Constitution Mid-Point Check

Principle of US Gov’t
People = source of Gov’t Power
Gov’t exists only w/consent of People

• Popular Sovereignty
• Separation of Powers
• Checks & Balances
• Federalism

In November 2016, citizens will vote to elect representatives. These representatives will make decisions based on the ideas of their constituents.

• individual rights
• checks and balances
• republicanism
• separation of powers

Which principle addresses the concerns of Baron Charles de Montesquieu found below?
"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty." (Charles de Montesquieu)

• individual rights
• republicanism
• separation of powers
• federalism

Which principle is described below?
The root of the government's power stems from the willingness of the citizens to give up certain individual rights for the common good. The citizens rule the government through their representatives.

• popular sovereignty
• checks and balances
• federalism
• republicanism

Which principle is addressed in the quote below?
"A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference." (Thomas Jefferson)

• separation of powers
• popular sovereignty
• individual rights
• checks and balances

What are the three Branches of Government?

• Supreme Court, Principal, Congress
• Legal, congress, president 
• Legislative, Executive, Judicial 
• Polar bears, Koalas, Pandas

The power of our government officials is limited to only what is stated in the constitution

• Federalism
• Individual Rights 
• Limited Government 
• Popular Sovereignty

Idea that absolute power rests with the people (people rule)

• Limited Government 
• Popular Sovereignty 
• Federalism
• Republicanism 

The fact that states can make their own laws is an example of which constitutional principle?

• limited government
• federalism
• individual rights
• popular sovereignty

People voting on their elected representatives is an example of what constitutional principle? 

• Republicanism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Separation of Powers