Principles of the US Constitution

What does popular sovereignty mean?

• Power comes from the government

• Power comes from the people

• Power comes from a deity

• Power comes from a single monarch

What is the best place to see popular sovereignty in the US Constitution?

• In the middle of the document

• In the last line of the document

• In the first line of the document

• Nowhere in the document

What is another name for government in the United States?

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Anarchy

What is the principle of limited government?

• Government officials can change the laws

• Government officials have to follow the laws

• Government officials are above the law

• Government officials can do whatever they want

What is the purpose of fair elections in a limited government?

• To establish a dictatorship

• To remove the power of the people

• To give power to a single monarch

• To allow new officials to represent the people

What is the principle of checks and balances?

• Each branch has specific responsibilities and can check the powers of the other branches

• The judicial branch can veto laws

• The president can make all the laws

• One branch can become too powerful

What is the principle of federalism?

• Power is shared between the branches of government

• Power is shared between the judicial branch and the executive branch

• Power is shared between the national government and the states

• Power is shared between the president and the congress

What are the powers that belong just to the national government called?

• Reserved powers

• Concurrent powers

• Individual rights

• Enumerated powers

What are the powers that belong just to the states called?

• Reserved powers

• Concurrent powers

• Enumerated powers

• Individual rights

What are the freedoms that people have and must be protected by the government called?

• Individual rights

• Enumerated powers

• Concurrent powers

• Reserved powers