Midterm Review

The belief that government in a society is built on an agreement between the government and the people being governed, where people give up some of their freedom in exchange for the government protecting them.

• Social Contract

• A consitution

• Natural Rights

• Peace Accords

According to Enlightenment philosopher John Locke, "Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” John Locke believed that

• Government can rule without the consent of the people

• Men must strive for equality

• Locke believed that all men were equal

• The powerful determine equality

One of the issues that caused the American Revolution was taxation without representation. In a constitutional democracy, what is most necessary for a government to tax its people?

• the consent of the people

• The president's authorty

• The Supreme Court

• None of theabove

Which of the following is a principal of the United States Government established in the Constitution?

• protection of certain individual rights from government interference

• division of powers (three branches of government)

• limitation of powers (federal and state)

• All of the above

People who supported the American Revolution, like Thomas Payne in Common Sense, believed that a government of our own people is our

• responsibility

• reward from the King

• destiny

• natural right

Federalism divides powers between the Federal Government and State Governments. Which of the following are Enumerated Powers of the Federal Government?

• Coining money

• Declaring War

• Protecting patents

• All of the above

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power "To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof." This is also called the Elastic Cause, which gives Congress

• The power to create new laws it sees as "necessary and proper"

• The power to amend the constitution

• The power to interpret the laws

• The power to enforce the laws

Presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt used the bully pulpit to shape public opinion and to drive the national conversation about certain issues. This power is called the bully pulpit because it means

• controlling preaching position

• preaching

• wonderful preaching position

• pastoral position

Louisiana has its own State Constitution, which establishes Louisiana as a

• Territory

• Separate Country

• Colony

• State within an existing country

This organization advocates for Native Americans by educating the general public about Indigenous people, preserving Indigenous cultural values, protecting treaty rights with the United States, and promoting Indigenous welfare.

• National Congress of American Indians

• National Organization for Women

• The Environmental Protection Agency

• The United States Government