Foundations of American Democracy unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 30 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 1, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 31 min 28 points0/17 attempted

Natural rights

Commerce clause

Elite democracy

Social contract

Categorical vs block grants

Three-Fifths Compromise

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Fiscal federalism

Necessary and proper clause

Great Compromise

Tenth Amendment

Federalist No. 10

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Shays' Rebellion

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Federalism

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Supremacy clause

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Federalist No. 70

3 pts

Free response

4 pts

In recent years, the relationship between the federal government and state governments has been a subject of intense debate.

Define federalism.

Explain how the Tenth Amendment protects state powers.

Describe how the federal government uses grants-in-aid to influence state policies.

Identify one recent Supreme Court case that has affected the balance of power between the national and state governments and explain its impact.