A New Nation-Part II Review

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What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

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To limit what the government can do.

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Which of the following is one reason the Founding Fathers added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution? Options: The Constitution limited federal powers over state powers. The Constitution did not give the government enough power. The Constitution did not do enough to protect individual rights. The Constitution gave more powers to the states than to the federal.

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The Constitution did not do enough to protect individual rights.

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Why did many people support adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

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Living under the rule of the British king made them afraid of strong national governments.

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What power do citizens have in a representative democracy such as the United States?

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Citizens elect other people to run the government.

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What do the natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have in common?

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They are rights that all people are born with.

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Which of the following are examples of natural rights found in the Declaration of Independence?
prosperity and happiness, health and property, life and liberty, wealth and safety

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life and liberty

Front

Which of the following is a power ONLY allowed by the federal government?
Print money, Repair roads, Tax citizens, Build schools

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Print money

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Which of the following is the BEST reason Framers of the Constitution include this text in the document?
Options: to show that all people in the country have the same rights, to show that the government is given its power by the people, to show that the government can take away the rights of the people, to show that all people in the country have an equal say in government

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to show that the government is given its power by the people

Front

Which constitutional principle do the first three words of this text express?

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popular sovereignty

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Which of the following would BEST complete the “Shared” portion of the Venn Diagram?
- Declaring war
- Taxing citizens
- Printing money
- Fixing local roads

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Taxing citizens