Chapter+3+Review

Civics Ch. 3 Review

1. List the Three Purposes of the Constitution ? a. b. c.

2. List the Three Branches of Government a b c

3. Four principles that underline the Constitution are 1 2 3 4

4. Federalism means what __.

5. The Constitution divides the powers of government into four types 1 2 3 4

6. A amendment to the Constititution may be PROPOSED in two ways

1

2

7. The Goals of the American Government are included in the Constitutions What??

8. The Power to make Treaties resides with__ __.

9. One objective of the "The Federalist" was to what__ __.

10.__ _ _are shared by both the Federal government and the States

11. The Supreme Court and other Federal courts are part of the branch of government.

12. What happens when The President vetos a bill. Describe what the Congress can do??

13. The Principle of Popular Sovereignty means

14. The _were opposed to the power of the new central government

15. Goods sold to other Countries are

__16. If the President vetos a bill, Congress can__ _ __it by a 2/3 vote of both houses

17. Describe the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

18. What are Implied Powers ??

19. The system of__ enables each branch of the government to limit the power of the other branches

20. What was the Great Compromise?

21. Making the rules for marriage is the responsibility of the _ __level of government.

22. The only State that did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention was__

23. The agreement that established two houses of Congress with different types of representation is called _

__24.___ __powers belong to the Federal or National Government.

25.__ __powers belong to the State Governments

26. The Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution allows the Congress t use its__ _ to pass laws that the country needs.

27. Why do you think it was important to the Framers of the Constitution to develop the system of Checks and Balances?