Am. Government Final Exam 2023

One way the Founders provided for change in the Constitution was to describe how to

• provide judicial restraint.
• ratify the Constitution.
• amend the Constitution.
• impeach presidents

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. Were the federal Constitution, therefore, really chargeable with the accumulation of power, or with a mixture of powers, having a dangerous tendency to such an accumulation, no further arguments would be necessary to inspire a universal reprobation of the system. " - from The Federalist Papers, No. 47 What principle of the Constitution is being discussed in the above passage?

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism
• Suffrage

What role does the Executive branch play in checking the power of Congress?

• it can nominate Justices for the Supreme Court
• The President may veto Congressional legislation
• Congress can create federal courts and can impeach judges
• The president can nominate Congressional members for office

Which statement BEST describes the government outlined in the United States Constitution?

• The president is given unlimited power
• National power is guaranteed by Article Four
• The power of a one-house Congress is provided by a bill of rights
• Power is divided among legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

The U.S. Constitution establishes a federal system of government. Which statement best describes a federal system of government?

• a Bill of Rights protects individual liberties
• we have three branches of government
• the people elect the president and members of Congress
• power is divided between national and state governments

The President has the Constitutional power to appoint all Cabinet members but they must be confirmed (approved) by _________.

• the Supreme Court
• the House of Representatives
• the Senate
• the Executive Branch

Article ________ sets up the Judicial branch to interpret the laws (make sure the laws are applied fairly and appropriately).

• II (2)
• III (3)
• I (1)
• IV (4)

Article ________ sets up the Legislative branch to make laws.

• I (1)
• II (2)
• III (3)
• IV (4)

Article ________ sets up the Executive branch to enforce or carry out the laws.

• I (1)
• II (2)
• III (3)
• IV (4)

The Constitution does not give you ____________, God does.

• Amendments
• Rights
• Articles
• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness