American Government Fall Semester Final 2022

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Which phrase from the Declaration of Independence most clearly reflects the idea that the people are the source of government? Options: ... that all men are created equal..., all men are... endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . ., governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes . .

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deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . .

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The United States Government is considered a federal system because

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both national and state governments exist within the nation

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Which fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

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if the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be overthrown.

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Which idea had a major influence on the authors of the Articles of Confederation? a strong central government threatens the rights of the people and the states. all of the people must be granted the right to vote. three branches of government are needed to protect liberty. the central government must have the power to levy taxes and to control trade.

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a strong central government threatens the rights of the people and the states.

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At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, delegates from the small states most strongly supported the idea of

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equal representation for the states in the national legislature

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One way in which the authors of the Constitution tried to create 'limited government' was by providing for

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a division of power between the national and state governments

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What principle of government is best reflected in the following article: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution therefore, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people there of" -Article 3 Constitution of Maryland? Options: Federalism, Majority Rule, Judicial Review, Checks and Balances

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Federalism

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Which phrase from the Declaration of Independence was directly influenced by the quotation: "Whenever the government tries to take away the property of the people or to reduce them to slavery, they [government] put themselves to a state of war with the people who are then free from any further obedience." -John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government, 1690?

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That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it. ...

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The Anti-Federalists demanded this to be added to the Constitution to avoid abuses from a Strong Central Government in order to have their rights protected.

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Bill of Rights

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The Supreme Court interpreting a law to expand civil rights to minorities is an example of

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Judicial Power