US Government Quiz

The United States government is considered a federal system because

A dictatorship is different from a democracy because

This was the first plan of government for the US. It was meant to be a league of friendship between the states. It was too weak and failed.

Baron de Montesquieu’s idea of dividing Government among three branches of government, such as Legislative, Executive, and Judicial is the idea of

Which important principle in the English Bill of Rights about law became a major influence on American Government?

The idea of limited government was first enforced in England after King John was forced to sign the

Both John Locke and Thomas Jefferson wrote about the natural rights of man. In which document are these “inalienable rights” specifically mentioned?

The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights are similar because they both listed

During the construction of the Constitution, the Anti-Federalists wanted a/n to be added, before ratification, to protect against tyranny.

One way in which the United States Constitution differed from the Articles of Confederation was that the Constitution created a national government with