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American Government Review 2
Branches
Question: How many branches are there under the Articles of Confederation?
Answer: One
Question: How many branches are there under the US Constitution?
Answer: Three
Question: What is the job of the executive branch?
Answer: To implement or put into action the laws passed by Congress
Question: Which branch is responsible for making laws?
Answer: Legislative
Question: Which branch decides if a law is unconstitutional?
Answer: Judicial
Historical Figures
Question: The people who helped lead the colonies to independence from Britain are called?
Answer: Founders
Question: This man said that when people live in a state of nature most likely it would be very chaotic as people would be fighting to protect their individual rights.
Answer: John Locke
Question: The author of the Declaration of Independence was
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Question: This group of revolutionaries organized protests throughout the colonies against the unjust taxes from Britain.
Answer: Sons of Liberty
Question: Signed the Emancipation Proclamation and ended the Civil War
Answer: Lincoln
Forms of Government
Question: What is anarchy?
Answer: When there is no government.
Question: A form of government where the political leader is chosen based on birth.
Answer: Monarchy
Question: This form of government is when the political power is from the people/citizens
Answer: Democracy
Question: A direct democracy
Answer: is a form of government where the people vote on all the laws themselves.
Question: A form of government where the citizens elect representatives to work on their behalf is a
Answer: republic or representative democracy
Philosophy
Question: These are our natural rights
Answer: Life, Liberty and pursuit of happiness
Question: All citizens/people are born with these as they are given to us by God
Answer: natural rights
Question: An agreement to give up some of our freedom in exchange for protecting our natural rights is
Answer: social contract
Question: Citizens who put the common good above their own selfish interests demonstrate
Answer: civic virtue
Question: The belief that citizens should be represented in the government before taxes are created for them is also known as
Answer: Taxation without Representation
American Government
Question: A constitutional government usually has
Answer: a written constitution
Question: The system of dividing up the powers so no one group has all the power is known as
Answer: Separation of Powers
Question: The date Americans celebrate as their independence.
Answer: July 4, 1776
Question: This document was the formal explanation of the colonies desire to split from Britain.
Answer: Declaration of Independence
Question: According to Thomas Jefferson, governments are designed to
Answer: protect our natural rights