U2 Practice Test
convince people that the Constitution contained safeguards against government becoming too strong.
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 was written to
impose taxes on imports
State governments may not
social contract theory
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were European philosophers who influenced American documents with which theory?
It guaranteed certain freedoms and rights to the people
How did the Bill of Rights help to satisfy the arguments of some critics of the US Constitution?
that the president is subject to far more constraints than the king is.
In the Federalist No. 69, Alexander Hamilton most likely used comparison between the president of the US and the king of Great Britain to show
creation of a public school system
Name a function of government that is NOT a function of the federal government
dividing power among the states and the national government would prevent any governmental entity from abusing its authority
One of the main reasons the Founding Fathers created federalism was because they believed that
They wanted the nation to have a unified currency
Why did the Framers of the Constitution put the regulation of monetary policy in the hands of the federal government instead of the states?
The UK 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
Why is it easier for the prime minister of Britain to pass legislation than it is for the US president?
The SC judges the constitutionality of a law.
(____________) best describes judicial power in the US.
constutionalism
(_______________) served as one of the foundations of American government?
the entity that makes and enforces public policy
A government is?
it allows Congress to override a veto
Based on the citation, (an excerpt from Article 1 of the Constitution), how does this clause represent a check on unlimited governmental power?
Each state or local government can have its own policy on the same issue
Name a disadvantage of a federal system of government
popular sovereignty and limited government
What 2 principles are the foundation of every state's constitution?
when laws must be in line with religion
What factor makes a system of government a theocracy and not a republic?
to outline the system of checks and balances among the three branches: the SC declares a law unconstitutional
What is the main purpose of this excerpt from the Federalist Papers and which 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
Those rights are natural and absolute
What makes some rights "unalienable"?
The Framers formed a bicameral legislature as a compromise between small states, which wanted equal representation in the legislature, and large states, which wanted a representation based on population
When the Framers created the legislative branch of government, why did they decide that this branch would have a bicameral legislature?
Congress can override a presidential veto by 2/3 vote in each house
Which is an example of checks and balances?
