Question: Which of the following makes a true statement about the Constitution and the government?

Answer: It limits the government’s power through listing its responsibilities and including a bill of rights.

Question: Anti-federalists believed that a bill of rights was

Answer: necessary because the Constitution did not specify protection for individual rights

Question: Which of the following explains the outcome and significance of the McCulloch v. Maryland case?

Answer: The Supreme Court decided in favor of McCulloch, that the United States could operate a national bank and states cannot tax the national government.

Question: Under the Constitution, who has the responsibility for relationships with foreign nations?

Answer: The president can make treaties, but the Senate must ratify them.

Question: Federalism is the principle that the

Answer: central and state governments will share power and responsibility

Question: The veto power of the president under the U.S. Constitution best reflects the principle of

Answer: checks and balances

Question: Who has the responsibility for settling disputes over meaning in the Constitution?

Answer: Judicial branch

Question: “In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”—Federalist No. 51

This quote supports the idea that government must

Answer: have separation of powers with checks and balances so that while it governs, its own power is also limited

Question: Article I of the U.S. Constitution reflects the principle of republicanism because it describes the

Answer: legislative branch, made up of representatives elected by the people of each state

Question: Republicanism is similar to the idea of representative democracy because both

Answer: refer to people electing leaders to make government decisions