U.S. Constitution Unit Common Assessment
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- Q1What are two best ways a citizen can participate in a democracy?organize a revolution and workvote and protest lawsget a job and write lettersrun for office and become king30s
- Q2Choose the correct pairing of a citizen's RIGHT and the matching DUTY/RESPONSIBILITY that goes along with that right.paying taxes and joining the armyright to vote and become presidentright to speak freely and unfairlytrial by jury and serving on a jury30s
- Q3How does the Constitution protect our ability to achieve our goals?We can search government buildings with our 4th amendment rightsWe can use our 1st Amendment rights to voice our opinions about the governmentWe can veto bills as US citizens30s
- Q4The SHARING of power between the federal and state governments is called what?checks and balancesfederalismpopular sovereignty30s
- Q5People have the right to VOTE for our representatives. This is called what?federalismchecks and balancespopular sovereigntyrepublicanism30s
- Q6Each branch of government has its own job. This is called what?popular sovereigntyrepublicanismfederalismseparation of powers30s
- Q7Each branch has some control and can check up on the other branches. This is called what?popular sovereigntyfederalismseparation of powersChecks and Balances30s
- Q8What sentence best shows the idea of federalism? (Powers are SHARED between national and state govts)Powers not given to the US are reserved for the state governmentswe have the right to bear armsThe Senate holds a term for 6 yearsWe the people...30s
- Q9"Vote for John White for President!" This is an example of what?Amendmentrepublicanismseparation of powerschecks and balances30s
- Q10If I drew a tree with THREE BRANCHES, what might that represent?separation of powers.checks and balancesfederalismamendments30s
- Q11The president has the power to VETO. What is this an example of?popular sovereigntyfederalismchecks and balances1st amendment right30s
- Q12What are TWO RIGHTS that we have?right to refuse to pay taxes and not workright to refuse military and not go to schoolright to vote and the right to a speedy trial30s
- Q13The Constitution LIMITS the power of the government by doing what?Providing rights to the people!prohibiting due process of lawstopping our amendmentsrefusing our freedom of speech30s