The American Democracy: Part 1

Choose the best answer for each quesiton.

What does the principle of popular sovereignty mean?

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?

What is the role of the judicial branch in the system of checks and balances?

What does federalism refer to?

Which of these is a power reserved for the state governments?

What is the function of the Preamble of the Constitution?

What does the system of checks and balances ensure?

The government controls all aspects of citizens’ lives

The people have the right to create a government that works for them

The government is above the people

To limit the power of the states

To protect individual freedoms and prevent government overreach

To establish the structure of the legislative branch

Legislative

Judicial

Executive

To create laws

To interpret laws and rule them unconstitutional

To veto laws

The power of the national government over the states

The division of power between the national and state governments

The establishment of one centralized government

Regulating interstate commerce

Conducting foreign relations

Controlling education

To define the powers of the federal government

To outline the structure of the government

To state the purposes of the government

One branch of government will always have more power

That power is concentrated in one branch

No branch of government becomes too powerful