POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
LIMITED GOVERNMENT
SEPARATION OF POWERS
CHECKS & BALANCES
Miscellaneous
100
What is the best way for a citizen to use their pop. sovereignty?
Voting
100
Define limited government.
What is Government must obey the law no government is all-powerful and may only do that which the people give it the power to do
100
How many branches of goverment does the United States have?
What is 3 branches?
100
What is the definition of Checks and Balances?
What is Each branch of government is checked or restrained by the other two branches?
100

A change to the Constitution.

What is an amendment?

200
the plan for government that the Pilgrims created before they started the colony of Plymouth.
What is Mayflower Compact?
200
What document was the first example of a limited government?
What is the Magna Carta?
200

Interprets laws.

What are the powers of the judicial branch?

200
What is the main power that the President has over Congress?
What is vetoing a law passed by Congress?
200

It guarantees protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.

What is the fourth amendment?

300
The definition of Pop. Sovereignty.
What is all political power resides with the people?
300

Limits set forth in 1791 to guarantee certain rights to the people.

What is the Bill of Rights?

300
What is the definition of Separation of Powers?
What is powers are distributed nationally to Congress, the President, and Supreme Court?
300

To accuse government officials of wrongdoing, put them on trial; and, if necessary, remove them from office.

What is impeach?

300

A French writer who observed 5 major characteristics in American democracy.

Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?

400
What words in the US Constitution embody Pop. Sovereignty?
What is "We the People"?
400
What group at the Constitutional Convention would have supported the idea of Limited Government?
Who are the AntiFederalists?
400
What is the main role of the Executive Branch of Government?
What is to enforce/carry out laws?
400
What is the main check that Congress has over the President?
What is overriding a veto?
400

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness.

What are unalienable rights?

500
Name a type of Government that lacks Pop. Sovereignty as one of its foundations.
What is a dictatorship, monarchy, or totalitarian regime?
500

Reasons for limiting government.

What is fear of abuses of power, grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence, etc. 

500
To further separate powers in the legislative branch, how is Congress structured?
What is bimcameral?
500
Why did the framers create a system of Checks and Balances?
What is to prevent a single branch of government from abusing its power like a monarchy?
500

The division of power among National and State governments.

What is Federalism?

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