#13

Name:

1. The system established to make sure that no one branch of government controls the other branches is called

• federalism
• republicanism
• checks and balances
• separation of powers

2. Which branch of the Federal government makes laws?

• executive
• judicial
• legislative
• presidential

3. This branch of government is responsible for carrying out the laws

• executive
• judicial
• legislative
• police

4. Which branch of the federal government is responsible for interpreting the laws of the United States?

• executive
• judicial
• legislative
• treasury

5. A government principle by which the legislative, judicial, and executive powers are essentially held by different groups and people is called

• reserved powers
• expressed powers
• checks and balances
• separation of powers

6. A power that only the Senate has is

• introducing revenue bills
• proposing constitutional amendments
• approving Presidential appointments and treaties
• bringing impeachment charges against a federal official

7. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution This excerpt is often referred to as the equal protection clause of the Constitution and is directly tied to the Constitutional principle of

• judicial review
• national supremacy
• checks and balances
• popular sovereignty

8. In Federalism, the power to govern is

• given to the people
• limited to the national government
• given mainly to the state government
• shared between the national and state governments

9. The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison established the

• principle of federalism
• principle of judicial review
• power of a strong chief executive
• supremacy of the national government