CE2 - Principles and Documents Test Review

"People are the source of all government power."
Which basic principle of government is represented by this statement?

• Representative Government
• Consent of the Governed
• Federalism
• Rule of Law

What is the form of government where the citizens rule?

• Democracy
• Dictatorship
• Rule of Law
• Monarchy

All of the following are fundamental principles of the American constitutional government EXCEPT

• absolute rule
• representative government
• consent of the governed
• rule of law

The government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people have given it the power to do. Which fundamental political principle does this define?

• representative government
• federalism
• rule of law
• limited government

"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." - Abraham Lincoln
This quote from the Gettysburg Address best defines which principle of American constitutional government?

• Limited government
• Democratic government
• Separation of powers
• Rule of Law

Which document affirmed the unalienable rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?

• Declaration of Independence
• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• The Virginia Declaration of Rights
• The Articles of Confederation

Why were the charters of the Virginia Company of London important?

• They created a federal court system.
• They established a national banking system.
• They guaranteed the colonists' rights as Englishmen.
• They stated the colonists' grievances against the English king.

Which document served as model for the Bill of Rights that was later added to the Constitution?

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• The Virginia Declaration of Rights
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Magna Carta

Newspaper Headline: Virginia Elects Senator Todd!
This headline is an example of what fundamental principle?

• Rule of Law
• Limited Government
• Democracy
• Representative Government

Weak Central Government
States have all the power
Led to the writing of the Constitution
A title for the list above should be:

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London