American Government and the Individual

Question 1

Americans do not want to have a strong national government because

Answer 1

they are afraid it will put limits on their individual freedom

Question 2

The constitution of the United States

Answer 2

tries to give each branch enough power

Question 3

The President of the United States

Answer 3

Can veto a law that has been passed by congress.

Question 4

The Bill of Rights

Answer 4

Guarantees the citizens of the United States specific individual rights and freedoms

Question 5

The American ideal of the free individual

Answer 5

Was exemplified by the farmers and the frontiersmen in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Question 6

The size and power of the United States government

Answer 6

have increased greatly since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Question 7

The welfare state

Answer 7

Started with President Roosevelt.

Question 8

Stronger gun control laws are favoured by

Answer 8

most of the American people.

Question 9

Lobbying groups are formed mainly to

Answer 9

Influence the government.

Question 10

Special interest groups have

Answer 10

Caused the government to get larger