All of the powers are held by one, single, central agency
What is a Unitary Government
100
The Senate has the power to confirm presidential
appointments to the Supreme Court. This is an example
of what principle of United States government?
What is Checks and Balances
100
Which branch of government has the power to interpret
the Constitution?
What is Judicial
100
People who attended the Constitutional Convention were
referred to as...
What is Framers
100
What Amendment contains the five basic freedoms
associated with the American way of life and all that
most hold dear as a U.S. citizen?
What is the First Amendment
200
the powers of government are divided between a central, or national, government and several lower levels of government
What is Federal Government
200
What states that no government is all-powerful and can
only do those things that the people have given it power
to do?
What is Limited Government
200
The main function of the ________ branch is to make
laws
What is legislative
200
The Three-Fifths Compromise resulted in...
What is more representation in Congress for southern states.
200
The Federalist Papers were a series of letters written in
an effort to convince the American people to...
What is ratify the U.S. Constitution
300
that is ruled by a small group of people is
a(n)...
What is an oligarchy
300
How is separation of powers achieved in our federal
government?
What is power is distributed among three branches of
government
300
The ________ branch is responsible for enforcing all
laws of the U.S.
What is Executive
300
How did the Federalists get the Anti-Federalists to ratify
the Constitution?
What is They promised a Bill of Rights and a federal system
with state and national powers
300
Under the Articles of Confederation, small states like
Rhode Island wielded as much power as large states,
such as Virginia, because...
What is each state had one vote in Congress.
400
A type of government in which the national government
is weaker than the sum of its parts
What is a confederacy
400
What is rule of law
What is The government and its officers are always subject
to, but never above the law
400
Which branch of the government has no elected
officials?
What is Judicial
400
What was accomplished at the Constitutional Convention
in 1787?
What is The U.S. Constitution was written
400
Which document, signed unwillingly by King John in
1215, established a number of essential rights that could
not be taken away by royal authority?
What is the Magna Carte
500
Which of the following has a system where the
executive and legislative are separate and
independent from one another and are co-equal?
What is Presidential Government
500
Powers of Congress not specifically listed in the
Constitution are often justified under the...
What is the Elastic Clause
500
Which political philosopher argued that governments
should be separated into branches in order to prevent the
concentration of too much power in one place?
What is Montesquieu
500
An amendment to the Constitution must first be proposed
by a Constitutional Convention or...
What is 2/3 vote in Congress
500
In Leviathan (1660), Thomas Hobbes introduced the
concept of the social contract. Which is the best
description of the social contract theory?
What is People surrender rights to the government in
exchange for protection from chaos