End of Semester Exam: US government (Edmentum) (With correct answers)
What is the primary purpose of most constitutions? correct answers to define and limit government power
Under which type of government would state or provincial governments have the most sovereignty? correct answers confederal
Imagine you are preparing a speech on social contract theory for your government class. As part of your speech, you need to focus on the idea that people have the authority to overthrow a government that has become tyrannical. Which Enlightenment text would be good source material? correct answers Locke's Second Treatise of Government
What is considered an important Roman contribution to American government? correct answers the idea of representative government in which people elect officials to speak for them
According to the Declaration of Independence, when do the people have the right to overthrow their government? correct answers when the government fails to protect the fundamental rights of the people
What was an important concern for the Founding Fathers when drafting the Articles of Confederation? correct answers avoiding the tyranny of a powerful central government
The Constitution created a federal system in the United States. Which of the following best describes a federal government? correct answers power split and shared between the central and state governments
In 1783, which plan sought to highlight the need for a stronger national government and used army officers to threaten a coup d'état? correct answers Newburgh Conspiracy
What were the Founding Fathers trying to create when they divided powers between the judicial, legislative, and executive branches? correct answers WRONG: a federal government
Which sentence in the US Constitution provides for limiting the power of government? correct answers "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . . or abridging the
freedom of speech or of the press."
What is an enumerated power of Congress? correct answers a power specifically named in the Constitution
In Congress, who has the right to unlimited debate and unlimited opportunity to offer amendments? correct answers senators
What is the primary purpose of most constitutions? correct answers to define and limit government power
Under which type of government would state or provincial governments have the most sovereignty? correct answers confederal
Imagine you are preparing a speech on social contract theory for your government class. As part of your speech, you need to focus on the idea that people have the authority to overthrow a government that has become tyrannical. Which Enlightenment text would be good source material? correct answers Locke's Second Treatise of Government
What is considered an important Roman contribution to American government? correct answers the idea of representative government in which people elect officials to speak for them
According to the Declaration of Independence, when do the people have the right to overthrow their government? correct answers when the government fails to protect the fundamental rights of the people
What was an important concern for the Founding Fathers when drafting the Articles of Confederation? correct answers avoiding the tyranny of a powerful central government
The Constitution created a federal system in the United States. Which of the following best describes a federal government? correct answers power split and shared between the central and state governments
In 1783, which plan sought to highlight the need for a stronger national government and used army officers to threaten a coup d'état? correct answers Newburgh Conspiracy
What were the Founding Fathers trying to create when they divided powers between the judicial, legislative, and executive branches? correct answers WRONG: a federal government
Which sentence in the US Constitution provides for limiting the power of government? correct answers "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . . or abridging the
freedom of speech or of the press."
What is an enumerated power of Congress? correct answers a power specifically named in the Constitution
In Congress, who has the right to unlimited debate and unlimited opportunity to offer amendments? correct answers senators
