Fundamental Principles & Historical Docs [SOL Review #1]

What principle of American Democracy states that people are the source of any and all governmental power?

• Rule of law
• Consent of the Governed
• Limited Government
• Representative Government

The government of the U.S. is an example of a ___. In this system of government, people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

• Representative Government
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship

All people, including those who govern, are bound by the law according to this principle of American Democracy.

• Rule of law
• Limited government
• Second Amendment
• Consent of the governed

In a ____ the people rule.

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

According to the principle of ____, the government is not all-powerful; it may do only those things that the people have given it the power to do.

• Bill of Rights
• Rule of law
• Individual rights
• Limited government

The introduction to the U.S. Constitution states the six purposes of government, including to form a more perfect union and establish justice. The opening words of the Preamble, "We the people..." establishes that the power of government comes from:

• The President
• The Electoral College
• The people
• Congress

In the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Thomas Jefferson advocated for freedom of:

• The legislative and executive branches.
• Virginia and West Virginia.
• Religious beliefs and opinions.
• Anti-Federalists and Federalists

Which of the following documents is the BEST title for the chart?

• Charters of the VA Company of London
• VA Declaration of Rights
• VA Statute of Religious Freedom
• The Declaration of Independence

Which fact is missing from the chart?

• Gave women the right to vote.
• States had the least power.
• First form of government in the U.S.
• First document to guarantee religious freedom

The ___ granted land and the authority to set up a colonial government in the new world. It also promised the colonists "all liberties...as if they had been abiding and born within this our realm of England."

• Charters of the VA Company
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact
• Gettysburg Address