The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 disagreed with each other about the representation in the legislative branch. What BEST explains the reason for this disagreement?

Which of these is NOT present in a country with a limited government

Which phrase is the basis for democratic government in the United States?

Which presidential action checks the power of the Supreme Court?

Which principle of the U.S. government consists of supreme authority belonging to the people?

Which of these is considered a limited government?

What document protects the freedoms of American citizens?

Which of these is an aspect of limited government?

Life, liberty, and PROPERTY was replaced with

Which of these was a correction to the Articles of Confederation suggested by Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers

What is the belief that society includes groups inside and outside the government who both cooperate and compete with each other. These interactions create a balance that results in the protection of rights.

Which democratic principle of the U.S. government is expressed in "WE THE PEOPLE"?

Which of these types of governments typically allows the MOST citizen participation?

This is based on: 1. system of agreed upon laws everyone must obey 2. has a constitution that limits government power 3. respects individual liberty

Which of the following statements BEST identifies a way that democracy differs from other forms of government?

According to the Declaration of Independence what is the source of government power?

One of the decisions reached at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was that representation and voting in the House of Representatives would be based on population. Which statement BEST explains a reason for this decision?

What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment to the Constitution?

Which of these is an element of limited government?

James Madison believed

Who hold a confirmation hearing for approval of federal judges?

Why did Congress establish a bicameral legislature?

How does Congress check that the executive branch properly enforces the law?

What was the purpose of the constitutional provision for the creation of a system of "checks and balances" within the national government?

The idea that government is BEST able to protect the liberty of its citizens through the creation of three branches of government all with their own unique powers that can be checked by other branches is called

The following illustrate which principle of democracy: system of shared powers between two levels of government, authority over the same people and geographical area, supreme power is at the national level

Which phrase from the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution BEST explains the concept of federalism?

Under the Constitution, the president can ask for a declaration of war, but it is up to whom to declare war?

The theory that the BEST government is one that is separated into national and state governments is known as

The Congress shall have power...to coin money, regulate the value therof... No state shall...coin money

Which of the following is the MAIN reason for the creation of the 10th Amendment?

How does a person become a Supreme Court Justice?

Which statement describes the result of the Great Compromise

Which action correctly demonstrates a check on the authority of the executive branch?

Which constitutional amendment defined the relationship between the federal and state government?

How many senators represent each state in the Senate?

Which is a check on the power of the judicial branch?

Who may declare war?

How is the membership of the House of Representatives determined?

States can't enter into Treaties, Alliances, or Confederations, or coin money

The executive branch can be impeached for treason or serious crimes.

Which principle is illustrated in this list: House of Representatives has the power to impeach the president; The Senate has sole power to try all impeachments; The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the trial.

Which action by the president is NOT a check on the power of the legislative branch?

Which part of the federal government approves the nomination of Supreme Court Justices?

Which is a check the president States can't enter into Treaties, Alliances, or Confederations, or coin mones on the Supreme Court?

Which constitutional principle is demonstrated by this list: President negotiates a treaty; Senate refuses to ratify the treaty; another peace treaty must be negotiated.