Unit 4 Review

Which of the following is a responsibility of a US citizen?

• Attend School if you are of age

• Pay Taxes

• Register for the draft

• Vote

The Constitution guarantees the right to a trial by jury of one's peers. However, in order for everyone to enjoy this right, all citizens...

• Should be prepared to serve on a jury 

• temporarily give up the right to peaceable assemble

• get a college degree to learn about the legal process

• promise before a judge to never break the law

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? 

• Many states wanted to sign the Constitution without a Bill of Rights 

• To protect people's personal rights and freedoms and to urge states to ratify the Constitution

• Many people believed it wasn't necessary to limit the power of the national government. 

• The national government would be more powerful

Who is known as the Father of the Constitution? 

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

Which of the following concepts became a result of the Great Compromise combining the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan? 

• Federalism

• Representative Democracy

• Separation of Powers

• A Bicameral Legislature

What stops one branch of government from being too powerful?

• Representative Democracy

• Checks and balances

• Federalism

• Bicameralism

Which of the following is a power shared by both the national and state governments? 

• set up schools

• regulate driver's licenses

• collect taxes

• declare war

Which 2 branches have the power to veto an act of Congress? (Select two answers)

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

A system of government in which power is distributed between national and state governments is called

• Federalism

• Representative Democracy

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

Federal Court judges serve for...

• Life

• 4 Years

• 6 Years

• 10 Years