1137 Questions & Blanks Flashcards
All but one of the 27 amendments were ________ by a 2/3rds vote of __________.
Proposed
Both houses of Congress
(House and senate)
There are currently only 27 ________________ to the Constitution, and its practical application has changed because of _______, _______, ________, and ________.
Formal amendments Practices Agencies Procedures Organizations
All but one of the 27 amendments were ________ by a 3/4ths vote of _____________.
Ratified
State legislatures
After an amendment is ratified, it is ________.
Reported to Congress and declared a part of the Constitution.
Because constitutional amendments are not _________, they are not subject to __________.
Legislative acts
Presidential veto
Amendments must be ratified within a ___________, but they may remain before the states ________ if no time limit is set.
Reasonable time
Indefinitely
If a state ratifies am amendment, it _____________, if a state rejects an amendment, it _________
May not reverse it’s decision
May ratify it later
The bill of rights, the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, guarantees __________ and was designed to _______________.
Civil liberties
Limit the power of the federal government
A _________ session of Congress was the period of time between an election of new members of Congress and the date those members are seated.
Lame duck
A congressional term now begins on _______ rather than on ________.
January 3rd
March 4th
The _____________ would have guaranteed equal rights to women
Equal Rights Amendment
Opponents of the ERA believed that _______________.
It was unnecessary.
It would’ve been detrimental to marriage and to the family.
Differences between man and woman were instilled by God.
______________ is the most significant and controversial of the methods listed above.
Judicial interpretation
The government of the U.S. Has expanded because of _____________
Legislation by Congress Interpretation by the Supreme Court Actions by the President Customs Party practices Organizations, agencies, and procedures
Because the Supreme Court must determine the ________ of constitutional clauses pertinent to the constitutionality of a law, it has assumed power to make those clauses mean something _____________ or ____________ what was originally intended.
Meaning
Different from
More than
Because of the ____________ of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has ____________ the federal government’s control over the ________, _______, and ________ lives of our nation.
Loose interpretation Expanded Economic Social Political
The _______________ is a system of practices, procedures, and organizations that play a significant role in the operation of our government.
Unwritten constitution
The _______ is the document that makes the United States a federal government.
Constitution
Several ________ entities united in a federal government because of ___________ (x7)
Independent
Their desire for economic advantage
Their history of political association
Their common political and/or cultural institutions
Their necessity of union to secure independence
Their desire for freedom from foreign domination
Their military insecurity
Their need for common defense
The tyrannies of ________ government and of the ________ are avoided by federalism.
Unlimited
People
The division of _______ helps keep a government from becoming too _________.
Powers
Powerful
A __________ defines the rights of government and the people but it subject to neither
constitution
The only federal laws and treaties superior to, or above, _______________ are those made with the goal of carrying out the _______________
state and local laws
Constitution
Federal power has steadily ________ through the doctrine of _______________ powers.
increased
implied
The national ___________ has been chiefly responsible for this trend. (increasing power through the doctrine of implied powers)
judiciary
As a result of the doctrine of social Darwinism, government was given responsibility and power to create a/an _______________ to make it possible for man to reach perfection
environment
This led to government programs and laws aimed at social and economic _________________
equality
__________ has become the dominant characteristic of our government.
Welfare
The federal government must guarantee the states a _____________ form of government, protect them against foreign invasion, guarantee their protection ________________, and respect their ____________.
republican
against domestic violence
territorial integrity
The term “_________” refers to the fact that every state must recognize the validity of the ___________________________________ of every other state
full faith and credit
public acts, records, and judicial proceedings
Persons moving form one state to another are protected from ________________ by the Constitution
unreasonable discrimination
A request for ___________________ is made by the ______________ of one state to that of another state.
extradition
governor
Two things financed by grant-in-aid
welfare
education
A state failing to meet one of the four conditions on grants-in-aid
forfeits the grant
The federal government does ___________________ to issue grants-in-aid
not have constitutional authority
____________ is one area that is the responsibility of ______________________, although Congress has appropriated money to provide grants-in-aid for that purpose.
Public education
state or local governments
The Constitution does not _________________ to an ___________.
guarantee the right
education
Supporters of _____________ believe they help _______ fill ___________.
grants-in-aid
state
social responsibilities
The strength of the _______________ is completely dependent on the ___________________, although both increased ______________ and _________________ of _______________ have strengthened both.
state governments federal government centralization expansion grants-in-aid
A citizen’s most basic obligation is allegiance and loyalty to his _______; his most basic privileges are claiming its protection of his _______ and ____________ and participating fully in its _______________.
nation
life
property
political life
Common loyalty was the basis for membership in the _________________; prior to their development, the basis of human relationships was _____________
Greek city-states
kinship
The _______________, which gives a definition of national citizenship, was written as a result of the issue of ____________ and the ____________________.
Fourteenth Amendment
slavery
War Between the States
A person may acquire citizenship either by _____________ or by _____________.
naturalization
birth
In the U.S., citizenship by birth is based on _______ a person is born rather than on ____________
where
to whom he is born
Naturalization is a _______________usually granted to one who has entered the U.S. as a ____________.
legal process
legal immigrant
Today _______________ is the only reason for termination of ____________ of a _______________.
voluntary renunciation
citizenship
native-born U.S. citizen
Our government derives its authority from ____.
God
The _________ was part of God’s plan for man even before he sinned.
family
The Believer’s __________ toward government is to _____ it and to promote _______ in every area of life.
responsibility
obey
justice
Our _______ and our ___________ should not be combined into one creed because they are not totally compatible
faith
nationalism
Civil rights include _____________ government and ______________ government.
limitations on
obligations of
The _____________________ is based on the premise that the _________________ is the reason that government exists.
Declaration of Independence
protection of civil rights
Government must also limit man’s __________ because of his sin.
freedom
Civil rights are _________, which means one may not infringe on the rights of others exercising them.
relative
The ____________ should protect our civil rights by interpreting and applying constitutional guarantees.
court system
____________ due process requires the government to act fairly with the people, and __________ due process deals with the fairness of the laws themselves.
Procedural
substantive
One of the basic weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation was that
it required that amendments be ratified by every state
Constitutional amendments are not subject to ______
presidential veto
Both ____ and _____ have equal force, but of these, only ______ require Senate approval.
executive agreements
treaties
treaties
The right to vote is a ______, and not a ________, right.
political
civil
