What are the three branches of government as established by the United States Constitution?

• Executive, administrative, judicial
• Executive, legislative, judicial
• Judicial, executive, Federal
• Judicial, representative, and legal

Which group pushed for and supported the Bill of Rights?

• Federalists
• Nationalists
• Republicans
• Anti-Federalists

What is the role of the Executive Branch as stated in the U.S. Constitution?

• Make laws
• Interpret laws
• Enforces laws
• All of the above

What is the role of the Legislative Branch as stated in the U.S Constitution?

• Makes laws
• Interprets laws
• Enforces laws
• All of the above

Which if the following is TRUE about the amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• The first ten are known as the Bill of Rights.
• The Framers of the Constitution knew that they could not write the perfect document and that things in the country would change over time, so they added the ability to amend the document in the future.
• Added in order to guarantee civil liberties for American citizens.
• All of the above

"There can be no free government where the people are not possessed of the power of making the laws by which they are governed, either in their own persons, or by others substituted in their stead." Which branch of government is this Brutus letter emphasizing?

• Executive
• Administrative
• Legislative
• Judicial

Which concept is the main point of the above except from Federalist #51?

• Checks and balances
• Abolition of slavery
• All of the above
• None of the above

Why did our founding fathers originally not want a strong government?

• They wanted a government similar to that of Britain
• They were all Federalists
• They were all anarchists
• They were afraid of created another king-like government

Checks and balances refer to...

• The institutional checks of power between the three branches of government
• The money system used for weighing gold
• The powers of the President over the states
• The inability of certain rich fat cats to balance their bank accounts

Supporters of the Constitution called themselves

• Democrats
• Federalists
• Aliens
• impressionists