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- 1. Multiple Choice
If the president and congress disagree over a tax bill, the president can veto the bill. Which principle is this?
Popular sovereignty
Federalism
Checks and Balances
Individual Rights
- 2. Multiple Choice
This branch has the power to interpret (read and analyze) laws.
Judicial
Legislative
Federal
Executive
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which branch of the government enforces the laws?
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
None of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who is in charge of the executive branch
the President
Legislative branch
The Supreme Court
The people
- 5. Multiple Choice
A statement that sets forth the goals and purposes to be served by the government. Also known as the introduction to the Constitution
the Bill of Rights
the Preamble
the Separations of Power
the Amendments
- 6. Multiple Choice
"The president announces a new plan for cancer research," Which of these goals of the U.S. government reflect the president's announcement?
Establishing Justice
Ensuring domestic tranquility
Promote the general welfare
Providing for the common defense
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Federal Government created the Dept. of Homeland Security after the 9/11 terrorist attack. Which purpose of government would reflect this action?
Provide for the Common Defense
Promote the General Welfare
Form a more perfect union
Establish Justice
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which principle means "No one is above the law" ?
Limited Government
Rule of Law
Democracy
Consent of the governed
- 9. Multiple Choice
Q1:Which fundamental principle says that there are things the government cannot do?
Rule of Law
Checks & Balances
Limited Government
Representative Government
- 10. Multiple Choice
What document was the U.S.A.'s first government plan?
Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
- 11. Multiple Choice
The Federalists believed in:
The creation of a Bill of Rights
A severe increase in State's Rights
A strong centralized government
Staying with the Articles of Confederation
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Anti-Federalists believed in:
A strong centralized government
The new Constitution
A Bill of Rights
Limited State's Rights
- 13. Multiple Choice
One of the many weakness of the Articles of Confederation was:
The government had very little power
The President was basically a King
Congress was doing too much
Federal government was too strong
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Democratic Principle that states that power in government comes from the people:
Checks & Balances
Popular Sovereignty
Rule of Law
Limited Government
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of these was NOT a Colonial Issue that led to the American Revolution?
The Colonies were being heavily taxed
The Colonists were not being represented in Parliament
The King had allowed the French to take large parts of Ohio
The King had ignored the colonists pleas for help
- 16. Multiple Choice
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the words "...unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness," which Enlightenment thinker was he quoting?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Voltaire
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Cesare Becarria
- 17. Multiple Choice
What Enlightenment term refers to the agreement between the people and their government where freedom is exchanged for protection?
The Social Contract
Absolute Monarchy
Representative Democracy
The Unalienable Rights of Man
- 18. Multiple Choice
Article II of the Constitution deals with the rights and responsibilities of which branch?
Legislative Branch
Federal Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which article of the U.S Constitution describes the powers and duties of Congress, the Legislative Branch?
Article I
Article II
Article III
Article IV
- 20. Multiple Choice
What were the first 10 Amendments called when they were added to the Constitution?
The First 10
The Bill of Rights
The Enumeration of Freedoms
The Anti-Federalist Amendments
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