Government Principles Overview

Which excerpt from the U.S. Constitution best illustrates the principle of popular sovereignty?

• "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members..."

• "The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States..."

• "The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore..."

• "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof."

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8.15D

This excerpt provides one example of which constitutional principle?

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Individual Rights

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8.15D

Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above?

• Judicial review

• Checks and balances

• Popular sovereignty

• Federalism

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8.15D

Match the pictures with the Principle in the U.S. Constitution.

• Federalism

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• Republicanism

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• Popular Sovereignty

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Match the pictures with the Principle in the U.S. Constitution.

• Individual Rights

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• Limited Government

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• Checks and Balances

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• Separation of Powers

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The people of Corpus Christi, TX elected Joe McComb to serve as mayor of the city. This is an example of...

• Republicanism

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

According to Art. 61433bb Texas adopted an official state flower song known as "Bluebonnets." Texas is able to make such a law because...

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Limited Government

A government in which the people rule, the authority of the government comes from the people.

PREAMBLE: " We the people"

• Checks & Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

If the president and congress disagree over a tax bill, the president can veto the the bill. Which principle applies to this?

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Individual Rights

The above diagram best describes the constitutional principle of —

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• republicanism

• federalism