Constitution

Which branch executes the laws?

• Executive
• Judicial
• Appellate
• Legislative

Which branch interprets the laws?

• Executive
• Judicial
• Appellate
• Legislative

Which branch makes the laws?

• Executive
• Judicial
• Appellate
• Legislative

Power of Congress to bring executive or judicial officials to trial.

• impeachment
• pocket veto
• subpoena
• oversight

In what type of government does political authority rest in the hands of BOTH central and local governments?

• Unitary
• Confederation
• Federal
• Presidential Government

Which document is considered “the supreme law of the land”?

• The Magna Carta
• The English Bill of Rights
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Constitution

The Preamble lists the

• powers of the Congress.
• limits on government power.
• goals of the government.
• rights of the people.

The Preamble's first three words tell us that the authority of the Constitution comes from

• the Constitutional Convention.
• members of Congress.
• state legislatures.
• ordinary Americans.

The idea that people give the government consent to rule them, in other words an agreement

• Social Contract

• Divine Right of Kings

• State of Nature

• Natural Rights

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• The idea that people empower government
• The majority vote for a national election
• The concept that populations determine the size of the state
• The theory that popular presidents held more power