Standard 8-3.3- 3rd Period

The constitutional belief that the authority of the federal government comes from the governed is known as what?

• Anti-Federalism

• Confederation

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

What is the purpose of having a system of checks and balances in the United States Constitution?

• To keep any one branch of government from gaining too much power

• To establish a process for conducting presidential elections

• To recognize the basic rights guaranteed to all citizens

• To divide power between the national and state governments

One way the Constitution of the United States of America established a limited government was to split power between which two groups?

• Federalists and Anti-Federailsts

• Northern and southern states

• National and state governments

• Slave and non-slave states

What is the purpose of the separation of powers included in the Constitution?

• to allow the president enough freedom to meet with foreign diplomats and leaders

• to protect the rights of state courts their ability to pass local laws

• to meet the needs of small states that were unable to create strong local governments

• to stop one branch of the government from having too much power

Which part of the United States Constitution is a list of rights given to individual citizens?

• the Bill of Rights

• the Preamble

• the Articles

• the Articles of Confederation

How do Articles I, II, and III of the United States Constitution establish the structure of the United States government?

• They guarantee the states' rights to a separate constitution.

• They establish the three separate branches of government.

• The create a capitalist economy based on the United States dollar.

• They form the three branches of the military.

Why did the United States Constitution replace the Articles of Confederation?

• The Articles of Confederation were temporary and expired in 1789.

• The Articles of Confederation were too weak to govern the nation.

• The Artlcles of Confederation were never ratified by South Carolina.

• The Articles of Confederation were destroyed in the American Revolution.

Which action is an example of the constitutional principle of judicial review?

• The South Carolina legislature passes a law to create a state lottery.

• The governor of South Carolina suggests a bill to build a new state courthouse in Columbia.

• The Supreme Court rules that it is unconstitutional to limit freedom of speech i public schools.

• The president appoints a new justice to the Supreme Court.

Which branch of government is responsible for determining whether laws of Congress are constitutional?

• the executive branch

• the legislative branch

• the judicial branch

• No branch of the national government; it is up to the states

The Constitution allows the president to veto a law made by Congress that he/she disagrees with. Of what is this an example?

• checks and balances

• federalism

• individual liberties

• popular sovereignty