US GOV UNIT 2 TEST REVIEW

Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced with the Constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation did not give strong power to the federal government.

• The Articles of Confederation did not create a governmental structure for the states.

• The Articles of Confederation did not provide powers for strong individual state governments.

• The Articles of Confederation did not allow the federal government to deal with foreign countries.

The purpose of the preamble of the Constitution is to

• establish and maintain the sovereignty of individual states.

• describe and enforce the powers of the confederation government.

• introduce and explain the core ideas of the government’s important principles.

• define and distinguish the roles of domestic and foreign policies.

Read the preamble to the Constitution.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

According to the preamble, where does the power of government come from?

• the order

• the union

• the defence

• the people

The preamble begins with “We the People of the United States,” which establishes the idea of

• popular sovereignty

• judicial review

• checks and balances

• separation of power

The Constitution regulates government powers by

• providing guides and limits to the government’s power.

• providing an undivided government power structure.

• providing a weakened central government structure.

• providing a majority of power to state governments.

To which branch of government does the power to interpret laws and apply the Constitution to the law belong?

• federal

• executive

• judicial

• legislative

The division and sharing of power between state and national governments is the principle of

• checks and balances

• federalism

• branching

• popular sovereignty

Which best describes a role of the executive branch of the federal government?

• governing commerce

• interpreting laws

• regulating taxes

• enforcing laws

When the Supreme Court makes a ruling on a case that serves to interpret a law passed by Congress, it is an example of

• presidential veto

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• habeas corpus

The power to create laws and to regulate taxes and commerce belong to which branch of government?

• executive

• legislative

• federal

• judicial