Principles of the Constitution

This diagram reflects which of these political concepts?

• Federalism
• Republicanism
• Direct Democracy
• Multi-Party Democracy

Individual rights, as defined by the U.S. Constitution, are rights the government -

• made to diminish states' rights.
• created to expand its power.
• used to solidify the Union.
• cannot legally infringe (take away) upon

Anti-Federalist concerns with the powers of the President, as laid out in the Constitution, led to the addition of a -

• National Bank to control all monetary policy.
• judicial system to process criminal violations.
• Bill of Rights to define and protect individual liberties.
• bi-cameral legislature to provide a check for the president.

The U.S. government can have no powers or responsibilities beyond those assigned in the U.S. Constitution.
This best describes which of the following ideas?

• Checks and Balances
• Separation of Powers
• Limited Government
• Freedom of Religion

Which branch of the U.S. government best represents the principle of Republicanism?

• The Executive Branch including the President.
• The Judicial Branch including the Supreme Court.
• The Legislative Branch including Congress.
• The Executive Branch including the Cabinet.

The U.S. Constitution established Checks and Balances to -

• make a break from the British Parliamentary system
• keep any branch from becoming more powerful than the others.
• strengthen the influence of the Federal government.
• facilitate public elections in the United States.

Anti-Federalists argued that the Constitution would -

• create an elite upper class which would run the country.
• favor slaveholding states over non-slaveholding states.
• put too much power into individual states.
• place too much power in a central government.

This amendment to the U.S. Constitution best reflects which two democratic principles of the U.S. system of government?

• Republicanism and Popular Sovereignty
• Federalism and Limited Government
• Chacks and Balances, and Separation of Powers
• Individual Rights and Popular Sovereignty

"The U.S. Constitution IS a Bill of Rights because it guarantees citizens a role in government, therefore a Bill of Rights does not need to be included."
Which of the following groups of people would have been most likely to say this?

• Anti-Federalists
• Senators
• The Framers
• Federalists

"True Republicanism is sovereignty of the people.  There are natural and [unalienable] rights which an entire nation has no right to violate."     - Marquis de Lafeyette
According to this quote, which of the following principles of the Constitution BEST supports Lafayette's point of view?

• Separation of Powers
• Individual Rights
• Checks and Balances
• Limited Government