Re-test: Republicanism, Popular Sovereignty & US Constitution

The common thread woven through the Constitutional articles is the regulation of power in all branches of the government known as (a)   .

TRUE or FALSE: To become an actual amendment to the constitution, 2/3 of the states must issue ratification or approval of the proposed amendment.

• TRUE

• FALSE

As the 13 original colonies became states, they broke away from the King of England and abandoned the concept of ----------. The newly formed states adopted (a)   in which the people ruled their own destiny through electing officials.

Popular sovereignty means

• the belief that the government belongs to elected representatives

• the belief that the government belongs to the monarchy

• the belief that the government belongs to the ruling party

• the belief that the government belongs to the people

Which of the following are true about republicanism?

• Individual liberty is one of the central themes

• Without republicanism, the Bill of Rights most likely would not even exist.

• political corruption is ignored.

• basic human rights are safeguarded

The preamble is the introduction to the Constitution, declaring its basic principles, purposes, and values.

• True

• False

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, 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.”

• Line of the Declaration of Independence establishing first 3 basic rights

• Closing paragraph of the Constitutional Amendments

• The preamble to the Constitution

• The preamble to the Bill of Rights

TTRUE or FALSE:

2 supporters of republicanism were Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin.

• True

• False

Article V of the Constitution contains the provisions for proposing (a)  

Article VII stipulated

• it would be possible to amend the Constitution

• how many states would need to ratify the Constitution in order for it to take legal effect.

• protection of the individual freedoms of citizens and their unalienable rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”