Government STAAR Review Day 1

"Excessive bail hath been required of persons committed in criminal cases to elude the benefit of the laws made for the liberty of subjects; And illegal and cruel punishments inflicted- English Bill of Rights, 1689Which U.S. document guarantees protection against these injustices?

• The Constitution
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Mayflower Compact

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."-Tenth Amendment, U.S. ConstitutionWhich principle of U.S. government is most clearly reflected in the amendment above ?

• Checks and balances
• Federalism
• Separation of powers
• Due process

* Congress Passes a bill, then* The President vetoes the bill, then* Congress overrides the presidential veto.Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence above ?

• Judicial Review
• Checks and balances
• Popular Sovereignty
• Federalism

The year 1620 is significant to U.S. history because...

• It represents the rise of white male suffrage.
• It represents the first example of self government in the English colonies.
• It references the independence of the colonies from England.
• It symbolizes the removal of Native Americans from their homes.

" The President... shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the senators present concur."- U.S. ConstitutionThis excerpt provides one example of which Constitutional principle ?

• Federalism
• Checks and balances
• Popular Sovereignty
• Individual rights

The Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 best represents which Constitutional principle ?

• Judicial Review
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism
• Popular Sovereignty

* Black Codes* Poll Tax* Literacy Test for votingThe list above are best seen as violating which principle of the Constitution ?

• Popular Sovereignty
• Individual Rights
• Limited Government
• Checks and Balances

South Carolina's decision to secede in 1860 was based on a belief that a powerful Federal government would soon be used to limit slavery in violation of which principle ?

• Limited Government
• Individual rights
• Checks and balances
• Federalism

The sharing of power between the Federal and State governments is best reflected in which principle of government ?

• Individual Rights
• Federalism
• Checks and balances
• Popular Sovereignty

_{"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, amongst these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" - Declaration of Independence 1776}

_{This excerpt from the Declaration of Independence is best reflected in which Constitutional principle ?}

• Individual Rights

• Popular Sovereignty
• Checks and balances
• Federalism