Constitutional Law And the Criminal Justice System International Edition 5th Edition J. Scott Harr – Test Bank

CHAPTER 1 TEST BANK

Multiple Choice

1.1       Formal ties between Great Britain and the United States were severed:

1. when the American Declaration of Independence was signed.
2. when the colonists boarded British ships and threw tea overboard.
3. through the drafting of the Magna Carta.
4. at the meeting of the First Continental Congress.

ANS: A

REF: 11

LO: 6

1.2       The Magna Carta was created:

1. to ensure that states maintained power apart from the national government.
2. to outline colonists’ complaints against the British crown.
3. in England to guarantee that the king could not put himself above the law.
4. by British Parliament in protest of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

ANS: C

REF: 13

LO:  8

1.3       The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence stated that a government’s right to rule is based upon:

1. the obligation of the wealthy to provide for those less fortunate.
2. permission from the people who are governed.
3. the need for a strong centralized government on American soil.
4. the Magna Carta’s guarantee that rulers shall not place themselves above the law.

ANS:  B

REF: 11

LO: 6

1.4       The primary reason some states were reluctant to accept the Constitution was:

1. It failed to establish a balance of power.
2. It failed to abolish slavery.
3. It did not contain a bill of rights.
4. It did not allow smaller states adequate representation in the national government.

ANS:  C

REF:  21

LO:  16

1.5       The Second Continental Congress resulted in all of the following, except:

1. the naming of George Washington as Commander of the Continental Army.
2. the battles at Lexington and Concord.
3. instructing each colony to assume the powers of independent states.
4. the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

ANS:  B

REF:  10

LO:  5