5 Principles
The primary responsibility of Congress is to write laws. The primary responsibility of the President is to execute laws. The primary responsibility of the Supreme Court is to interpret laws.
Which Principle of the Constitution does this most clearly reflect?
A. Judicial Review
B. Federalism
C. Separation of Powers
D. Limited Government
C. Separation of Powers
Congress passes a bill. How can the President check this power of Congress?
Veto Bills
Which side wanted to ratify a new Constitution?
Federalists or Anti-Federalists?
Legislating is the job of...
A. The President
B. Congress
C. Supreme Court
Legislating = writing laws
The 2nd Amendment reads “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Which of the following would be a civic responsibility that comes with the right to bear arms?
A. practicing firearm safety
B. serving on juries
C. voting in elections
D. buying a gun
A. Practicing Firearm Safety
Which of the following best describes the concept of Limited Government?
A. Power is given to one person.
B. All political power belongs to a few people.
C. The people must behave according to rules set by a King.
D. Government must operate within certain bounds set by the people.
D. Government must operate within certain bounds set by the people.
The President can be impeached by which branch of government?
A. Judicial
B. Legislative
C. Executive
Congress will vote to impeach Presidents (and judges!)
Federalist or Anti-Federalist?
1. Which side want to give Congress the power to tax and regulate trade? (100 pts)
2. Which side wanted to have a President? (100 pts)
1. Federalists want power to tax
2. Federalists want a President
The Supremacy Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause...
A. give the federal government more power
B. give the federal government less power
C. give the states more power
D. restrict the powers of Supreme Court Justices
A. Give the Federal Government More Power
Which of the following would be a civic responsibility that comes with the right to vote?
A. voting for the correct political party
B. being informed about current issues
C. serving on a jury
D. voting for write-in candidates
B. Being informed about current issues.
The state of Ohio has the power to create public schools, issue licenses, and build highways.
A. Judicial Review
B. Separation of Powers
C. Federalism
D. Checks & Balances
C. Federalism
Pardons are the President's check on which branch of government?
A. Executive
B. Judicial
C. Legislative
B. Judicial
Judicial branch sentences criminals to prison and the president can pardon them.
Federalist or Anti-Federalist?
1. Which side wanted to add a Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution? (150 pts)
2. Which side wanted a Standing Army (150 pts)
1. Anti-Federalists want a bill of rights
2. Federalists want a standing army.
Match the correct branch to each:
100pts per answer
The President is which branch?
The Supreme Court is which branch?
Congress is part of which branch?
President = Executive
Supreme Court = Judicial
Congress = Legislative
Which statement describes consensus building?
A. Both parties sacrifice something they want in order to resolve a conflict.
B. Both parties agree to a series of meetings in order to discuss solutions to a conflict.
C. Both parties try to convince each other that their idea is better in order to solve a conflict.
D. Both parties search for common ground or areas of mutual agreement to solve a conflict.
D. Both parties search for common ground or areas of mutual agreement to solve a conflict.
The people vote to approve a ballot measure to end state testing in high schools.
Which of the 5 principles in the Constitution does this represent?
Popular Sovereignty
The _________________presents the federal budget to ____________ for approval.
A. President, Congress
B. Congress, Supreme Court
C. Supreme Court, Congress
D. Congress, President
A. President, Congress
President presents the budget to Congress for approval.
Federalist or Anti-Federalist:
“This country should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties”
Federalists - fearing that power kept in the states would tear the country apart.
Which branch "interprets" the law? (200pts)
Which branch "executes" the law? (200pts)
Interprets = Judicial Branch or Supreme Court
Executes = Executive Branch or President
A ________ is when citizens propose a new law. After sending in petitions, the new law will be voted on in the next election.
A. Initiative
B. Referendum
C. Veto
D. Quorum
A. Initiative
In Federalist 47, James Madison writes, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
Which principle of government do you think Madison proposed to stop this tyranny?
Separation of Powers
The ____________(1) has the power to make treaties with the "advice and consent" of the ____________(2).
1 = who makes treaties?
2 = who ratifies/approves them?
The PRESIDENT makes treaties with the "advise and consent" of the SENATE.
Senate is part of Congress
Why did the Federalists NOT want a Bill of Rights? Select ALL that apply.
A & C
Government might mistake a list of rights as the ONLY rights people had.
The Constitution already has safeguards to protect your rights.
1. Which branch of government leads our nation in foreign policy and also leads our military? (250 pts)
2. Which branch of government sentences criminals to prison? (250 pts)
Executive Branch = Commander-in-chief and Chief Diplomat
Judicial Branch = sentences criminals to prison
Consensus building - finding mutual agreement
Compromise - sacrificing something/making concessions.