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Section 1 Guided Reading and Review
Government and the State
A. As You Read
As you read Section 1, fill in the answers to the following questions.
1. What are the four characteristics of a state?
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________
2. What are the four theories of the origins of a state?
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________
3. What are six purposes of the American system of government?
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________
d. __________________________________________________________________
e. __________________________________________________________________
f. __________________________________________________________________
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Define the following terms. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
4. government
5. public policy
6. legislative power
7. executive power
8. judicial power
9. constitution
10. dictatorship
11. democracy
12. state
13. sovereign
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Section 3 Guided Reading and Review
Basic Concepts of Democracy
A. As You Read
On the chart below, write the five basic concepts of democracy and write a sentence describing each.
1.
2.
The Basic Concepts
of Democracy
3.
4.
5.
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
6. Explain the significance of the term compromise as it relates to problem-solving in a
democratic society.
7. What are the four factors underlying the free enterprise system?
8. How does the law of supply and demand operate?
9. What is a mixed economy?
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Section 2 Guided Reading and Review
Forms of Government
A. As You Read
Use the chart below to compare the democratic form of government to the dictatorship form of
government.
Democracy
Dictatorship
Sovereign power
is held by:
1.
2.
Those who rule are
responsible to:
3.
4.
Power is gained by:
5.
6.
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Match the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the correct letter in each
blank.
Column I
Column II
_____ 7. a government in which a single person holds
unlimited power
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
_____ 8. a government in which the executive and legislative
branches are separate and coequal
_____ 9. a government in which power is divided between a
central government and other local governments
_____ 10. a government in which a small, usually self-appointed,
group has the power to rule
unitary government
federal government
confederation
presidential government
parliamentary
government
f. division of powers
g. oligarchy
h. autocracy
_____ 11. a government in which all power belongs to a central
agency
_____ 12. an alliance of independent states
_____ 13. structuring a government so that power is shared by a
central and several local governments
_____ 14. a government in which members of the executive branch
are also members of the legislative branch and are subject
to the legislature’s direct control
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Guided Reading and Review Chapter 1, Section 2
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Section 1 Guided Reading and Review
Our Political Beginnings
CHAPTER
2
A. As You Read
As you read the section, answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Basic Concepts of Government
1. What is ordered government?
2. What is limited government?
3. What is representative government?
Landmark English Documents
4. How did the Magna Carta affect English government?
5. How did the Petition of Right affect English government?
6. How did the English Bill of Rights affect English government?
Government in the Colonies
7. How were royal colonies governed?
8. How were proprietary colonies governed?
9. How were charter colonies governed?
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Match the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II.
Write the correct letter in each blank.
Column I
Column II
_____ 10. written grant of authority from the king to
establish a colony
a. limited government
b. representative government
_____ 11. government that is not all-powerful
c. Magna Carta
_____ 12. consisting of two houses, as in a legislature
d. charter
_____ 13. government that serves the will of the people
e. bicameral
_____ 14. document written in 1215 limiting the power
of the English monarchy
f.
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Section 2 Guided Reading and Review
The Coming of Independence
CHAPTER
2
A. As You Read
The dates on the chart below indicate important developments and events related to American
independence. As you read Section 2, fill in the chart by writing a brief description of the significance of each date listed.
Year/Date
Description of Event
1. 1643
2. 1696
3. 1754
4. 1765
5. 1770, March 5
6. 1772
7. 1773, December 16
8. 1774, Spring
9. 1774, September 5
10. 1775, April 19
11. 1775, May 10
12. 1776, June 7
13. 1776, July 2
14. 1776, July 4
15. 1781, March 1
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Define the following key terms.
16. delegates__________________________________________________________________________
17. confederation _____________________________________________________________________
18. repeal ____________________________________________________________________________
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Section 3 Guided Reading and Review
The Critical Period
CHAPTER
2
A. As You Read
As you read Section 3, answer the questions below on a separate piece of paper or in the space
provided.
The Articles of Confederation
1. Describe the structure of the government set up by the Articles of Confederation.
Fill in the chart below with the 10 powers granted to Congress under the Articles.
Congressional Powers Under the Articles of Confederation
2.____________________________________
7.____________________________________
3.____________________________________
8.____________________________________
4.____________________________________
9.____________________________________
5.____________________________________
10. __________________________________
6.____________________________________
11. __________________________________
12. What obligations did States have to one another?
13. What obligations did States have to citizens?
14. What powers did Congress not have?
The Critical Period, the 1780s
15. What government action took place in response to Shays’ Rebellion?
A Need for Stronger Government
16. What was the goal of the Constitutional Convention?
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Define the following key terms.
17. ratification ________________________________________________________________________
18. presiding officer ___________________________________________________________________
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Section 4 Guided Reading and Review
CHAPTER
Creating the Constitution
2
A. As You Read
The chart below outlines the initial plans for a constitution and the “bundle of compromises” that
resulted from the various plans. As you read Section 4, complete the chart by filling in the boxes
provided.
Plan
or Compromise
Type of States
That Benefited
Provisions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Connecticut
Compromise
5.
6.
Three-Fifths
Compromise
7.
8.
Commerce and
Slave Trade
Compromise
9.
10.
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
11. Name a group whose interests seem to have been ignored, or even harmed, by the
compromises that created the Constitution. ____________________________________
B. Reviewing Key Terms
On a separate sheet of paper, use the key term below in a sentence
that shows the meaning of the term.
12. Framers
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Section 5 Guided Reading and Review
Ratifying the Constitution
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2
A. As You Read
As you read the section, fill in the following outline by writing supporting details in the form of
answers to questions 1–5.
The Fight for Ratification
1. What were the positions of each side toward ratification?
a. Federalists: __________________________________________
b. Anti-Federalists: ______________________________________
2. What were the five issues involved in the ratification debate?
a. ______________________________________
b. ______________________________________
c. ______________________________________
d. ______________________________________
e. ______________________________________
3. On what two States did the success or failure of ratification depend?
____________________________ and ________________________
Inaugurating the Government
4. Where was the first national capital located? ____________________________
5. Who became the new nation’s first President and Vice President?
a. President: _________________________________________
b. Vice President: ______________________________________
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Identify the following people as either a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist. On the spaces provided,
write an A for Anti-Federalist or an F for Federalist.
6. James Madison
_____
7. Patrick Henry
_____
8. Alexander Hamilton _____
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