US Government Unit Test Review

A _________ is a government that is run by the people.

• The Preamble

• Democracy

• framers

• The Founding Fathers

_______________for a citizen include participating in government by obeying laws and voting.

• Civic responsibility

• framers

• The Preamble

• democracy

The introductory statement of The U.S. Constitution is called ____________ and includes the Constitution’s fundamental purposes and guiding principles.

• The Preamble

• The Founding Fathers

• Civic responsibility

• Framers

The ____________are those men at the Constitutional Convention who wrote the United States Constitution.

• democracy

• framers

• the founding fathers

• civic responsibility

The political leaders and statesmen who signed the Declaration of Independence, took part in the Revolutionary War, and established the U.S. Constitution are known as ________________.

• The Founding Fathers

• framers

• the Preamble

• democracy

The Supreme Court makes up which branch of the U.S. Government?

• cabinet

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

The Executive branch of the U.S. Government is made up of the President and

• the Supreme Court and Senate

• the Cabinet and Vice President

• The Congress and the House

• the Judicial and Legislative Branch

The first government in place after the American Revolution was written in a document known as

• the Treaty of Paris

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Preamble

• The Northwest Ordinance

The House of Representatives and the Senate make up the

• Executive Branch

• Articles of Confederation

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

What is the key power of the Judicial branch of the U.S. Government?

• make laws

• carry out laws

• veto laws

• Interpret laws