Day 2 Constitution Era -Reform Era

These are powers that are given to the federal government and others given to the state and some powers a SHARED by both.

EX: TAXES

• Republicanism

• Federalism

The division of power into 3 branches to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government

Click on the freedoms of the first amendment.

• Press

• Petition

• Speech

• Assembly

• Religion

BERWYN, Pennsylvania: A new mosque recently opened in this . . . suburb of Philadelphia. . . . [The] leaders . . . did not seek publicity for the happy occasion, only continued peace with their neighbors: a Jewish synagogue next door and Baptist church across the street.
—Kathy Matheson, Associated Press, September 10, 2010
This event best demonstrates which feature of the American way of life?

• F. The First Amendment guarantees personal freedoms.
• H. The U.S. Constitution establishes the structure of the federal government.

Which principle of U.S. government is most clearly reflected in the amendment below?

• Checks and balances

• Federalism

A certain small town has many choices for people who want to attend religious services, including two churches, a synagogue, a cathedral, a mosque, and a temple. These choices are protected by the?

• First Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Federalism
• Checks and Balances

Which court case gave the government the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce?

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Marbury v. Madison

The decision in Gibbons v Ogden (1824) addressed which of the following issues?

• The issue of congressional privileges

• The regulation of interstate commerece

What did Gibbons v. Ogden establish?

• That the states control trade within their own borders

• That Congress has the power to regulate trade between two or more states.