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SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT WORKSHEET

Each statement below illustrates one of the seven principles of the Constitution. Read

each statement then identify the principle involved. You may review the 7 principles

PowerPoint if needed. Answer choices may be used more than once.

1. _______________ The power to govern comes from the people

2. _______________The people elect representatives to make laws and conduct

government.

3. _______________Congress makes laws for the nation.

4. _______________The President and all other government officials must obey the law

like all American citizens.

5. _______________Voters in Virginia elected the first black governor to office in 1989.

6. _______________The Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional.

7. _______________Congress cannot make a law that violates freedom of speech.

8. _______________The powers of the national government are distributed among three

branches of government.

9. _______________The government cannot arrest a person unless that person has

violated a law.

10. _______________State and local governments supervise the public school system.

11. _______________The Senate can refuse to approve a treaty that the President has

negotiated.

12. _______________The President can veto a bill that has been approved by the House of

Representatives and the Senate.

13. _______________The President is commander and chief of the military.

14. _______________States can make marriage laws for their state.

15. _______________Amendment 19 gave women the right to vote.

16. _______________The national and state governments can conduct elections.

17. _______________Congress passes a law forbidding abortions in all situations, but the

Supreme Court declares it unconstitutional

18. _______________Congress can impeach and remove the President for improper

conduct.

19. _______________Congress can coin money.

20. _______________Congress approved of President Reagan’s appointment of Sandra

Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court.

21. _______________A President can only serve two terms.

22. _______________Governments get their power from the consent of the governed.

23. _______________In 2000, Americans chose George Bush as President.

24. _______________The Government has only those powers granted by the people and

stated in the Constitution.

PRINCIPLES

Popular Sovereignty

Republicanism

Limited Power of

Government

Federalism

Separation of Powers

Checks and Balances

Individual Rights

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