Govt. Final Exam Review

The Founding Fathers insisted on a free press to limit ________________.

• people's ability to spread fake news

• campaign funds

• power of the government

• no other answer is correct

What has made it harder for politicians to hide information?

• single issue parties

• third parties

• rights to privacy

• social media and the internet

In order to ensure that the voice of the people was heard the __________ was created.

• Senate

• Supreme Court

• Executive branch

• House of Representatives

The most common action a person takes when belonging to a political party is ______.

• volunteering to work for their party

• giving money to a campaign

• holding rallies for their party

• voting for their parties candidates

Which Enlightenment Thinker has the greatest impact on the Constitution?

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Locke

Which Enlightenment Thinker came up with the ideas of natural rights? These ideas are life, liberty, and property.

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government.

• self-government

• rule of law

• due process

• limited government

Power of government is limited by the Constitution and each branch is limited in what it can do.

• self-government

• rule of law

• due process

• limited government

The Declaration of Independence _______________.

• described people's natural rights

• listed colonists grievances toward the king

• stated colonists resolution for independence

• All of the other options are correct

This Supreme Court case dealt with people's 5th Amendment rights and said you do not have to witness against yourself.

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Roe v. Wade

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Texas v. Johnson