US Government Review Unit 1

What was the Main reason that the Framers created federalism?

• to make elections of government officers more fair.

• to prevent a takeover from England or France.

• to protect themselves from an all-powerful central government.

• to put all power in the hands of a central government.

The "Necessary and Proper Clause" of the Constitution is sometimes called the

• "All-Powerful Clause"

• "Elastic Clause"

• "Federalist Clause"

• "Nationalist Clause"

The Constitution includes the Supremacy Clause, which states that

• the Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.

• laws passed by the states shall be considered supreme law.

• people shall be free from unlawful searches and seizures.

• Supreme Court justices can pass amendments to the Constitution.

In the Federalist Papers, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay supported

• absolute control of states by state government.

• division of power into three branches of government.

• presidential power over Congress and the judiciary.

• unlimited power of the federal government.

Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of

• desires to separate from England

• lists of rights of all people

• complaints of wrongs done to colonists

• threats of revenge

The government set up by the Articles of Confederation had which branch of government?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• All of these

Which group feared that new government had too much power and the people too little?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Patriots

• Loyalists

The concept of popular sovereignty in the Preamble is established by the words

• In God We Trust

• We the people

• Four score and seven years ago

• Liberty and justice for all

Which is NOT a characteristic of a 'political state'?

• Territory

• Population

• Government

• Anarchy

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens

• Authoritarianism

• Democracy

• Capitalism

• Oligarchy