Unit 1 Review Foundations of American Constitutional Government

What type of government does the United States have?

• Monarchy
• Direct democracy
• Representative government
• Dictatorship

How are public officeholders chosen in the United States?

• By birthright
• By the people
• By the military
• By the President

What is the principle of the consent of the governed?

• The power is in the hands of a few people
• The people have the power
• The government has all the power
• The power is in the hands of one person

What type of government is a republic?

• Dictatorship
• Monarchy
• Direct democracy
• Representative government

What does the rule of law mean?

• The government is not bound by the law
• The government is above the law
• The government and those who govern are bound by the law
• The people are above the law

What does limited government mean?

• Government is controlled by the military
• Government can only do what the people allow it to do
• Government has unlimited power
• Government can do whatever it wants

According to the reading, who is bound by the law in the idea of the rule of law?

• The people who are governed
• Government leaders
• Only the government
• Both government and those in authority

What does representative government mean?

• The government is controlled by a dictator
• The government makes all the decisions
• The people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf
• The people directly make all the laws

What is the source of any and all governmental power in the United States?

• The Constitution
• The people
• The President
• The Supreme Court

What did Thomas Jefferson state in the Declaration of Independence?

• The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point
• Democracy in the United States would survive
• The United States is a direct democracy
• The King of Great Britain broke the laws