Unit 1 Review Foundations of American Constitutional Government

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What type of government does the United States have?

Back

Representative government

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How are public officeholders chosen in the United States?

Back

By the people

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What is the principle of the consent of the governed?

Back

The people have the power

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What type of government is a republic?

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Representative government

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What does the rule of law mean?

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The government and those who govern are bound by the law

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What does limited government mean?

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Government can only do what the people allow it to do

Front

According to the reading, who is bound by the law in the idea of the rule of law?

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Both government and those in authority

Front

What does representative government mean?

Back

The people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf

Front

What is the source of any and all governmental power in the United States?

Back

The people

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What did Thomas Jefferson state in the Declaration of Independence?

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The King of Great Britain broke the laws