between multicultural
becoming a single group differences
B. American immigrants are D. The idea that different
in the same society, but races and genders
share different values and become angry at one
beliefs from one another. another,causing discord
They form the sum of in the populace
many parts
Paying taxes is a ___________________
A. Civic Responsibility
B. Fiscal Responsibility
C. Moral Responsibility
D. Legal Responsibility
Select the individual who would be required to
register for Selective Service:

A. A 19 year old male who attends a local

state university
B. A 22 year old female who works in retail
C. A 17 year old male who plays for the
varsity basketball team
D. A 23 year old student from Holland
who resides in the United States on a
student visa
Which group of people left England
because they wanted to purify the
English church?
A. Puritans
B. Quakers
C. Pilgrims
D. Indentured Servants
Which colonies would most likely have
had cash crops and large plantations?
A. New Jersey and North Carolina
B. Maryland and Georgia
C. Rhode Island and Massachusetts
D. New York and Virginia
Which group of colonies were known as
the “breadbasket”?
A. New England
B. Middle
C. Southern
D. Northern
Which term best describes the practice of
creating and maintaining wealth by carefully
controlling trade?
A. Economic Growth
B. Smuggling
C. Triangular Trade
D. Mercantilism
Which group of colonies had the best
soil and best climate for growing
crops?
A. Northern
B. New England
C. Middle
D. Southern
Which document introduced the idea of
limited government?
A. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
B. Magna Carta
C. English Bill of Rights
D. Mayflower Compact
Thomas Paine encouraged the American
Colonies to declare their independence from
Great Britain by writing which one of the
following?
A. Common Sense
B. Olive Branch Petition
C. Federalist Papers
D. Bill of Rights
Which of the following describes a significant
feature of the Mayflower Compact?
A. Established the principle of self government
in Plymouth Colony
B. Defined the essential spirit of the
Declaration of Independence
C. Was the first attempt by the colonists to
resist English law.
D. Did not apply to governments outside of
Virginia
Which of the following was the first
representative government in colonial
America?
A. Virginia House of Burgesses
B. New England Town Meetings
C. Congress
D. Parliament
American Colonists protested the taxes
on colonial goods and British Imports
by:
A. Calling for war with England
B. Invading French Canada
C. Organized boycotts of British goods
D. Passing the Coercive Acts
A justification for the American
Revolution can be found in which of
the following historical documents?
A. Mayflower Compact
B. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
C. Constitution
D. Declaration of Independence
Government is only given its power by the
consent of the governed represents which
principle of the Constitution?
A. Popular Sovereignty
B. Judicial Review
C. Federalism
D. Separation of Powers
What was the first form of government for the
newly independent states after the American
Revolutionary War?
A. The Articles of Confederation
B. The Declaration of Independence
C. The Bill of Rights
D. The Magna Carta
Where is the purpose of the United
States Constitution found?
A. The Amendments
B. The Articles
C. The Grievances
D. The Preamble
Who was the primary author of the
Declaration of Independence?
A. George Washington
B. John Jay
C. John Hancock
D. Thomas Jefferson
Which statement best describes the principle
underlying the Declaration of Independence?
A. Government power comes from the consent
of the governed
B. Government power should be exercised by a
monarch
C. Government power belongs to a select group
of people
D. Government power should be controlled by
the Parliament
Which compromise at the Constitutional
Convention led to representation in the lower
house being allocated in proportion to state
population and representation in the upper
house set at two representatives per state?
A. Great Compromise
B. New Jersey Plan
C. Virginia Plan
D. Compromise of 1850
Which set of terms best describes the
weaknesses of the new government
under the Articles of Confederation?
A. Thirteen tax and trade systems
B. Thirteen social and religious systems
C. One national government
D. Two documents defining conflicts
The Anti-Federalists agreed to ratify the
Constitution when which one of the
following was added?
A. A tax on income
B. The right to vote for all citizens
C. The Bill of Rights
D. The 15th through 25th Amendments
Which statement best expresses why many
Americans were wary of a strong central
government?
A. People remembered how the King of
England ruled the colonies
B. The colonies had never had a strong
government
C. Colonial legislatures were weak and
ineffective
D. The colonies were eager to form a
confederation of states
Federalism can be best described by which of
the following statements?
A. People are the source of government power.
B. Government is broken into several smaller
governments.
C. The Supreme Court can declare laws
unconstitutional.
D. Each of the three branches of government
limits the power of the others.
Which Article of the Constitution sets up the
Judicial Branch and the Supreme Court?
A. Article One
B. Article Two
C. Article Three
D. The Supreme Court was established through
an act of Congress not found in the
Constitution.
Powers that are shared between the
Federal Government and other
governments (state, local) are
____________________
A. Expressed Powers
B. Implied Powers
C. Concurrent Powers
D. Reserved Powers
What is the name of powers stated in the
United States Constitution that are
granted to the Federal Government?
A. Expressed Powers
B. Implied Powers
C. Concurrent Powers
D. Reserved Power
 Why did the framers of the Constitution make
amending the Constitution so difficult?

C. They wanted the

A. They thought Constitution to be
amendments were able to change, but
problematic for the only if it was widely
future of the Republic. agreed
B. They thought the upon.
Constitution was D. They believed the
sufficiently flexible process of revision
and did not need would be expensive
further revision. and were trying to
save money
 Which is the correct order of when the
following documents were created (first to last)?

A. Bill of Rights, Articles of Confederation,

U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence
B. Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights,
U.S. Constitution, Articles of Confederation
C. Declaration of Independence, Articles of
Confederation, U.S. Constitution, Bill of
Rights
D. Articles of Confederation, Declaration of
Independence, Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution