Unit 1 Review

Popular Sovereignty is

• Any power left out of the United States constitution is to be held by individual states

• The right to bear arms

• The idea that government is founded by the authority of the people

• The branch of government that interprets laws

Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing rules such as speed limits?

• Legislative

• Federal

• Executive

• Judicial

A veto is when:

• The executive branch enforces laws.

• The President overrides or rejects a bill proposed by the legislative branch.

• The Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional.

• The legislative branch votes on a bill

Ratification:

• To give up control after losing a war

• To formally declare war

• the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement

• To override a law with another law

Which two groups were considered the original “political parties” of the US?

• Cops & Robbers

• Democrats and Republicans

• Federalists and Anti-Federalists

• Liberals and conservatives

Why were the Anti-Federalists originally against the Constitution?

• They felt that their rights were threatened by a central government

• They felt that they didn’t have enough power

• They didn’t like the Federalists because they thought that they were thieves.

• They thought that they would lose their wealth

The _______________________Amendment allows people the right to a trial by a jury for civil cases.

• 5th

• 8th

• 7th

• 10th

The President is the leader at the national level, and the state governor is the leader at the state level of which branch of government?

• Checks & Balances

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislature

The ability for citizens to elect state officials is an example of which of the following?

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Executive Branch

• Republicanism

Unalienable rights are

• rights reserved for aliens

• made up

• rights that cannot be taken away

• rights reserved for immigrants