SOL CE 2: Foundations of Government Bonus Review

What principle states that we choose officials to conduct government on our behalf. Elections are an example of this principle.

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

• Representative Government

• Limited Government

What principle states that the government is not all powerful and may only do those things the people have given it the power to do? Needing a warrant to search private property is an example.

• Rule of Law

• Judicial Review

• Representative Government

• Limited Government

What principle states that those who govern are subject to the same laws as everyone else and that everyone is equal under the law? Example if the Governor is speeding they get a ticket.

• Checks and Balances

• Rule of Law

• Due Process

• Democracy

What principle states that the people are the source of all governmental power? The U.S. Constitution begins with the words "We the People" which establishes the power comes from the people not the government.

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

• Consent of the Governed

• Federalism

What principle states that the people rule? Even though the United States is a Republic the people still greatly influence our structure of government.

• Federalism

• Due Process

• Limited Government

• Democracy

What document written in 1215 established the idea that the King was subject to the same laws as everyone else?

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Magna Carta

The charters of the Virginia Company of London were significant because?

• They established religious freedom for the colonies.

• They granted independence for the colonies from Great Britain.

• They established that colonists to the New World would have the same rights as Englishmen.

• They formed the first system of government for the colonies.

The Virginia Declaration of Rights served as a model for the?

• charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

The Declaration of Independence accomplished which of the following things? Choose the 3 that apply.

• Established inalienable rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

• Served as the first form of government for the United States.

• Listed grievances with the King of England.

• Established freedoms of speech, press, religion, and petition.

• Declared independence from Great Britain.

Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

• The states were given too little of the government's power.

• We were still under the rule of England.

• The President had powers that were too close to that of a King.

• The central government was too weak to enforce its laws and couldn't tax to provide for a standing army.