Principles of Constitution Questions

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"Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are _______ to the states respectively, or to the people." -Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Reserved powers

________________ _________________ are those given to the state, and the Tenth Amendment was added to the Bill of Rights to ensure states had such powers.

Reserved powers

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the U.S. Constitution?

Anti-federalists wanted citizens to have guarantees of protection from government tyranny.

The Senate has the power to confirm presidential appointments to the Supreme Court. This is an example of what principle of United States government?

Checks and balances

Which of these is an advantage of the system of checks and balances?

It requires the different branches of the federal government to work together to seek the common good.

Which federal document limits the power of the government while guaranteeing freedoms to the American people?

The U.S. Constitution

____________________, because of the Bill of Rights, allows American citizens freedoms while promising the government will operate following boundaries and rules. This is an example of limited government.

The U.S. Constitution

Which of these powers belongs exclusively to states?

The regulation of intrastate commerce

"TO WHAT expedient then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necesary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is ..... 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." - James Madison, Federalist Paper #51

checks and balances


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