Welcome to US Government and Politics

There are _____ senators.

• 50
• 2
• 25
• 100

What does the constitutional concept called Checks and Balances mean?

• Each branch can check the local and state government's power.
• Each branch can check another branches power to ensure it does not become too powerful.
• The three branches can all do whatever they want without checking with each other.
• All of the branches have to agree on every decision made.

The capital of the United States is

• Springfield
• Boston 
• Washington DC
• Philadelphia

How long is a president’s term?

• 2 years
• 4 years
• 6 years
•  8 years

What are the names of the three branches of our government?

• executive, legislative, judicial

• local, state, federal

• county, state, country

Our rights as US citizens are written in which of these documents?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Bill of Rights in the Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Gettysburg Address

True or False: Citizens of the US have unlimited rights.

• True

• False

The Constitutional Convention sought to replace the Articles of Confederation because they

• created a large central government

• guaranteed a separation of powers

• failed to provide for states' rights

• did not have the ability to tax and provide for the common defense

A pivotal event that symbolized the problems with the Articles of Confederation and demostrated the need to reform the Articles was

• Shays's Rebellion

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• the faliure of all states to send troops for defense against a new British attack

• a national tax to help pay the debt incurred by the Revolutionary War

The Constitution creates a system that prevents excessive power being accumulated by the national government through

• judidical review

• federalism

• checks and balances

• representative government