Government Review

Another name for the Legislative Branch?

• President

• Cabinet

• Congress

• House of Representatives

How many U.S. Senators are there?

• 435

• 50

• 200

• 100

The President serves a term of ____________ years

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Main job of the executive branch

• enforce laws

• make laws

• interpret laws

• revise laws

Main job of the legislative branch

• enforce laws

• make laws

• interpret laws

• execute laws

Main job of the judicial branch

• enforce laws

• make laws

• interpret laws

• execute laws

The Articles of Confederation set up a weak central government because most Americans were

• Still loyal to Britain

• Unwilling to send delegates to Congress

• Uncertain about a democratic government

• Afraid of giving the national (federal) government too much power

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the agreements known as the “Three- Fifths Compromise” and the “Great Compromise” dealt with the issue of

• Representation in Congress

• Amendments to the Constitution

• Rights of the accused

• Powers of the president

According to the idea of popular sovereignty, government power rests with the

• President

• Congress

• Supreme Court

• People

Which is a concurrent power shared by the federal and state governments?

• Approving foreign treaties

• Collecting taxes

• Declaring war

• Licensing car drivers