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WorksheetsDavidson Am Gov Origins and Federalism
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 29mins
Which power is delegated to the federal government?
conducting elections
establishing courts
taxing citizens
coining money
What are the rules that govern the U.S. government called?
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Preamble
The Federalist Papers
Collecting taxes is a...
Reserved power
Concurrent power
Enumerated power
Individual power
What did the American colonies base their independence on?
Popular support.
Divine Right Theory
John Locke's political writings.
The book Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.
What is interstate commerce?
Trade among states
What does "rule of law" mean?
No one is above the law.
Local governments provide which types of services?
Restrictions on freedom of speech.
Defense.
Police and fire protection.
Federal disaster relief programs.
This event led many more American colonists to believe that a stronger national government was needed.
Thanks to taxation, the national government easily defeated a rebellion.
Colonists preferred local governance until "Milk River" went dry.
The government blamed all the problems on rap music. They did not have the power needed to end the beat.
Shays' Rebellion
What are reserved powers?
An example is taxation, which is a power shared by both federal and state governments.
Implied in the Elastic Clause
They are listed specifically in the Bill of Rights. The 10th Amendment lists these powers in Article 23.
Not specifically granted to the national government or denied to the states
What is it called when the people rule or are in charge?
Democracy
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
People elect delegates to make laws in this type of government:
Limited government
Monarchical government
Oligarchical government
Representative government
What type of government does the United States have?
representative democracy
dictatorship
pure democracy
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
Supremacy Clause
The powers of the national (central, federal) government on the left side are called:
Enumerated
Expressed
Delegated
All of these words apply
A strong central government sharing power with regional governments is
This big idea most represents the relationship between the national and state governments.
Separation and Balances
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
This principle best represents the relationship between the national and state governments in the United States.
What level of government is responsible for education?
state government/state government
These two sentences mean the same thing.
state government/federal government. The states determine math and foreign languages while the national government determines social science and science.
Private organizations/state governments
Federal government/local governments
What does it mean to have supreme and absolute authority within territorial borders?
Supremacy
Sovereignty
Social Contract
It indicates a shared governance with other authorities.
Which part of the United States Constitution sets forth its goals and purposes?
The Preamble
The Bill of Rights
The "Elastic Clause."
The Articles
Brah, like all the power is at the top at the national level brah. It's concentrated there brah. Like all major things are decided there. Bruh. Bruh.
Federal
Confederal
Unitary
Unicornary
In this system of government, all important powers are given to the central government.
Federal
Confederate
Oligarchy
Unitary
In this system of government, a strong central government shares important decision-making responsibilities with regional governments.
What was the main goal of the Federalists?
A strong national government.
Which sentence most correctly describes federalism in the United States?
How each branch is separate and also able to check and balance the power of the other branches.
How power is divided between the levels of government.
National power limits.
State power limits.
In this system of government, power is divided between national and regional governments.
Unitary System
Federalism
Confederation
Monarchy
What term best describes when citizens, not government officials, initiate legislation?
Referendum
Repeal
Initiative
Recall
Which Amendment protects freedoms of speech, religion, petition, and assembly?
What resulted in the United States having a House and a Senate?
Virginia Plan
The Great Compromise
What did Anti-federalists insist was needed in the new Constitution?
A Bill of Rights
What type of powers are only for state governments?
Reserved powers
Implied powers, including establishing a national bank and creating federal agencies.
Enumerated powers, like declaring war and regulating foreign trade.
Concurrent powers, such as taxing and borrowing money.
A group of mostly independent states that are loosely held together by a common goal such as defense.
Union
Federation
Alliance
Confederation
The term used when the people vote to remove an elected official from office.
Overthrow
Ratify
Repeal
Recall
What did the national government not have during the Articles of Confederation?
A president or any other independent executive officer.
Only one house.
One vote from each state.
Hopes and dreams.
What can be called "the people's branch," and has to be reelected every two years?
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Executive Branch
Senate
What term describes things that the federal government cannot do?
Denied powers
What is a power that is denied to the national government in the United States?
Declare war
Coin money
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 in the United States Constitution
Elastic Clause
Bill of Rights
Why did the Anti-Federalists say no to the Constitution?
It lacked a Bill of Rights
They were concerned about the lack of a national bank.
They thought it would lead to a monarchy.
They believed the Constitution favored the wealthy.
What powers are needed for the national government to carry out delegated/expressed powers?
Flower Power
Reserved powers
Girl Power
Implied powers
Which article of the United States Constitution states that national/federal law is supreme to state law?
Article I
Article XI
Article VI
What part of the Constitution lists the goals of government?
The Articles
It is hidden within the signatures. It has to be viewed by a constitulomoter, which Benjamin Franklin invented.
What are powers, such as taxation, that are shared between the national and state governments called?
Concurrent powers
Reserved powers
Federal powers
Individual Rights are protected by our ___________.
Bill of Rights
tax codes
Declaration of Independence
What part of the Constitution makes acts by the national government superior to those of the states?
The national/central government dominates. The regional governments do not have decision-making ability.
Unitary system
Decentralized system
Confederation
Federal system
In this case the Supreme Court ruled that, because of the Necessary and Proper Clause, the national government did have the power to establish a bank and that, because of the Supremacy Clause, it could not be taxed by a state.
Deebo v. Craig
McDonalds v. CkFila
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Montana
What is the system of government called where the central government shares power with regional governments?
Confederate
Concurrent Powers
Unitary
Federal
What big ideal best represents the division of powers withing the national government.
Federalsim
Which principal best represents how one branch can limit the power of the other two branches?
Which principle best represents the relationship between the national and state governments?
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Divine Right Theory
What is the main purpose of the U.S. Constitution?
To provide the rules for government
To declare independence from Britain
To establish laws for individual states
To create educational guidelines
Concurrent powers
The federal government has supremacy over state governments.
The federal government follows the lead of state governments.
The federal government shares powers with the state governments.
The federal government sets standards that state governments must follow.
Example of Reserved powers
establishing and funding a system of public education
raising and maintaining a navy
declaring war and governing combat
setting and fixing the standards of weights and measures
Which service is performed by local government?
Minting coins
Delivering mail
Providing fire protection
Granting teacher certificates
Which of the following is a shared obligation of the federal, state, and local governments?
coining money
constructing roads and highways
issuing passports
making treaties with foreign nations
