GOV: Foundations of American Government

A system of government where power of government is restricted by law or a written Constitution:

• republicanism

• social contract

• participatory government

• limited government

The principle that ultimate power resides in the consent of the governed (the people):

• social contract

• participatory government

• popular sovereignty

• republicanism

An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.

• social contract

• elite democracy

• republicanism

• popular sovereignty

Which thinker had the greatest influence on the ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

"The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever."

Which document does the quotation above come from?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• Federalist 10

In order to pass a Constitutional Amendment:

• An Amendment must get 3/5 support from each House of Congress

• An Amendment must get majority support from each House of Congress

• An Amendment must get 2/3 support from each House of Congress

• An Amendment must get 3/4 support from each House of Congress

What is needed to ratify a Constitutional amendment?

• approval of the Supreme Court

• signature by the President of the United States

• approval by 2/3 of state legislatures

• approval by 3/4 of state legislatures

This plan called for a stronger national government and proportional representation in a bicameral legislature

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Plan

• New York Plan

This plan called for independent executive and judiciary branches, a unicameral legislature, and each state having equal representation

• The Connecticut Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• New York Plan

What decision was made about slave importation at the Constitutional Convention?

• Only states were able to restrict the slave trade

• Congress as able to restrict the slave trade immediately

• Congress could pass no law restricting the slave trade for 20 years

• Congress would have no power to restrict the slave trade