The primary purpose of the Constitutions system of checks and balances is
a. to ensure that no one interest or faction could easily dominate the government.
b. to ensure that the people do not become too powerful and attempt to control the government.
c. to protect the executive branch from abuses of the judicial branch.
d. to allow the president to be removed from office.
e. to ensure that the government remains powerful and supreme.
Question -2-The underlying concept of the principle of separation of powers is
a. that all three branches of government are equally powerful.
b. that when legislative, judicial, and executive power are not exercised by the same institution, power cannot be so easily abused.
c. that the people are responsible to elect the representatives in all three branches of government, including the judicial branch.
d. that one branch has a veto power over the other branches.
e. that the peoples power to elect representatives is separate and different from that of the branches of the government.
Question -3-One of the guiding principles of the U.S. Constitution is popular sovereignty, which means that
a. the people are tightly controlled by the government.
b. the president is the ultimate governmental power.
c. Congress is supreme.
d. the people are ultimately in charge of their political and social destiny.
e. the Supreme Court is subordinate to no other agency or group.
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