Name: ______​ Pedro Velazquez​___________ Period: ____​ 4 ______ 40 points

Origins of American Government Quiz

Show me you understand this stuff!

1.USE IT:​ Use the following words in one sentence. ​Underline and bold​ the vocab words you
use. Do NOT just define the words, use them correctly in a sentence.
Words: ​social contract​ ​and r​ evolution
Sentence 1:​ If everyone were to agree on the ​ social contract ​then everyone would
be able to start a ​ revolution.

Words:​long train of abuses​ and ​Declaration of Independence

Sentence 2: After a ​ long train of abuse ​colonist declared their ​ Declaration of
independence ​to England.

Words: ​Creator ​ ​and ​unalienable rights

Sentence 3: That all men are equal,that they are endowed by their​ creator​ with certain
unalienable rights.

Words: ​Bill of Rights​ ​and​ ​liberty

Sentence 4:Several states for greater constitution protection for individual ​ liberties,​which
the ​bill of rights ​lists specific prohibitions on government power.

2. FIND IT: ​Go to ​RealClearPolitics.com​ and find a story about government this is interesting to
you. After READING the story fill in the below information.
Government Story Title or Headline: ​ Donald Trump is still the man to this
Pennsylvania home

Link to
story:​https://nypost.com/2018/01/31/donald-trump-is-still-the-man-to-these-blue-collar-voters/

Summary of the situation in the story:​ There's this family that fully supports Donald
Trump

What is the ​bias​ of the author: ​ She doesn't know why the congresswoman supports
Trump despite his controversies.

Explain why you agree or disagree with the author:​ I agree because how can America
keep fighting back against predatory lending

Predict the future outcome of the situation:​ I really don’t care what happens if people
support him and you can’t change their mind thn oh well

3.SOLVE IT: ​Benjamin Franklin said, “Only a ​virtuous​ (also see list of ​7 heavenly virtues​) people
are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of
masters.” Formulate a theory for how we can help America become a more virtuous nation.
What are values you’d like to pass on to your children? (​Underline at least two things from your
notes in your solutio​n)
Your solution to the above Scenario : ​ If we started racism.I would pass down my
knowledge and open mindness to my children.We need children to be taught
right and well.We need to be honest and not make everything into a lie just to
make it sound good and then they can’t make it into the real world

4.APPLY IT:​ How do you plan to be like the person you chose to be your role model, that you
would put on your personal Mt. Rushmore? What steps need to be taken for you to be more
like this person?
List and describe the steps you need to take to be more like your role model:​ I really don’t
have a role model most people are payed to do things they don’t like unless
they play any athletic sport .I’ll just say Bill gates is my role model.I would like
to learn how he keeps succeeding

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