Principles of Government SMHS

the governments right to rule comes from the people

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

• Individual Rights

The government has only the powers that the Constitution gives to it

• Federalism

• Limited Government

• States' Rights

1. Congress-legislative branch makes laws.
2. President-executive branch carries out the laws.
3. Courts-judicial branch explains and interprets the laws.

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Federalism

What is the purpose of Checks and Balances?

• each branch of government has the power to check or limit the actions of the other two

• division of power between the federal government and the states

• allows the federal government check the state governments

Division of power between the federal government and the states

• Federalism
• Limited Government

The powers not delegated to the U.S. by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
-10 amendment
Which principle of the U.S. government is most clearly reflected in the amendment above?

• Checks and Balances
• Federalism
• Separation of Powers
• Due Process

Who shares power according to the principle of federalism?

• Elected officials and appointed officials.
• State government and federal government.
• Executive and Legislative branches.
• People and government.

Concurrent powers are those that are

• Exercised by State governments alone

• Denied to both the National and the State governments

• Exercised by the National Government alone

• Exercised simultaneously by the National and State governments

Issuing a driver’s licenses is a reserved power to ____________ only?

• President

• Judicial Branch

• Federal Government

• States

What is column 3?

• enumerated

• implied

• concurrent

• reserved