A term used for the people involved in writing the Bill of Rights was...
a) Framers
b) Group of Gentlemen
c) Four Fathers
d) Wigs
What is a) Framers
100
A proper legal procedure, that requires the government to follow specific procedures, defined by law, in situations like investigating criminal actions and arresting suspects is...
a) Democracy
b) Confirmation
c) Due process of law
d) Civil rights
What is c) Due process of law
100
The British political theorist who argued that individuals formed governments because of their rational self interest is... a) Thomas Hobbes b) John Locke c) Thomas Paine d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What is a) Thomas Hobbes
100
Allows the 3 branches of government to share some responsibilities, and allows each branch some authority over the activities of the other branches is...
a) Separation of powers
b) Foreign policy
c) Federal judiciary
d) Checks and Balances
What is d) Checks and Balances
100
The Declaration of Independence was...
a) The peace treaty that ended the American Revolution
b) An explanation of the colonists' revolt against Britain
c) The first U.S. Constitution
d) The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
What is b) An explanation of the colonists' revolt against Britain
200
The Founders believed that natural rights meant the right to...
a) education, privacy,and security
b) life, liberty, and property
c) clothing, food, and shelter
d) freedom, work, and protection
What is b) life, liberty, and property
200
This consists of the 9 justices of the US Supreme Court and hundreds of federal judges, all of whom are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate...
a) Grand Jury
b) Electoral College
c) Federal judiciary
d) Judicial activism
What is c) Federal judiciary
200
The British political theorist of the Enlightenment who argued that government should be based on the consent of the governed, and that people had the right to revolt against ineffective or unfair governments is...
a) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
b) Thomas Paine
c) Thomas Hobbes
d) John Locke
What is d) John Locke
200
This branch consists of the President, Vice President, the Cabinet, all the executive departments, and several administrative agencies...
a) Judicial
b) Executive
c) Legislative
What is Executive
200
A system of government in which the power is shared by the national government, the state governments, and the people is called a...
a) unitary system
b) totalitarian system
c) federal system
d. confederation system
What is c) federal system
300
The Founders were the...
a)people who opposed the Articles of Confederation
b)political leaders of the colonies
c)British governors of the colonies
d)people who supported the king
What is b)political leaders of the colonies
300
Powers claimed by Congress which are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution, but are in its necessary and proper clause (Article 1, Section 8)
a) Implied powers
b) Independent parties
c) Jurisdiction
d) Judicial restraint
What is a) Implied powers
300
The English-born American theorist and pamphleteer who wrote in defense of the ideals of the American Revolution.
a) Thomas Hobbes
b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c) Thomas Paine
d)John Locke
What is c) Thomas Paine
300
The section of the government that interprets the laws and administers justice is...
a) Judicial
b) Executive
c) Legislative
What is a) Judicial
300
Dividing the government into different branches is an example of...
a) Federalism
b) Constitutional government
c) Separation of powers
d) Private domain
What is c) Separation of powers
400
An agreement to create a government and follow its laws is known as a...
a) natural agreement
b) constitution
c) social contract
d) declaration of intent
What is c) social contract
400
Belief that the Supreme Court has the right or obligation to preform judicial review is...
a) Popular sovereignty
b) Original jurisdiction
c) Appeal
d) Judicial activism
What is d) Judicial activism
400
The Swiss-born philosopher, social reformer, and political theorist who supported the idea of government being controlled by the general will of the people is...
a) Thomas Hobbes
b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c) Charles de Montesquieu
d) John Locke
What is b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
400
The section of the government that makes the laws is...
a) Judicial
b) Executive
c) Legislative
What is c) Legislative
400
The Anti- Federalist were people who...
a) opposed increasing the power of the national government
b) opposed the creation of the Articles of Confederation
c) were loyal to the British monarch
d) supported Shays' Rebellion
What is a) opposed increasing the power of the national government
500
To protect themselves from the abuse of power, the colonists created their colonial governments to include...
a) A classical republic
b) Judicial supremacy
c) A constitutional monarchy
d) Representative government
What is d) Representative government
500
The power of the court to enforce a law or government regulation which it believes to be unconstitutional is...
a) Jurisdiction
b) Judicial review
c) Judicial restraint
d) Jury
What is b) Judicial review
500
The French political theorist who analyzed different government constitutions and developed the theory upon which the separation of powers is based is...
a) Charles de Montesquieu
b) Thomas Paine
c) John Locke
d) Thomas Hobbes
What is a) Charles de Montesquieu
500
The authors of the Articles of Confederation feared a strong national government, so they created a single branch of government called the...
a) Legislative
b) Executive
c) Judiciary
d) Monarchy
What is a) Legislative
500
The Constitution gives our government powers to deal with other nations. Among those powers is the authority...
a) of Congress to approve treaties
b) of the Supreme Court to regulate commerce
c) of individual states to make treaties
d) of the President to address the United States