Unit 1 Vocab Quiz - Government

Idea that political power rests with the people (people rule)

• Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

• Republicanism

Idea that even the President must follow the Constitution and the laws

• Federalism
• Individual Rights 
• Limited Government 
• Popular Sovereignty

Idea that government power is divided/shared between the national and state levels.

• Repubicanism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Federalism

Government power is separated into three branches, each with its own job.

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Popular Sovereignty
• Federalism

Each branch of government checks each other to keep a balance of power.

• Individual Rights
• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances 
• Federalism

What are the three Branches of Government

• Supreme Court, Principal, Congress
• Legal, congress, president 
• Legislative, Executive, Judicial 
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The purpose of the Judicial Branch is to:

• Make the laws

• Interpret the laws

• Impeach officials

• Enforce the laws

Federalists argued for:

• A Strong Central Government in the Constitution

• A Weak Central Government in the Articles of Confederation

• Strong state governments in the Constitution

• A revision of the Articles of Confederation

Anti- Federalist argued for a Bill of Rights in order to:

• Support a strong national government

• Grant special privileges to wealthy landowners

• Protect individual rights against federal government taking too much power

• Protect states with large populations of enslaved people, like Virginia

A government in which one person has absolute power.

• Oligarchy

• Government

• Democracy

• Dictatorship