WorksheetsForming a U.S. government
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does Execute mean?
a)
To put to death.
b)
To carry out a law.
c)
To approve.
d)
To Change.
2.
What does Override mean?
a)
To bring a formal charge of wrongdoing against the President or other public offical.
b)
Principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches.
c)
What Congress can do to make a bill become a law (with a majority vote), even after the president has vetoed it.
3.
What does Due Process mean?
a)
The government must follow the same fair rules in all cases brought to trial.
b)
The branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly and constitutionally.
c)
A division of power between the states and the national government.
4.
What does Amend mean?
a)
To approve.
b)
To change.
c)
To carry out a law.
5.
What does Federalist mean?
a)
Opposed to the Constitution, insisting it needed a Bill of Rights!
b)
A series of essays written by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay, defending the Constitution.
c)
Supporter of the Constitution that believed a Bill of Rights was not needed.
6.
What does Federalism mean?
a)
A system where each branch of government has some way to "check" the power of the other two branches.
b)
A division of power between the states and the national government.
c)
A plan where the legislature would consist of two houses. The House of Representatives would be based on state population; The Senate would consist of two senators from each state regardless of the state's size.
7.
What does ratify mean?
a)
To carry out a law.
b)
To change.
c)
To approve.
8.
What does impeach mean?
a)
A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises.
b)
To bring a formal charge of wrongdoing against the President or other public official.
c)
Where every state sent representatives to work together (except Rhode Island) to revise the Articles of Confederation.
9.
What does Anti-Federalist mean?
a)
Opposed to the Constitution, insisting it needed a Bill of Rights!
b)
The first 10 amendments in the United States Constitution.
c)
The first document of self-government in North American written by the Pilgrims.
10.
What does Separation of Powers mean?
a)
The branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly and constitutionally.
b)
A system where each branch of government has some way to "check" the power of the other two branches.
c)
Principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches.
11.
What is the Executive Branch?
a)
Branch of government that carries out the laws.
b)
The branch of government that passes laws.
c)
The branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly and constitutionally.
12.
What is the Judicial Branch?
a)
The branch of government that passes laws.
b)
Branch of government that carries out the laws.
c)
The branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly and constitutionally.
13.
What is the Legislative Branch?
a)
Branch of government that carries out the laws.
b)
The branch of government that passes laws.
c)
The branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly and constitutionally.
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