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WorksheetsUS Gov Test
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What are the central ideas of American Constitutional Government?
Inherent rights, Government by the people and Separation of powers.
Devine right to everyone
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
What is Popular Sovereignty?
A law
The authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
What the popular vote is in an election
The guidelines to state laws
Who are two American philosophers that influenced a constitutional government... and how?
Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin // They believed that everyone had a natural right to his or her life, health, liberty or processions
James Madison, George Washington // They believed that everyone had a natural right to his or her life, health, liberty or processions
John Locke, Thomas Hobbes // They believed that everyone had a natural right to his or her life, health, liberty or processions.
John Adams, John Locke // They believed that everyone had a natural right to his or her life, health, liberty or processions
What is limited government?
Government with limited money
Government with limits and regulations
Government with limited experience
Government restricted with reference to governing powers by limitations in the law and constitution.
What is the Magna Carta?
A document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
A document that gives freedom to people
Document that freed slaves
Document with the authority to give people money for working hard
What are the Bill of Rights?
A bill given to each citizen at the end of each year
A document containing a formal statement of rights // The first 10 Amendments.
The bill written to George Washington in 1776
A document that explains the governments rights toward the people
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A document
A document that gave individuals the right to vote
A formal statement declaring the freedom of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain.
A document stating The United States freedom from the Native Americans
What are the similarities between American Voluntarism and American's ideas about Limited government?
Both ideas are attempting to give power to the government
There are not any similarities, American Voluntarism gives power to the people, and Limited Government gives power to separate branches of government
They both involve only the Citizens of the United States
Both ideas are attempting to give power to the people.
What are examples of American Constitutional Democracy?
Privacy, civil society, promotion of common good, equality.
Government has all of the power
The government forces religion on the citizens
No rights to the people, allows only government to control things
To what levels of government does the Constitution aggregate powers?
School
National, State, and local.
International
Through only citizens of the US
How does the nature of the American Constitution Government give citizens the ability to reaffirm or change their Constitutional values?
Walking in to the White House and telling the president you are not happy
Leaving the country
The First Amendment.
Arguing with Police Officers about change
How does the design of the constitution disperse power evenly among the different branches of government to prevent the abuse of power, protect individual rights?
Checks and Balances and the Bill of Rights.
Arguments between the House and Senate
President getting all of the power
Disallowing the president to veto a Bill
How do specific features of the Constitution prevent the abuse of power though checks and balances?
New Presidential election
Judicial Review, Federalism, Veto Bills and the Bill of Rights.
Large riots outside of the white house
Rearranging the entire government
How are fundamental values reflected through the government?
Not given the right to vote
Giving the Police force too much grief
The common good, Justice and Equality and Popular Sovereignty.
Disallowing amendments to the constitution, or changing the bill of rights
What are major characteristics of systems of shared powers?
National
State
Local
The three different branches of Government.
National, State, and local
What are the responsibilities of the three branches in regulatory agencies?
The three branches create opportunities to give money to the organization, and as well as making sure everything is legal.
Only Checks and Balances for the agencies
Only allowing the president to make laws/changes
Making intense laws that will not help ensure the growth of the agency
How does the Constitution result in tension between the three branches?
The power of the People
The Power of the Purse and the Power of Impeachment (Veto Powers).
Citizenship laws
It only allows governers to make laws (no national laws)
How are authoritarian and totalitarian regimes relationships different?
They are the same
There is one difference, and it includes only giving the government power
The authoritarian ruler is more focused on individual power, while the totalitarianruler is more of a charming ideologist who claims to have the best interest of the people or the state in mind.
The citizens end up with all the power, and the economy crashes
How do provisions of the Constitution help ensure an effective government?
The can help ensure equality among citizens and Government employees
There is no ensuring of an effective government
The idea of Due process, (but it does not work) so the law is changed
They have the right of Due-Process.
How do political and economic freedoms limit governmental power?
The ability of people of a society to take economic and political actions.
They do not limit governmental power
Governmental powers is only limited by other branches of government
The people have the right to vote for change.
What responsibilities do citizens and government employees have to improve the Constitutional governement?
They no longer have the ability to vote for change
Respect and obey federal, state, and local laws along with respecting the rights, beliefs, and opinions of others, and paying taxes.
Citizens do not need to respect federal laws, they only need to follow state laws
Government employees are the only people allowed to protest, or change the government
Why have countries been successful in establishing a Constitutional government?
They are forced to after a war with the United States
There is no other option's because of the EU
Their citizens respect the Constitution and its guidelines.
US citizens move to other countries, protest, and change the governmental system into a constitutional government
