gov test 3

the most significant challenge for the Founders was to

• establishment of a written form of government

• expand voting rights

• increase emphasis on states rights

• strengthen the power of the federal government while securing individual freedoms

the basic purpose of our constitutional system of checks and balances it to

• protect states rights

• prevent one branch of the national government from becoming too powerful

• enable the federal government to run as efficiently as possible

• provide a written guarentee of the rights of each citizen

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited to it by the states are reserved to the states respectivey, or the people"

which principle of government is illustrated in this amendment

• the states only have those powers that are listed in the constitution

• congress decides which powers the states can exise

• the powers not given to the federal government are kept by the states

• congress has to power to pass any law that it wishes

which is the best example of checks and balances

• the senate ratifies an army treaty made by the president with Russia

• the president sends a diplomat to negociate a peace settlment in the Middle East

• the president orders an airstrike bill

• the senate votes on a tax bill

According to the Supremacy Clause in Article VI of the Constitution

• states send representitives to the House accoring to population

• federal laws are superior to state laws

• the legislative branch makes the laws

• the executive branch is supreme

which constitutional principle includes the concept of reserved powers, delegated powers, and concurrent powers

• popular soverignty

• judicial review

• seperation of powers

• federalism

which is an example of a power delegated tp the federl government but denied to the states

• creation of public schools

• issuing of drivers licenses

• conducting elections

• coining of money

the system of federalism was adopt by the writers of the US constitution due primarily to their fear of

• powerful radical groups

• an overly strong judicial branch

• aggressive foriegn leaders

• an overpowering central government

In the US, only the federal gov has the power to

• make treaties

• tax

• pass laws

• borrow money

in the US, legal driving ages differ from state to state. this illustrates

• the concurency principle

• the reserved power principle

• the implied power principle

• the delegated powers principle