Question

Matching. Match the type of government with the best description.(6 points)
Federal System
Unitary System
Democracy
Autocracy
Confederal System
Oligarchy
Responses: A centralized government system where all of the power is held by one central agency.A government system where power is divided between a central government and lower levels of government.A government in which citizens have no rights and a small group of people hold all the power.A government in which citizens have no rights and one person has absolute power and control.A government in which all power rests with the people/citizens.A government system that is an alliance of independent states.

Answer 1

? was a primary concern of the Anti-Federalists during the ratification debates.

Answer 2

Drag & Drop. Match the constitutional power to the correct example of this power.(5 points)
Response area: Powers explicitly granted to the federal government by the Constitution. Example: Coining money, declaring war
Response area: Powers not expressly stated but inferred from the Constitution's necessary and proper clause. Example: Creating a national bank, building interstate highways Response area: Powers shared by both the federal and state governments. Example: Taxation, law enforcement
Response area: Powers not granted to the federal government and reserved for the states or the people. Example: Creating public schools, intrastate commerce
Response area: Powers explicitly prohibited to the federal government. Example: Conduct illegal search and seizure, prohibit freedom of speech
Responses: Denied Powers Concurrent Powers Implied Powers Reserved Powers Enumerated Powers

Answer 3

Matching.(2 points) Civil rights refer to:
Civil liberties are best defined as:
Responses: Rights reserved for law enforcement Protections against government actions Equal protections for all people

Answer 4

The primary role of Congress in the formal process of amending the Constitution is ?.

Answer 5

Here’s the matching of the types of government with their best descriptions:

1. **Federal System** - A government system where power is divided between a central government and lower levels of government.
2. **Unitary System** - A centralized government system where all of the power is held by one central agency.
3. **Democracy** - A government in which all power rests with the people/citizens.
4. **Autocracy** - A government in which citizens have no rights and one person has absolute power and control.
5. **Confederal System** - A government system that is an alliance of independent states.
6. **Oligarchy** - A government in which citizens have no rights and a small group of people hold all the power.

Answer 6

A primary concern of the Anti-Federalists during the ratification debates was the **lack of a Bill of Rights** in the proposed U.S. Constitution. They feared that without explicit protections for individual liberties, the new federal government could become too powerful and infringe on the rights of citizens. The Anti-Federalists were also concerned about the potential for a centralized government to dominate states' rights and the overall lack of safeguards against tyranny.

Answer 7

Here’s the correct matching of constitutional powers with their examples:

1. **Powers explicitly granted to the federal government by the Constitution.**
**Example:** Coining money, declaring war
**Response:** **Enumerated Powers**

2. **Powers not expressly stated but inferred from the Constitution's necessary and proper clause.**
**Example:** Creating a national bank, building interstate highways
**Response:** **Implied Powers**

3. **Powers shared by both the federal and state governments.**
**Example:** Taxation, law enforcement
**Response:** **Concurrent Powers**

4. **Powers not granted to the federal government and reserved for the states or the people.**
**Example:** Creating public schools, intrastate commerce
**Response:** **Reserved Powers**

5. **Powers explicitly prohibited to the federal government.**
**Example:** Conduct illegal search and seizure, prohibit freedom of speech
**Response:** **Denied Powers**

Answer 8

Here’s the matching of definitions with their correct descriptions:

1. **Civil rights refer to:**
**Response:** Equal protections for all people

2. **Civil liberties are best defined as:**
**Response:** Protections against government actions

Answer 9

The primary role of Congress in the formal process of amending the Constitution is to **propose amendments**. This can be done in one of two ways:

1. **By a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.**
2. **By a national convention called by two-thirds of the state legislatures (though this method has never been used).**

Once an amendment is proposed, it must then be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures or by conventions in three-fourths of the states to become part of the Constitution.