Founding Documents Quiz

What idea means that the PEOPLE have power and say within their own government?

• Federalism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Limited Government
• Checks and Balances

What idea means that the power of a government should be contained so that it cannot take away the freedoms of its people?

• Federalism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Limited Government
• Checks and Balances

Which document was not a system of government, but did express a group of principles for starting a new country, while also explaining why a new country should be allowed to be formed?

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Which document was created to respond to the problems of our nation's first attempt at government, and became a lasting form of government that better balanced both federalist and anti-federalist principles for governing (it created a form of government with a stronger executive, yet still focused on listing and protecting the rights of citizens)?

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Which document was made for new territories being added to the country, but its lasting impact on our nation is that it set precedents of guaranteeing certain rights, like religious freedom and trial by jury that would later be found in our nation's bill of rights?

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Which group wished to see a stronger executive, and a stronger national government capable of doing more, and doing things more quickly?

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

Which group wished to protect the rights of citizens through a bill of rights, and was concerned a stronger national government could trample on the concepts of popular sovereignty and limited government?

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

What idea of government gives certain jobs to certain branches of government?

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances

What idea of government means that each branch has the job of limiting the power of the other two branches?

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances

Which of the following groups make laws at the federal level?

• Legislative Branch (Congress)
• Executive Branch (President)
• Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)