The Constitution

The principle of government that states each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches

• Checks & Balances
• Federalism
• Popular Soveriegnty

The principle of government that states federal and state governments must share powers

• Federalism
• Republicanism
• Checks & Balances

These are personal liberties (freedoms) and privileges that should be guaranteed to every citizen

• Individual Rights
• Separation of Powers
• Limited Government

A government in which the people rule, the authority of the government comes from the people

• Popular Sovereignty
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism

This idea calls for the people to exercise or delegate their power by electing or voting for their political representation

• Republicanism
• Separation of Powers
• Individual Rights

This principle states that the government should be divided into 3 branches: legislative, judicial, and executive.

• Separation of Powers
• Popular Soveriegnty
• Limited Government

This is the idea that everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike, must obey the law

• Limited Government
• Republicanism
• Individual Rights

Which of the following is necessary to propose a new amendment to the Constitution?

• approval by a popular vote held in every state
• approval by two thirds of the House and Senate
• approval by three quarters of the House and Senate
• approval by the legislatures in at least three fourths of the states

How many states represented in Congress have to ratify an Amendment?

• 3/4
• 2/3
• 4/5
• All

What is the definition of Judicial Review?

•  the system of government as defined in the Constitution which is based on the separation of powers among three branches
• a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power.
• the concept that the courts can review laws or actions and compare them to the rules of the constitution
• a governing or controlling body whose power exists only within pre-defined limits that are established by a constitution or other source of authority.