United States Government Final Exam 2023

Who is known as the 'Father of the United States Constitution'?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

What does a social contract mean?

• A legal document outlining the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

• An agreement between the people and a government.

What does ratification mean?

• Official approval or confirmation of something

• Indecisiveness regarding something

Select all the parts of the United States Constitution.

• Body

• Preamble

• Articles

• Conclusion

• Amendments

What does the Preamble to the United States Constitution state?

• The Preamble states the purpose and goals of the United States government.

• The Preamble states the names of the founding fathers.

Match the following

• To ensure fair treatment for all

• To provide for a common defense

• To maintain peace and order

• To form a more perfect union

• To bring the individual states together

• To promote the general welfare

• provide military protection

• To ensure domestic tranquility

• the well-being of the people

• To establish justice

Select all the goals listed in the Preamble of the United States Constitution.

• to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

• to abolish the government

What form of government does the United States have?

• Oligarchy

• Federal Republic

Select the fundamental principle that means that the people are the only source of government power.

• Separation of Powers

• Consent of the governed

Select the fundamental principle that means that the government is not all powerful and can only do what the people give it the power to do.

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government