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Honors Government Test 2Federalist #51 - correct answer • If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. 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. •Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. Separation o...

Honors Government Test 2 Question and answers correctly solved 2023/2024Federalist #51 - correct answer • If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. 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. •Ambition must...

*Government Systems * - ANSWER Oligarchy - ANSWER A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a *small group*, usually self-appointed elite. Ex. China Democracy - ANSWER A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them *citizens govern themselves* autocracy - ANSWER A form of government in which a single individual rules Ex. dictatorship or monarchy *Economies* - ANSWER Socialism - ANSWER A system in which ...

Honors government testElectoral College - correct answer A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president Marbury v. Madison - correct answer This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review McCulloch v. Maryland - correct answer Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law Gibbons v. Ogden - correct answer Regulating interstate commerce is a power rese...

Honors Government President TestFormal Powers - correct answer These powers are listed in the constitution. Also called shared powers Is the power to send troops shared? - correct answer Yes Congress declares war and President sends troops Is the power to execute laws shared? - correct answer No, President is Chief Executive Is the power of pardons and reprieves shared? - correct answer No. President does not need approval. Is the power of treaties and foreign policies shared? - corr...

Honors government test Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024Electoral College - correct answer A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president Marbury v. Madison - correct answer This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review McCulloch v. Maryland - correct answer Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law Gibbons v. Ogden - correct answer Re...

Honors Government Test - Chapter 4 - Federalism (Ivkovich)state powers - correct answer In 1787, the Framers wanted to create a new government that would be strong enough to meet the nation's needs, but would also preserve that ___________________ _____________________. 1. each government has own power in its own territorial bases 2. each level of government has its own powers (at state and local levels) 3. federalism is implied in 10th amendment - correct answer The Framers shared at leas...

Honors U.S Government Test #1 Q #2Federalism - correct answer This unique form of government, created by the United States in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention, is derived from the Latin word "foedus" which meant a treaty, league, union, or alliance. "Federal Government" - correct answer did not have complete sovereignty. It shared sovereignty with the states. Use of the word and creation of the system resulted - correct answer from the reluctance of most Americans to cede all ...

Unit 2 Honors Government Test ReviewVoter Expansion - correct answer Worksheet #1 Suffrage - correct answer The legal right to vote, extended to African Americans by the Fifteenth Amendment, to women by the Nineteenth Amendment, and to people over the age of 18 by the Twenty-Sixth Amendment. Electorate - correct answer All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election. Poll Tax - correct answer A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for...

Honors Government President Test Question and answers correctly solved 2023/2024Formal Powers - correct answer These powers are listed in the constitution. Also called shared powers Is the power to send troops shared? - correct answer Yes Congress declares war and President sends troops Is the power to execute laws shared? - correct answer No, President is Chief Executive Is the power of pardons and reprieves shared? - correct answer No. President does not need approval. Is the power...