AMERICAN GOVERNMENT UNIT 2 Test Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Purposes of Government According to the Preamble of the Constitution - Correct Answers ✅• Defend the nation against foreign enemies • Insure order and domestic tranquility • Promote the general welfare of the citizens The Federalist papers - Correct Answers ✅urge ratification of the Constitution "We the People," the Constitution establishes its authority on the basis of - Correct Answers ✅popular sovereignty Limited Government - Correct Answers ✅Government must operate within certain bounds set by the people.Checks and Balances System - Correct Answers ✅established in the Constitution to make sure one branch of government does not get more powerful than the other branches Obligations of National Government to the States - Correct Answers ✅• protection against foreign attack and domestic violence • guarantee of a representative form of government 1 / 2
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT UNIT 2 Test Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) • recognition of each State's legal existence and physical boundaries Federalism - Correct Answers ✅The power of government is divided between a NATIONAL government and STATE governments, with national having power over state and local.Meaning of "Promote the general welfare" - Correct Answers ✅The government is a servant to its citizens.Anti-federalists - Correct Answers ✅• fear that the new government would have too much power and the people, too little power • Their objections led to The Bill of Rights being added to the Constitution Supremacy Clause - Correct Answers ✅• The Constitution is above all other forms of law • McCulloch v. Maryland was based on supremacy clause Legislative Branch - Correct Answers ✅• Make laws • Described by Article I of the Constitution • Approves/rejects judges
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