The Three Branches of Government Unit Test

Natural Rights can be found in the...

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Preamble

• Constitution

The Declaration of Independence is also referred to as the...

• Laws

• Constitution

• Unalienable rights

• Preamble

"All men are created ______ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

• fair

• equal

• alike

• different

"All men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are ______, ______ and the ________________.

• Liberty, life and pursuit of goodness.

• Pursuit of happiness, life and peace.

• life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

• life, happiness and friends.

"We the People" can be found in the first line of the

• Preamble

• Government

• Freedom of Speech

• Declaration of Independence

"We" represents ______ of the people who agreed to be governed by the new nation and its set of laws.

• some

• most

• none

• all

This agreement is also known as _____________.

• Popular sovereignty

• popular agreement

• Popular times

The federal system was established by the ________________ because delegates feared a national government that was too strong.

• The Preamble

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

The purpose of the system is to give some _______ to the state government and some authority to both the state and the ______ government.

• authority

  national

• best

  government

• right

  congress

• clue

  declaration

The 10th Amendment

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the _________.

• All

• Citizens

• People

• Delegates