Our Federal Government

This is the concept that power in government belongs to the people.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Natural Rights

• We the people

• Human Rights

What is a government?

• a person or group of people who control a country

• a group of people who overthrow the leaders

• a group of corporations that control laws

• a nation that has no leaders

Which is the best description of a government that has limited powers?

• Citizens have the power

• Vote for Representatives

• Government has a limited amount of power

• All three

Under the Constitution, the state and national government...

• do not share powers.

• share power.

• work against each other and are separate.

• are the same thing.

Under the system of checks and balances, the branches are given authority to challenge each others use of power. For example

• The president has the

  power to veto a law passed by Congress.

• Congress may override Presidential

  vetoes.

• The Supreme Court has the power to nominate new judges.

• All of these are example of Checks and Balances.

The United States is

• a representative democracy.

• a republic.

• a constitutional form of government.

• All the above

The Bill of Rights includes

• the first ten amendments to the Constitution.

• important individual rights.

• the First Amendment that guarantee freedom of religion.

• All of the Above.

We need government & laws for

• public safety.

• the common good.

• protecting individual rights.

• All of the Above

How does the Bill of Rights limit the power of government?

• The people limit the power they delegate to the federal government

  through principles of separation of powers and checks and balances.

• Government is also limited by ten amendments to the Constitution called the Bill of Rights.

• The Bill of Rights serves to protect people’s individual rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to a trial by jury.

• All of the Above

Popular sovereignty means

• the people hold the power of government in the United States.

• the President holds the power of government in the United States.

• the Senate holds the power of government in the United States.