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 pages 218-220 if needed.
PRINCIPLES
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Limited Power of Government
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Individual Rights
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 in 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’Conner 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.