Principles of the Constitution

What is "checks and balances?"

• Each branch of power has the ability to limit the power of the other branches.

• The people elect their leaders.

• The people are in charge.

• The people have rights. (Bill of Rights)

What is federalism?

• The people vote for their leaders who then represent them. 
• The people have individual rights. 
• There are three branches of government. 
• The state and national government share power. 

Who shares power according to the principle of federalism?

• The people and foreign countries

• state governments and the federal government

• Executive and Legislative branches.

• the people and the government

The federal government is also known as the...

• local government

• state government

• central government

• official government

What principle of the Constitution states each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches?

• Checks & Balances

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republicanism

Federalism is a term used to define the division of power between the

• president and the vice president

• Senate and the House of Representatives

• national and state government

• three branches of the federal government

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

• The Judicial Branch

• the president

• the states

• national government

The __________ supported the Constitution and wanted a stronger national government.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Abolitionists

• Whigs

Which was an effect of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• American Revolution

• Giving states more power

• Shays' Rebellion

• Treaty of Paris 1783

Which of the following is an example of the constitutional principle of checks and balances?

• election of the president

• presidential veto

• signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Congress declaring war