Module 1 US History Review Flashcards

Here is a practice quiz based on your notes:

Foundations of Democracy Practice Quiz

1. Natural Rights
According to John Locke, what are the three natural rights that belong to all individuals?

2. Constitutional Compromises
Which compromise created a bicameral legislature consisting of a Senate with equal representation and a House of Representatives based on population?

3. Civil War Strategy
What were the three parts of the Union's Anaconda Plan?

4. Reconstruction Amendments
What did the $13\text{th}$, $14\text{th}$, and $15\text{th}$ Amendments each establish?

5. Student Handbook Policies
How many tardies result in a formal referral, parent notification, and lunch detentions at Cabrillo High School?

Answer Key

1. Natural Rights: Life, liberty, and property.
2. The Great Compromise: Proposed by Roger Sherman, it established equal state representation in the Senate ($2$ Senators per state) and population-based representation in the House of Representatives.
3. Anaconda Plan:
   • Blockade Southern ports to prevent cotton exports and imports.
   • Control the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in two.
   • Capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.
4. Reconstruction Amendments:
   • $13\text{th}$ Amendment: Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
   • $14\text{th}$ Amendment: Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
   • $15\text{th}$ Amendment: Guaranteed that voting rights could not be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
5. Tardy Policy Threshold: Accumulating $8$ unexcused tardies results in a formal referral, parent notification, and lunch detentions.