US Government L1-2

What is: a legal term that suggests that no one is above the law and governmental decisions must be made only by applying known legal and moral principles

• Rule of Law

• Constitution

• Appeal

• Federal System

​ (a)   are guaranteed rights to certain freedoms without interference from the government or other individuals, while ​ (b)   are obligations or duties for citizens to fulfill in order to remain an upstanding member of a group or community

• individual rights
• civil responsibilities

What is the federal system?

• A division of power between different branches of government

• A division of power between federal and state government

• A system of state supremacy over federal law

• A system where all power resides within the federal government

​ (a)   is a power of the federal government, ​ (b)   is a power of state governments, and ​ (c)   is a concurrent, or shared, power of both

• declaring war
• conducting elections
• levying taxes

In the United States government, what is the branch that enforces the law called?

Article 1 of the Constitution establishes the ​ (a)   branch, Article 2 establishes the ​ (b)   branch, and Article 3 establishes the ​ (c)   branch

• legislative
• executive
• judicial

Unlike in the other house of Congress, where the number of representatives is proportionate to population, in this house of Congress each state receives 2 representatives.

• Congress

• Legislature

• Senate

• House of Representatives

Match the following

• This Article says that the laws of the federal government trump state laws

• Article 4

• This Article dictates how states should act towards each other and what kind of gov they should have

• Article 7

• This Article lays out the process for amending the Constitution

• Article 6

• This Article lays out the procedure for the adoption of the Constitution

• Article 5

Which category of rights guarantee our freedom to engage in the political process?

Which of these is not an economic right?

• Right to buy and sell property

• Right to seek a job and set employment terms

• Right to employ any person to work any number of hours

• Right to join labor unions