American Government

Question 1

What does James Madison say about the structure of the federal government in this passage and what does he seem to recommend? Check all that apply.

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Power must be limited.; Power must be distributed.; Power in one place alone is tyranny.

Question 2

Use the drop-down menus to complete the sentences.

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The and lower courts are parts of the judicial branch.: Supreme Court; The members of the judicial branch serve for a(n) term.: unlimited; The is the high court of the land.: Supreme Court; The Supreme Court has .: nine justices; The appoints Supreme Court justices, who must be approved by the Senate.: president

Question 3

Use the drop-down menus to complete the sentences.

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✔ making laws; The legislative branch is responsible for .: making laws; The executive branch has the power to .: appoint judges; The judicial branch is responsible for .: interpreting laws

Question 4

✔ appoint judgesoverturn lawsimpeach rulers

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✔ appoint judges

Question 5

creating laws✔ interpreting lawsenforcing laws

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✔ interpreting laws

Question 6

Use the drop-down menus to complete the sentences.

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✔ legislative branch; The president’s veto power is a check and balance on the power of the .: legislative branch; The legislative branch can check the power of the executive branch by .: impeaching the president; The judicial branch can decide whether an executive action is .: constitutional; One of the executive branch’s checks and balances on the judicial branch is the power to .: appoint judges

Question 7

✔ impeaching the presidentappointing the chief justicewriting a decision

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✔ impeaching the president

Question 8

✔ constitutionalself-appointedappealed

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✔ constitutional

Question 9

✔ appoint judgeswrite a billdraft an opinion

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✔ appoint judges

Question 10

Use the drop-down menus to complete the sentences.

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✔ Congress; The legislative branch is made up of , which has two houses.: Congress; The has 435 members, whose numbers are based on the population in each state.: House of Representatives; There are one hundred members of the —two from each state.: Senate; Members of the House of Representatives serve terms.: two-year; Members of the Senate serve terms.: six-year

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