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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