Honors Gov. Unit 2 Practice
Which of the following is an example of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke's influence on the American funding documents?
a government that abuses the basic rights of its citizens may be overthrown
Which are examples of bias in primary source documents?
a king writing a private letter to a colony governor requesting that he control the radical colonies under his authority a pamphlet supporting the Anti-Federalist debate, comparing George Washington and Thomas Jefferson monarchs who would rule the new United States
An inherent element in federalism is the division of powers. Which of the following is an example of this concept?
a state creating a public school system that follows education laws created by Congress
Based on the citation, how does this clause represent a check on unlimited governmental power?
it allows Congress to override a veto
Which of the following is example of checks and balances in government?
Congress can override a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in each house
How did the Bill of Rights help to satisfy the arguments of some critics of the U.S. Constitution?
it guaranteed certain freedoms and rights to the people
Which of the following actions best describes judicial power in the United States?
the Supreme Court judges the constitutionality of a law
Which idea served as one of the foundations of American government?
constitutionalism
In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each is subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself. This excerpt is written to
convince people that the Constitution contained safeguards against government becoming too strong
One of the main reasons the Founding Fathers created federalism was because they believed that
dividing power among the states and national government would prevent a governmental entity from abusing its authority
Which of the following disadvantage of a federal system of government?
each state or local government can have its own policy on the same issue
Which two principles are the foundation of every state's constitution?
popular sovereignty and limited government
In this extract from the Federalists Papers, Alexander Hamilton most likely used a comparison between the president of the United States and the king of Great Britain to show
that the president is subject to far more constraints than the king is
When the Framers created the legislative branch of government, why did they decide that this branch would have a bicameral structure?
the Framers formed a bicameral legislature as a compromise between small Staes, which wanted equal representation the legislature, and large states, which wanted representation based on population
Why is it easier for the prime minister of Britain to pass legislation than it is for the U.S. president?
the United Kingdom is a parliamentary system where the prime minister is chosen by and is part of the Parliament. this provides the prime minister with considerable legislative and executive power
Which of the following is the best example of government?
the entity that makes and enforces public policy
Why did the Framers of the Constitution put the regulation of monetary policy in the hands of the federal government instead of the states?
they wanted the nation to have a unified currency
What makes some rights "unalienable"?
those rights are natural and absolute
What is the main purpose of this excerpt from The Federalists No. 51, and which of the following best illustrates it? TO WHAT expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places
to outline the system of checks and balances among the three branches; the Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional
Which factor makes a system of government a theocracy and not a republic?
when laws must be in line with religion
