Powers and Checks and Balances Quiz

What is the primary responsibility of the national government?

• Promote public health

• Conduct foreign policy

• Regulate commerce

• Provide education

What is the primary responsibility of the state government?

• Conduct foreign policy

• Regulate commerce

• Promote public health

• Provide for the common defense

What happens when national powers move into areas usually reserved to the states?

• The states gain more power

• The relationship between states and the national government changes

• The national government loses power

• The powers become shared between the two

What are federal mandates?

• Orders that require state actions

• Orders that require national actions

• Orders that require both state and national actions

• Orders that are optional for states

How do separation of powers and checks and balances protect against an abuse of power?

• By giving all power to the legislative branch

• By limiting the power of the executive branch

• By dividing power among different branches and limiting their actions

• By allowing the judicial branch to make all decisions

Which branch of government checks the President by overriding a veto?

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Judicial branch

• All branches have this power

What does it mean to impeach a President?

• To remove the President from public office

• To elect a new President

• To investigate the President's actions

• To challenge the President's decisions

Which branch of government checks the courts by confirming or refusing to confirm nominated judges?

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Judicial branch

• All branches have this power

How does the President check Congress when proposing legislation?

• By vetoing the legislation

• By approving the legislation

• By proposing the legislation

• By calling a special session of Congress

What is the role of the judicial branch in checking the President?

• Appointing judges and justices

• Declaring executive actions unconstitutional

• Preparing the annual budget

• Proposing legislation