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The Articles of Confederation
The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Federalism vs. Anti-Federalism
The Rule of Law
100
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had no power to do this to international or interstate trade or commerce, a word which means "control" or "oversee."
What is regulate?
100
The Preamble is this part of the Constitution.
What is the opening sentence, first sentence, or introduction?
100
Splitting the government up into different branches and giving each branch power over the other two branches are all designed to ___________ the power of the government. (Hint: This word can be found in one of our Enlightenment-era philosophies.)
What is limit?
100
The Federalists wanted to ratify the Constitution without including this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
The rule of law means nobody is __________ the law; that is, nobody in a society that practices the rule of law is an exception to the rules of that society, from the lowliest to the highest government officials, celebrities, and ordinary people.
What is "above?"
200
Shay's Rebellion and the national debt made it obvious that Congress needed the power to this.
What is tax?
200
The Preamble tells us that the _________________ of the U.S. Constitution and consequently, the U.S. government, is to "establish justice, promote the general welfare, provide for the common defense," etc.
What is the purpose or goal?
200
You cannot have checks and balances without having separation of powers first. This is because separating the government into branches is necessary before each branch can be given ____________ over the other two branches.
What is power or powers?
200
This group insisted that, if the Constitution had to be ratified, it must include a Bill of Rights.
200
A government that does not enforce the rule of law has a society in which government officials do this with their power.
What is abuse?
300
Under the Articles of Confederation, this many states had to agree to change the Articles.
What is 13 or all of them?
300
The Preamble to the Constitution does not talk about this at all, a word that refers to the amount of money a government (or a person) should spend on different items based on how much money they have available. Some say that it should be amended, or changed, to include it.
What is a budget?
300
Separation of powers and checks and balances ensures that the national government cannot overpower the state governments, that one branch cannot overpower the other branches, and so one man or woman cannot seize total power for himself or herself. These concepts do not have anything to say, however, about how the national government deals these types of governments, a word that means "relating to or dealing with other nations."
What is foreign?
300
The Bill of Rights was added to protect these people from this (in the correct order please.)
Who are individual citizens and the government?
300
In a society without the rule of law, government officials may use their powers in ways that are this, a word that basically means "pointless."
What is "arbitrary?"
400
At the Constitutional Convention, two plans were being considered to fix the government under the Articles of Confederation. Under the New Jersey Plan, each state would get one vote in a one-house legislature, which made the small states happy. Under the Virginia Plan, each state would get a number of votes in a two-house legislature based on this, which made the large states happy.
What is population?
400
These are all goals of the Preamble: establish justice, promote the general welfare, form a more perfect union, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our these, a word which basically means "children" or "future generations."
What is posterity?
400
The veto power means the President can reject a bill passed by Congress. This is an example of this branch checking this branch (in the correct order, please.)
What is the executive checking the legislative?
400
The Bill of Rights guarantees us all of our individual these.
What are liberties, rights, or freedoms?
400
Enforcing the rule of law means holding government officials __________________ for their actions (and for what they do with our tax money!)
What is accountable?
500
The U.S. Constitution created a strong national government capable of protecting individual rights. It would not have been capable of doing so without a Congress made up of a population-based House of Representatives and a Senate where each state received two senators each. In addition, Constitution created these by exercising the separation of powers philosophy, capable of enforcing the laws and deciding if the laws were fair.
What are the executive and judicial branches of government?
500
The phrase "We the People" is associated with this concept.
What is popular sovereignty?
500
A veto can be overridden by a 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress. Congress also has another power - the power of impeachment, which refers to the removal of public officials from office for crimes or wrong-doing. Similarly, the treaty-writing process occurs when this official writes the treaty, and this house of Congress ratifies it (in the correct order, please.)
Who is the President and what is the Senate?
500
The Bill of Rights is a perfect example of this Enlightenment-era concept or philosophy?
What is limited government?
500
The rule of law only works when government institutions are this, a word that basically means "see-through." Of course, we're not being literal - we just mean that we know what government officials are actually doing with their time and our money.
What is transparent?