Unit 3, Section 1 HW Review

Key Term #1: What is the Bill of Rights?

• The document signed giving us our independence from Great Britain.

• The first 10 amendments added to the Constitution.

• The 8 most important amendments added to the Constitution.

• The first government system put in place by the United States.

Key Term #2: What is a republican government?

• Members of an elite, leadership class, represents members of society overall

• Military holds power and makes decisions for the people

• Citizens have no say in decision-making

• Monarch rules with absolute power

Key Term #3: What is a democracy?

• A democracy is a form of government where the power is vested in the people, who exercise it directly or through elected representatives.
• A democracy is a form of government where the power is vested in the corporations.
• A democracy is a form of government where the power is vested in the military.
• A democracy is a form of government where the power is vested in the monarchy.

Match the following principles of the Constitution (key terms #4-8)

• Limited Government

• The system where power is shared between the national and state governments

• Federalism

• The government is divided into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial

• Separation of powers

• The idea that the government gets its power from the people

• Checks and balances

• The power of the government is limited by a written constitution

• Popular sovereignty

• The principle that each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches

Use the federalism venn diagram to complete the chart below.

Groups:

(a) Delegated Powers

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(b) Reserved Powers

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(c) Concurrent Powers

• Handles elections

• Taxation

• Declares war

• Regulates military

• Powers shared by national and state governments

• Create/enforce laws

• Handles treaties and foreign relations

• Regulates schools

• Powers of the national government

• Build roads

• Powers of the state governments

The Bill of Rights was passed for this purpose:

• To promote economic growth and trade agreements.
• To protect individual liberties and limit government power.
• To establish a national bank and regulate commerce.
• To ensure equal representation in government decisions.

When designing the Constitution, how did the framers prevent any one leader from becoming too powerful?

• The framers implemented a system of checks and balances among the three branches of government.

• The framers created a system where leaders could act without any oversight.
• The framers established a monarchy to ensure strong leadership.
• The framers allowed a single leader to control all branches of government.

Match the following Amendments

• 6th Amendment

• Protection against cruel and unusual punishment

• 8th Amendment

• Right to a fair trial

• 1st Amendment

• Right to privacy

• 5th Amendment

• Right to bear arms

• 2nd Amendment

• Freedom of speech

Match the following

• 9th Amendment

• Trial by jury in civil cases

• 7th Amendment

• No quartering troops

• 10th Amendment

• No unreasonable search & seizure

• 3rd Amendment

• Protects states' rights and powers

• 4th Amendment

• Protects other individual rights