American Government Study III

What role does the Executive Branch play in checking the power of Congress?

• it can declare war on foreign countries

• the President may veto

  Congressional legislation

• Congress can create federal courts and can impeach judges

• the President can

  decide that laws of Congress are unconstitutional

Separation of powers means that

• the House and Senate

  may never pass joint resolutions on foreign policy issues.

• the national

  government and state governments have differing amounts and types of power.

• powers assigned to the

  national government are distinct from those assigned to the states.

• the legislative,

  executive and judicial functions of government are held by separate people

  and groups.

The Senate has the power to confirm presidential appointments to the Supreme Court. This is an example of what principle of United States government?

• judicial review

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• executive privilege

Two American presidents, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, have

been impeached. Impeachment is the investigation that takes place when an

elected official is accused of illegal activity.

The impeachment procedure is an example of what principle?

• democracy

• checks and balances

• three branches of government

• separation of church

  and state

The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise both dealt with

• the admission of new

  western states.

• the territorial

  expansion of slavery.

• the regulation of

  interstate commerce.

• the representation of states in Congress.

The New Jersey and Virginia plans of the 1780s were each meant to

• draft a peace treaty

  with the British.

• draft a plan for independence from Britain

• create a compromise on

  the issue of slavery.

• settle issues

  regarding the power of states in the national government.

Those who supported adoption of the Constitution were called

• Abolitionists.

• Democrats.

• Federalists.

• Republicans.

February 23, 2008

U.S. President George Bush ended his five-nation tour of Africa today,

pledging billions of dollars for health, education, and development projects

around the continent. The president's tour ended in Liberia where he

participated in a number events with Liberian President Ellen Johnson

Sirleaf.

This news release shows President Bush fulfilling his role as the country's

• party leader

• chief diplomat

• chief executive

• chief agenda setter

Why did the Anti-Federalists push for the addition of a Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution?

• there was a precedent

  set for doing so in Great Britain's Constitution

• they believed the

  government needed protection from possible uprisings

• they believed the

  people's liberties needed protection from the government

• there was already a

  requirement to do so, but the Federalists were ignoring it

How did the Federalists convince the Anti-Federalists to ratify the United States constitution?

• The Federalists promised to add a bill of rights

• All trading ties to England and France were broken

• State governments

  would equal the federal government.

• The Anti-Federalists

  would select the first president.