HRW Chapter 8 Review

The Bill of Rights limits the power of government and protects the rights of individuals.

• True

• False

The federal government reassigns each state’s share of seats in the House of Representatives every two years.

• True

• False

The main job of the executive branch of government is to administer the laws passed by Congress.

• True

• False

If a state law contradicts a federal law, the federal law prevails.

• True

• False

The United States government cannot limit citizens’ right to hold protests, even if public health or safety are at risk.

• True

• False

Who developed the Virginia Plan, which provides the basic framework and central ideas of the U.S. Constitution?

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

The system set up to maintain a balance of power between the three branches of government is called

• checks and balances.
  

• equilibrium.

• separation of powers.

• veto and override system.

The Constitution is based on how many key principles?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

Justices of the Supreme Court listen to legal arguments about a case and then present and explain a decision called

• the Court’s opinion.

• the Final Rule.

• the Last Decree.

• the Supreme ruling.

The process of changing the Constitution is started by

• a popular vote.

• the Congress.

• the president.

• the Supreme Court.