US Government Unit 3 Exam Review

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. —Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, 1787

One way the federal government acted to fulfill the purposes of government detailed in the excerpt was by —

• creating a space agency

• limiting presidential terms

• establishing a supreme court

• granting the legislature veto power

One of the checks on power described in the U.S. Constitution includes the power of the Senate to —

• impeach the President

• declare laws unconstitutional

• ratify constitutional amendments

• approve Cabinet position nominations

Which check on power is detailed in this excerpt of the U.S. Constitution?

• Power to negotiate treaties

• Power to impeach the President

• Power to override presidential vetoes

• Power to declare laws unconstitutional

Based on federal spending figures above, a major responsibility of the federal government is to —

• provide for the elderly

• fund public education

• maintain interstate highways

• contribute to the unemployed

U.S. foreign policy decisions are most affected by the federal government’s responsibility for —

• health care

• national security

• treaty negotiations

• commerce regulation

National, state, and local governments provide for the security of the people. This function is performed on the national level by —

• funding state jails

• maintaining a military

• establishing a U.S. Supreme Court

• overseeing a national police force

One similarity for both the U.S. President and many state executive leaders is the power to —

• set term limits

• veto legislation

• remove Senators

• appoint ambassadors

National, state, and local governments all share the same function of —

• establishing public schools

• settling disputes between states

• providing services to the electorate

• negotiating treaties with foreign countries

Which of the following best completes the diagram?

• Hold Trials for Treason

• Decide Copyright Cases

• Hear Misdemeanor Trials

• Conduct Bankruptcy Cases

The Founding Fathers chose to establish a federal system in order to —

• create a government with divided power

• model the government after the one in Britain

• experiment with a new system of government

• concentrate government power at the national level