The job of the executive branch is to

• enforce or carry out laws

• interpret laws

• make laws

• organize laws into a easily understood pattern

The job of the legislative branch is to

• enforce or carry out laws

• interpret laws

• make laws

• organize laws into a easily understood pattern

The job of the judicial branch is to

• enforce or carry out laws

• interpret laws

• make laws

• organize laws into a easily understood pattern

Where is power held in a federal system of government?

• concentrated in the central government

• limited and assiged to a central agency by independent states

• divided between a central government and political units (local government)

• divided between a legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch

Which group was not supportive of the Federalists?

• property owners

• wealthy businessmen

• rural farm workers

• urban elites

Which of the following is NOT true of Anti-Federalists?

• feared a strong central government

• opposed any form of a Constitution

• thought that the Constitution needed a list of protected rights

• opposed the Constitution as it was originally written

Federalism lessens the risk of

• a system of checks and balances

• influence of special interest groups

• one party having a monopoly of political power

• rivalry among political parties

Which of the following is an example of checks and balances?

• The Supreme Court is the highest court in the US

• The President is the Commander in Chief of the military

• The Senate has the power to approve international treaties negotiated by the president

• Congress has two houses with different types of representation in each house

The following examples describe two events relating to the U.S. government.

Example A: The U.S. Supreme Court declares a law created by Congress unconstitutional.

Example B: Congress passes a new tax law and the Internal Revenue Service enforces it.What constitutional principles are demonstrated in examples A and B?

• Example A: Checks and Balances; Example B: Separation of Powers

• Example A: Checks and Balances; Example B: Judicial Review

• Example A: Separation of Powers; Example B: Individual Rights

• Example A: Separation of Powers; Example B: Checks and Balances

The United States has a _______________ system of government and is best described as a/an _________________.

• Unitary, autocracy

• Unitary, democracy

• Federal, autocracy

• Federal, democracy