Principles of the Constitution

What does popular sovereignty mean?

• Power comes from the people

• Power comes from a deity

• Power comes from a single monarch

• Power comes from the government

What line of the Constitution represents popular sovereignty?

• We the people of the United States

• In God we trust

• Long live the United States

• The government of the United States

What is another name for the United States government?

• Representative democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Anarchy

What is the principle of limited government?

• Government officials are above the law

• Government officials can change the laws

• Government officials can do whatever they want

• Government officials have to follow the laws

What is the purpose of the separation of powers?

• To make the government more powerful

• To give all the power to the legislative branch

• To make the government less powerful

• To divide the power between branches of government

What is the principle of federalism?

• Power is shared between the people and the government

• Power is shared between the president and the congress

• Power is shared between the national government and the states

• Power is shared between the branches of government

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

• Concurrent powers

• Reserved powers

• Enumerated powers

• Individual rights

Declare war, regulate trade between states, and print money are examples of: _______

• Concurrent powers

• Reserved powers

• Enumerated powers

• Individual rights

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

• Individual rights

• Concurrent powers

• Reserved powers

• Enumerated powers

Establishing school is an example of what type of power?

• Individual rights

• Concurrent powers

• Reserved powers

• Enumerated powers