US Government Review Unit 1

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What was the Main reason that the Framers created federalism?

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to protect themselves from an all-powerful central government.

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The "Necessary and Proper Clause" of the Constitution is sometimes called the

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"Elastic Clause"

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The Constitution includes the Supremacy Clause, which states that

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the Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.

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In the Federalist Papers, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay supported

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division of power into three branches of government.

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Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of

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complaints of wrongs done to colonists

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The government set up by the Articles of Confederation had which branch of government? Options: Legislative, Executive, Judicial, All of these

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Legislative

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Which group feared that new government had too much power and the people too little? Options: Federalists, Anti-Federalists, Patriots, Loyalists

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Anti-Federalists

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The concept of popular sovereignty in the Preamble is established by the words

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We the people

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Which is NOT a characteristic of a 'political state'?
Options: Territory, Population, Government, Anarchy

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Anarchy

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A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens

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Democracy