Biblical Basis and The Idea of Government

The Founding Fathers based our American Government on __________ .

• the Bible

• Buddah's teachings

• the Quoran

• a Constitutional Monarchy

According to the book of Romans, whoever resists the government of the land __________ .

• does themselves a great disservice

• are true believers

• resists God

• pleases God

Besides disobeying, what can we do if we do not like a law that our government has created?

(Choose all that apply)

• Protest

• Write our representative

• Vote

• Nothing--we cannot speak against our government

Popular Sovereignty means

• Our representatives give or take away our power

• Power comes from the President

• The Supreme Court decides our power

• Power comes from the people

To whom were the Founding Fathers referring when they wrote "We the People..." in the introduction to The US Constitution?

• White, male landowners

• White men and women

• All males

• White males

What is Republicanism?

• The more conservative party in our two-party system

• Originally the more liberal party in our two-party system

• A system of government in which people elect representatives

• One who acts like a Republican, or one with conservative views

Limited Government means

• Our government rules apply to only the Continental United States

• Government can't do whatever it wants

• American territories do not have to follow our laws

• We do not have a monarchy

Separation of Powers means

• there is a distinction between federal and local government

• a state that does not like how we govern ourselves can secede or separate from the United States

• we will never again have a king (a constitutional monarchy)

• the power of government in America is divided between three branches

Our system of Checks and Balances insures that

• no one branch can become too powerful

• we will always have a balanced budget

• each branch of government is equal to each other

Federalism means that

• power is shared by the three branches of government

• powers are shared between the federal and state governments

• that our federal laws are supreme over state laws

• that our state laws are supreme over state laws