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Review- Government
Short Answer
1. Executive Branch- _________________ the law
- Chief executive is the ______________________
- Must be _____ years old
- Serves for a _______ year term
- Can only serve ________ terms
- Members include : _______ - President and _____________ members
- Must be a ____________ ______________ citizen
- can negotiate ________________
- appoints Supreme Court Justices, ambassadors and _______________ members
- ____________________- ________- __________________ of military
2. Legislative Branch- _________________ the law
- Congress is made up of these 2 Houses: ____________________ ( Upper House) and
____________ _____ ______________________( Lower House)
- Senators must be at least ___________ years old and serves a _____ year term
- House of Representatives must be at least ________ years old and serves a _____ year term
- The Senate is based on ________________ __________________
- The House of Representatives is based on _______________________
3. Judicial Branch- ________________ the law
- Judge has a ________ term with _________ behavior
- There are _______ Justices on the Supreme Court
- The _____________ Justice is head of the Supreme Court
4. Powers of Congress Include:
- Declaring _____________
- _____________ Presidents veto with ________ vote.
- Coin __________
- Impeach government officials
- Levy ________
- Approve treaties
- Raise and maintain an __________
5. Approving treaties, approving Presidential appointments, proposing legislation and holding the President’s
impeachment trial are powers of the ____________________.
6. The ______________________ College officially elects the President.
7. When the President refuses to sign a law its called a _________________ ___________.
8. The _______________ can ___________ a bill as one of its “checks” on Congress and Congress can override
a ______________ with _______ vote in Congress.
9. The United States is considered a federal system because the ______________ is selected by the people.
10. The separation of powers is having a division in our government separated into the
______________________, _______________________ and the _______________ branches
11. Congress overriding a presidential veto, Supreme Court declaring a law unconstitutional , President
appointing a federal judge are examples of ___________________________.
12. The fundamental principle outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution is that the government is based on the
___________________ of the ___________________.
13. The amendment process was added to the U.S. Constitution because the Constitution is a ______________
document and could _______________ to meet the current needs of the country.
14. The First 10 amendments were added to the US Constitution because of the need to ___________ individual
liberties from the _________________
15. Powers shared by the national government and state government is called ____________________.
16. These three men were writers of the Federalist Papers______________________,
___________________________, and ______________________________.
17. The ______ _______________ opposed ratifying the US Constitution because the states would surrender to
much power to the federal government.
18. The Anti-Federalist wanted the _______________________ added to the Constitution for them to support it.
19. Powers belonging to the federal government are called ______________ ______________
20. Powers retained by the states are called ________________ _______________
21. Powers shared by the states and federal government are called ______________ ___________
22. Powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution are called __________ __________
23. The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights had a similar impact on the American system of government
by guaranteeing specific ____________ to individuals
24. Preventing the abuse of government power is a key argument the ____________ used for ratification of the
US Constitution .
25. _______________ ________________ defined the rights of individuals and property rights in English law.
26. _______________ ______________ said that the government was a “social contract”; it was to protect
individual freedoms and property.
27. ______________ ____ ______________ said the government needed to be separated into separate branches
so that the government doesn’t become too powerful.
28. ____________ _______________ and _____________ ___________ were Anti-Federalist
29.
Principles of government
_______________ _______________ - the government is subject to the will of the people; people rule.
30. Federalism is the sharing of powers between the ___________ and the ______________ governments.
31. Republicanism is the favoring of a __________________ government.
32. _____________________ _______ _________________ is having three branches of government, not one
branch having more control over the others.
33. ________________ ________________ is the Constitution defining what the government can do.
34. __________________ _____________ are powers and privileges to which one has just to claim.
35. ___________________ _______ _________________ is that each branch can check on the other branches, so
that one branch does not become too powerful.
Review- Government
Answer Section
SHORT ANSWER
1. ANS:
Enforces
President
35
4
2
Vice and Cabinet
Natural born
treaties
Cabinet
Commander in Chief
PTS: 1
2. ANS:
Makes
Senate and House of Representatives
30 yrs old
6 years
25 yrs old
2 years
Equal Representation
Population
PTS: 1
3. ANS:
Interprets
Life
good
9
Chief
PTS: 1
4. ANS:
War
Override
Money
taxes
army
PTS: 1
5. ANS:
Senate
PTS: 1
6. ANS:
Electoral
2/3
PTS: 1
7. ANS:
Presidential veto
PTS: 1
8. ANS:
President, veto, veto, 2/3
PTS: 1
9. ANS:
President
PTS: 1
10. ANS:
Legislative , Executive and Judicial
PTS: 1
11. ANS:
checks and balances
PTS: 1
12. ANS:
Consent of the People
PTS: 1
13. ANS:
living change
PTS: 1
14. ANS:
liberties, government
PTS: 1
15. ANS:
Federalism
PTS: 1
16. ANS:
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay
PTS: 1
17. ANS:
anti-federalist
PTS: 1
18. ANS:
Bill of Rights
PTS: 1
19. ANS:
Enumerated Powers
PTS: 1
20. ANS:
Reserved powers
PTS: 1
21. ANS:
Concurrent powers
PTS: 1
22. ANS:
Implied powers
PTS: 1
23. ANS:
rights
PTS: 1
24. ANS:
Federalist
PTS: 1
25. ANS:
William Blackstone
PTS: 1
26. ANS:
John Locke
PTS: 1
27. ANS:
Charles de Montesquieu
PTS: 1
28. ANS:
George Mason and Patrick Henry
PTS: 1
29. ANS:
Popular Soveigntry
PTS: 1
30. ANS:
federal and state
PTS: 1
31. ANS:
representative
PTS: 1
32. ANS:
Separation of powers
PTS: 1
33. ANS:
Limited government
PTS: 1
34. ANS:
Individual Rights
PTS: 1
35. ANS:
Checks and Balances
PTS: 1