Unit 2 Review - The US Constitution

In a country that follows the rule of law....

• The government possesses only limited power

• Citizens & non-citizens enjoy different levels of legal privilege

• Political leaders enjoy legal privileges denied to regular citizens

• Everyone must obey laws, regardless of their status

How does the legislative branch check the power of the executive branch?

• Approves constitutional amendments

• Overrides vetoes

• Proposes treaties

• Declares executive orders legal

Which principle guarantees that the branches of government will not become too powerful?

• Rule of Law

• Rights

• Republicanism

• Separation of Powers

The Constitution denies Congress the power to....

• borrow money

• regulate interstate trade

• declare war

• Pass laws retroactively

Which statement is the most likely one a federalist would use to respond to an anti-federalist claim that the Constitution needed to include a Bill of Rights?

• Citizens will protect other citizens if rights were being ignored

• It would give too much power to state and local governments

• The Constitution and state governments already protected rights, so it was repetitive to list them again

• A bill of rights was an agreement between a monarch and their subjects

T/F: Federalists wanted the federal government to have the power to create and collect taxes

• True

• False

T/F - The Federalists wanted a Bill of Rights

• True

• False

T/F - The Antifederalists were scared the federal government would be too weak

• True

• False

T/F - Antifederalists supported strong state governments

• True

• False

All of these are areas of contention, but which one was the BIGGEST difference between Federalists and Antifederalists?

• To include a Bill of Rights in the Constitution

• How states were represented in Congress

• If slavery should be outlawed

• If the Constitution gave states too much power