6 Week Exam Review: Origins of US Government

According to this philosophy the government should keep its hands off the economy

• a. Laissez faire

• mixed economy

• Mindyabizniz

• communism

This compromise called for a bicameral legislature

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Which of the following is a conclusion that can be drawn from the political cartoon?

• the Patriot Act violates citizens 1st amendment rights

• Fourth amendment rights of citizens are being violated

• Fifth amendment right of due process is violated

• 8th amendment rights of citizens have been changed

The importance of Due Process

• allows those in need to bypass state courts for the Supreme Court

• give the judicial branch more power than the other 2 branches

• helps to speed up the pace of lengthy court decisions

• protects the executive branch from becoming too powerful

When the people hold the power of government, to which constitutional principle does this apply?

• Checks and balances

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Judicial Review

3/5th Compromise

• Made slaves 3/5 a person instead of property

• Ended Slavery

• What is a compromise

• was made for tax and representation purposes. For every 5 slaves 3 counted towards the state population

Enter the Bill of Rights: what is the reason for the constitution being amended?

• Founders responding to Anti-Federalist fears of an overly powerful national government

• Federalist favored a strong central government which meant they could care less how the anti-federalist felt

• Framers fear of Ms.Brown

• Federalist wanted to indluence the people so they

how was the Declaration of Independence influenced by the Old Testament

• Moses said let my people go, which lead to the people being independent

• the law should apply uniformly to everyone, even kings

• the bible had no influence on the government

• church and state are separate so...the bible has no influence?

which of the following does explains the purpose of the bill of rights

• To protect the government

• to protect the peoples individual liberties

• to protect the states rights

• What is a right?

Which of the following is the reason American's wanted to ensure they had rights listed in the constitution

• due to their privilege

• God told them they had rights

• Because of the experiences with the British

• Manifest Destiny