EP 2a-2d Foundations of Gov't _2024

People are the source of any and all governmental power is known as?

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

• Representative Gov't

• Consent of the Governed

The government and those who govern are bound by the law is known as?

• Democracy

• Rule of Law

• Limite Gov't

• EP's Law

Which of these documents served as a model for the Bill of Rights?

• Declaration of Independance

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Bill of Longhorn

Which document created a weak central government with no power to tax or to enforce laws?

• Articles of Confedration

• Delcaration of Independance

• U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Independance

Which document established the republican structure of the U.S. government?

• The Constitution of Good Hope

• The U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Pillars of Division

Under the Articles of Confederation, most power resided with the:

• Federal Gov't

• International Gov't

• States

• Provinces

Which document protected the fundamental freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?

• CHARTERS OF THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON

• THE PREAMBLE

• THE BILL OF RIGHTS

• THE VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Which document protected the fundamental freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?

• Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independance

• Bill of Sales

Why didn’t the Articles of Confederation work?

• MAINTAINED THAT MAJOR POWERS RESIDED WITH THE STATES; PROVIDED FOR A WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WITH NO POWER TO TAX OR ENFORCE LAWS.

• too much power to national gov't

• MAINTAINED THAT MAJOR POWERS RESIDED WITH THE COUNTIES PROVIDED FOR A WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WITH NO POWER TO TAX OR ENFORCE LAWS.

• too much power to the city gov't

What is the process for amending the Constitution?

• THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT MUST BE APPROVED BY A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AND THEN RATIFIED BY THREE FOURTHS OF THE STATES

• THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT MUST BE APPROVED BY COLONIST AND THEN RATIFIED BY THREE FOURTHS OF THE STATES