Which document is referred to as the 'Supreme Law of the Land'?

Who is responsible for carrying out the laws in the U.S. government?

Which branch of government is responsible for making laws?

What power does the President have over laws passed by Congress?

What is the role of the Supreme Court in the U.S. government?

What is the source of Reserved Powers for the states?

Which of the following is a Delegated Power of the National government?

What is the term for powers shared by both the federal and state governments?

What is the concept of citizens electing representatives to carry out their will called?

Which philosopher is associated with the idea of Separation of Powers?

What action can Congress take if the President vetoes a law?

Which branch of government can remove the President through the impeachment process?

What is the primary function of the Judicial branch?

Which power is NOT a Delegated Power of the National government?

What is the source of the concept of Limited Government?

Which of the following is a Reserved Power of the states?

What is the purpose of Checks and Balances in the U.S. government?

Which branch of government can declare laws unconstitutional?

What is the role of the Senate in the impeachment process?

Which of the following is a Concurrent Power?

What is the source of the concept of Republicanism?

Which branch of government is responsible for explaining and interpreting laws?

What is the primary function of the Executive branch?

Which of the following is NOT a Reserved Power of the states?

What is the purpose of the Supremacy Clause?

Which of the following is a Delegated Power of the National government?

What is the role of the House in the impeachment process?

Which of the following is NOT a Concurrent Power?

What is the primary function of the Legislative branch?

How many amendments (changes or additions) have been made to the U.S. Constitution so far?

What is the 17th Amendment?

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands…may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 47
Question: What principle is Madison defending in this excerpt?

“The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate…” – U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2
Question: This constitutional provision reflects which principle?

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution…are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” – 10th Amendment
Question: This excerpt expresses what principle of government?

“The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States.” – U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 2

“We the People of the United States…do ordain and establish this Constitution.” – Preamble to the U.S. Constitution
Question: The phrase “We the People” reflects which principle?

“Every Bill which shall have passed the House… and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President… If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it…” – U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 7

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” – First Amendment
Question: This excerpt demonstrates which principle of U.S. government?

“The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts…” – U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 1
Question: This excerpt shows the Constitution dividing powers into different branches, demonstrating:

“It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.” – Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Question: This quote established which principle?

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” – Declaration of Independence (1776)
Question: This excerpt reflects which principle?