Chapter 6 Lesson 4 Test

a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives, according to a plan of government

• Popular Soverignty

• Judicial Review

• Constitutional Republic

• Civic Responsibility

law protects citizens from government's misuse of power

• Rules of Law

• Constitutional Republic

• Judicial Review

• Popular Sovereignty

The duties related to being a citizen

• Popular

• Civic Responsibility

• Judicial Review

• Constitutional Republic

The idea that power comes from the people

• Judicial Review

• Constitutional Republic

• Popular Sovereignty

• Civic Responsibility

Supreme Court duty to review laws and judge if a laws follows the constitution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Constitutional Republic

• Civic Responsibility

• Judicial Review

Which statement is true about Constitution Day?

• It marks the day when delegates signed the Constitution.

• It marks the day when the Constitution was finally ratified.

• It began after the Bill of Rights was added.

• It is celebrated on July 4 each year.

What is contained in the Preamble to the Constitution?

• A description of civic responsibilities

• The first ten amendments to the Constitution

• The main goals and principles of the Constitution

• An explanation of how the Constitution was written

The rule of law supports which principle listed in the Preamble?

• Secure the blessings of liberty

• Ensure domestic tranquility

• Form a more perfect union

• Establish justice

What do all the amendments to the Constitution have in common?

• They are laws that all citizens thought were important.

• They all deal with ways to give people more freedom and rights.

• They all uphold the ideas expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution.

• They all address modern problems that the Founding Fathers didn't know about.

What principle in the Preamble was strengthened by the passage of the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments?

• Secure liberty

• Form a more perfect union

• Promote the general welfare

• Provide for the common defense