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WorksheetsFoundations of the Constitution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Where did the writers of the Constitution get the idea for limiting the power of the government?
The Magna Carta
The Summa Cum Lade
The Declaration of Independence
The French bill of Rights
What is Federalism?
A system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government.
A system of government where the national government has complete power.
A system of government where the national government has complete power
A system of government where the people have direct control of the government.
A fundamental principle of American Government, whereby each branch of the government has some measure of influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches.
Federalism
Checks and Balances
Limited Government
Popular Sovereignty
How did the Mayflower Compact influence the Constitution?
It gave them the idea of how to limit the power of the government
It was an early example of the people running their own government
It showed that the Americans were able to make their own money
It proved that they needed a stronger national government.
Which government principle is illustrated by the Bill of Rights?
Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Where do we see the principle of separation of powers in our government?
Some powers are given to the states and some are given to the federal government
The power of the government is given to the people
The laws are enforced equally on all people, even the government.
The existence of legislative, judicial, and executive branches.
This Enlightenment era thinker proposed the idea that men had "inalienable rights"
Rosseau
Montesquieu
Locke
Hobbes
Which of these documents, ideas or events was important in shaping the Constitution?
The Louisiana Purchase
The English Bill of Rights
The Charter of Jamestown
The Equal Rights Amendment
What Constitutional Principle says "We the People"?
Limited Government
Separation of Powers
Popular Sovereignty
Judicial Review
In the United States, the government is divided into three branches with distinctive duties. This is the principle of ________________.
Federalsim
Popular Sovereignty
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
The term democracy means "rule by__________."
the president
the people
the mob
the monarch
Which of the following is an example of popular sovereignty?
voting for representatives that support your opinions
trying a case in criminal or civil court proceedings
the power to tax at the state and federal level
impeaching the President in the case of wrongdoing
Which constitutional principle is illustrated by the cartoon?
Limited Government
Popular Sovereignty
Separation of Powers
Rule of Law
Which constitutional principle is illustrated by the cartoon?
Limited government
Popular sovereignty
Separation of powers
Rule of Law
Which clause of the Constitution is illustrated by the following cartoon?
Necessary and proper clause
Elastic clause
Supremacy clause
Full Faith and Credit clause
Which of the following is NOT an expressed power of the federal government?
Coining money
Taxing
Declaring War
Prosecuting criminals
The necessary and proper clause states that
Congress has the power to make any laws necessary to carry out its expressed powers
Congress has the power to make any laws necessary to carry out its implied powers
Congress can make any law it considers necessary
Congress has more enumerated powers than implied powers
What constitutional principle is shown in this cartoon?
Checks and balances
Supremacy
Concurrent powers
Full Faith and Credit
Taxing, borrowing money, making and enforcing laws and establishing courts are all powers held by
The federal government
State governments
Both federal governments and state governments
Neither the federal government or the state government
Regulating immigration is one of the __________________ powers of the federal government
Concurrent
Expressed
Implied
Inherent
