EOC Review: Government's Power

Which fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• the government should guarantee every citizen economic security

• the central government and state governments should have equal power

• if the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be overthrown

• rulers derive their right to govern from God and are therefore bound to govern in the nation’s best interest

One way in which the United States Constitution differed from the Articles of Confederation was that the Constitution

• created a national government having three branches

• provided for the direct election of the President by the voters

• made the amendment process more difficult

• increased the powers of the states

The Federalist Papers were a series of newspaper articles published in 1787 and 1788 to win support for the

• right of the colonies to rebel against Great Britain

• right of a state to secede from the Union

• ratification of the United States Constitution

• construction of an interstate canal system

The major reason the Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution was to

• limit the power of state governments

• protect individual liberties against abuse by the Federal Government

• provide for equal treatment of all people

• set up a new government under the Articles of Confederation

The Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights are similar in that both

• support a federal system of government

• maintain the importance of a strong chief executive

• provide for a system of checks and balances

• support limitations on governmental power

A system of checks and balances was included in the United States Constitution because the authors were concerned about

• one branch of government becoming too strong

• the states having too much power

• the people having a voice in government

• the military gaining control of the United States

According to the theory of laissez faire, the economy functions best when the government

• subsidizes business so that it can compete worldwide

• regulates businesses for the good of the majority

• owns major industries

• does not interfere in business

A belief shared by progressives like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson is that the government should

• allow the free-enterprise system to work without regulation

• use its power to regulate unfair business practices

• provide jobs for unemployed workers

• support unions in labor-management disputes

In 1794, President George Washington sent federal troops into western Pennsylvania to stop an uprising known as the Whiskey Rebellion. The significance of President Washington's action is that it

• strengthened the power of local and state governments

• forced Congress to pass the Bill of Rights

• showed the strength of the federal government under the Constitution

• weakened the power of the federal government to collect sales taxes

The lasting impact on the United states Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall is that the Court's decisions

• extended the Bill of Rights to enslaved person

• expanded the power of the federal government

• restricted the authority of Congress

• promoted the views of the President