Government Unit 1 Review

Authority is...

• Society’s belief that their ruler or government has the right to rule.

• Sovereignty

• The right to rule

• The ability to rule

Republicanism is...

• The idea that everyone should live in a state of no laws or government.

• The idea that country’s leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election.

• The idea that a country should be ruled by one person who holds all the power.

• Another word for Presidential elections.

What doucument referred to the USA as "a firm league of friendship?

• The Articles of Confederation.

• The Bill of Rights.

• The US Constitution.

• The Declaration of Independence.

What event revealed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• The Boston Tea Party.

• The Constitutional Convention.

• The American Revolution.

• Shays' Rebellion.

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To elect the President of the United States.

• To talk about Shays' Rebellion.

• To Improve the Articles of Confederation.

• To write a completely new Constitution.

Which of these was not a Constitutional compromise?

• The 3/5th Compromise

• The Commerce Compromise

• The Great compromise

• The Freedmen Compromise

When a Supreme Court Justice retires, who has the authority to nominate a replacement?

• The House of Representatives.

• The President.

• The Supreme Court members.

• Congress.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• Outlaw slavery.

• Give women the right to vote.

• Granted citizenship to former slaves.

• Allowed Congress to impose Federal income tax.

If the President veto's a bill, Congress can...

• Send it to the President again.

• Send it to the Supreme Court to vote on.

• Pass it with a 2/3rd vote.

• They cannot do anything.

Federalism provides different levels of power, each with its own authority, over the same --------- and ----------- at the same time period.

• People and territories.

• Rules and laws.

• Problems and situations.