Imagine that an exchange student from China visits your class. While your teacher discusses how the United States has a limited
government, the Chinese student raises his hand and asks why the government has limited power. Which point best highlights why the US government has limited power? A. A limited government means citizens pay fewer taxes.
B. A limited government helps people avoid breaking the law.
C. A limited government protects individual freedoms.
D. A limited government prevents businesses from being too powerful.
The answer to this question would be C. The United States government has limited power because the people wanted to make sure that their individual freedom was protected after the Revolutionary War. As a result, the government did not interfere with a lot of things in American history until the industrial revolution when people began to say that the government needed to do something more to protect them and help them out of poverty.
