Politics of the United States Questions

Which branch has the sole authority to interpret the Constitution?

What best describes the method of distributing power where power is divided among the national and regional governments?

Which type of Federalism has an increase in federal involvement in state and local governments?

Which type of power is shared by the national and state governments?

Which branch of government contains the Supreme Court?

Which type of power is not specifically listed in the Constitution?

Which type of power is refused to the national government?

Which form of Federalism has shared powers between federal, state, and local governments?

Which branch of government is tasked with enforcing laws?

What are two topics are/have been debated that there is an imbalance of power between the states and national government?

How does the Executive Branch use checks and balances in the Judicial Branch?

What governmental agencies are under the Executive Branch?

Which branch of government contains both the President and the Vice President?

What government agency is under the Judicial Branch?

Who ratifies constitutional amendments?

How can the ratification of a constitutional amendment be approved?

How can a proposal for a constitutional amendment be approved?

A system of ( ) was designed to keep the three branches of government (executive, legislature, judicial) truly separate from one another from, somewhat paradoxically, giving them a bit of power over one another. This ensures that no one branch is more powerful than another,

The ( ) is a system established by the U.S Constitution for selecting presidents. The person who becomes president is the person with the most votes from the electors.

There were at least two reasons the Founders chose a bicameral (rather than unicameral) legislature. Which of these options was one of those reasons?