Chapters 1-4 Magruder's Government
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Locke, Harrington, Hobbes, and Rousseau would most likely agree that | the state exists to serve the will of the people
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A federal government is one in which | power is divided between a central and local governments
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Characteristics of a state | population, territory, government, sovereignty
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In a democracy, the will of the majority | cannot deprive rights of a minority
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The purposes of government outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution | provide for the common defense, insure order and domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare, form a more perfect union,
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Which ideas are included in the Declaration of Independence? | people have certain natural rights, government can exist only with the people's consent, the people may change or abolish the government
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Which colony was founded mainly for personal and religious freedom | Massachusetts
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After the Revolutionary War, the National Government | was too weak to deal with the political and economic problems
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Benjamin Franklin's opinion of the Constitution can be summarized as | as near to perfect as possible
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A major objective of both the Annapolis and the Philadelphia Conventions was to | recommend a federal plan for regulating interstate trade
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The Federalist was written to | win support for the Constitution in New York
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The words, "We the People," the Constitution establishes its authority on the basis of | popular sovereignty
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The President's Cabinet is an example of Constitutional change by | unwritten custom
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Which best describes the concept of limited government? | government must operate within the boundaries set forth by the people
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A method of formal amendment | proposed by 2/3 of the Congress and ratified by 3/4 of the states
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Which constitutional change was a result of political party practices? |
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The basic constitutional rights of the people were FIRST set out in the |
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The Judiciary Act of 1789 was a example of |
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The system of federalism provides for all of the following EXCEPT |
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Concurrent powers are those that are |
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States must honor the legality of one another's civil laws because of the |
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Local governments derive their power from |
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Which is an expressed power of the National Government? |
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Citizens who commit a crime in one state and then flee to another are to be returned under |
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Agreements States enter into with foreign nations or other States with consent of Congress |
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In the case McCulloch v. Maryland, what was the Supreme Court ruling based upon? |
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Funds given to a State by the National Government with special conditions attached are |
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The decision to raise taxes is an example of |
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The Framers limited the power of the National Government both by creating separate branches and |
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Through which of the following are the States denied powers? |
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Which may have led the Framers to include the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution? |
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Judging by the actions of Congress after the Civil War, a "republican form of government" must |
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States gain needed resources through grants-in-aid, while the National Government gains |
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