Ch 5 L3 A New Plan

What form of government is the United States?

The United States is a

• democracy

• monarchy

• republic

• confederation

The United States is a republic.

What definition applies to the term republicanism?

• government's power resides with the people

• people vote for their representatives in government

• government's power is limited by the Constitution

• power is shared between the central government and states

What is the Supreme Law of the United States, also called the ultimate authority?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• US Constitution

• Magna Carta

What is federalism?

• Division of power between the national and the state governments

• establishment of the FBI

• people's right to vote for their representatives

• division of the government into three branches

Two influences on the creation of the United States Constitution were: the Magna Carta (1215) and the English Bill of Rights (1689).

The writers of the Constitution borrowed the idea of __________ from these documents.

• universal suffrage

• a limited government

• religious toleration

• a laissez-faire economy

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed separating government into three branches was the best way to keep government from becoming too powerful?

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

Enlightenment thinker John Locke's ideas of ___________________________were included in the Constitution.

• Freedom of speech, press, and religion

• Separation of Power

• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Natural Rights and a Social Contract

According to John Locke, and his idea of a social contract, what must the government do?

• protect the absolute power of the monarchy

• protect people's rights

• maintain fiefs and the feudal system

• provide a parliament for the nobility

The Constitution set up branches of government. These are the ___________ branches of government

• legislative, executive and monarch

• judicial and Congress

• parliament

• legislative, judicial and executive,

What branch of the US government makes (passes bills) the laws

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• President