Unit One Study Guide
Question
1. Locke, Harrington, Hobbes, and Rousseau
believe gov. should serve who?
2. Modern democracies were developed to
combat what prominent form of gov?
3. What is a federal government?
4. What does the Preamble to the Constitution
say the purpose of gov. is?
5. What ideas were presented in the
Declaration of Independence?
6. The Federalist was written to gain support
for the ______ in the state of _______.
7. What US document first stated that people
could eliminate a bad gov?
8. The words "we the people" in the
Constitution represent what key term?
9. Describe the concept of limited
government.
10. Where can you find our basic
constitutional rights?
11. The president's power to ______ is an
example of checks and balances.
12. Why has the Constitution been able to last
for 200 years?
13. How are the four methods of amending
the Constitution related to federalism?
14. What is a concurrent power?
15. The power of the government to coin
money is a _____ power.
16. A republican form of government is
guaranteed in the ________.
17. If I have the power to execute, enforce,
and administer laws, what branch of gov.
am I?
18. Explain the social contract theory?
19. What is popular sovereignty?
20. What problems did the Articles of
Confederation cause?
21. What were small states worried about when
drafting the Constitution?
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22. What key term means that basic powers are
distributed among three branches of gov?
23. How can the Constitution be changed?
24. What power allows presidents to send troops
abroad?
25. A fugitive from justice in one State is captured
in another State. According to the laws of
extradition, what will happen to this person?
25. What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause?
26. What was the first national government of the
US? (hint: not Articles of Confederation)
27. What is judicial review?
28. Why was Washington stepping down as
president so important?
29. What country created the Magna Carta?
30. What is the Preamble to the Constitution?
31. Who federalists? Who were antifederalists? What did they want?
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32. The Constitution established an ______
legislature.
33. What does the ninth amendment deal
with?
34. What does the 10th amendment deal with?
35. What was the Great Compromise?
36. What does the first amendment promise?
37. What is an expressed power? Give me an
example.
38. What is an implied power? Give me an
example.
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