Chapter_2_The_Constitution

Chapter_2_The_Constitution

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

1. This famous Revolutionary leader was not at the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia in
2. James Madison
3. Alexander Hamilton
4. George Washington
5. Patrick Henry
6. Benjamin Franklin

ANSWER:                           d

REFERENCES:                   The Problem of Liberty

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.2.1 – LO2.1

NOTES:                              F

2. The principal goal of the American Revolution was
4. financial
5. political

ANSWER:                           e

REFERENCES:                   The Problem of Liberty

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.2.1 – LO2.1

3. Equality was a goal of
4. the French
5. the American
6. both the French and the American
7. neither the French Revolution nor the American
8. the French, American, and Russian

ANSWER:                           a

REFERENCES:                   The Problem of Liberty

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.2.1 – LO2.1

4. One of the basic liberties sought by the colonists through independence from Great Britain was
5. freedom from taxation without
6. the right to bear arms and to defend life and
7. freedom to assemble in public and to engage in public
8. the right to own and trade
9. the right to

ANSWER:                           a

REFERENCES:                   The Problem of Liberty

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.2.1 – LO2.1

5. In 1776, one important reason that colonists regarded independence as a desirable alternative was that they
6. no longer had confidence that the British government would protect their
7. could no longer afford the price of British
8. had come to reject the philosophy of John
9. had come to reject British ideas of individual
10. were struggling

ANSWER:                           a

REFERENCES:                   The Problem of Liberty

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  AGIP.WILS.17.2.1 – LO2.1