1.4 Module 1 Test

Question 1

After the revolutionary war, the national government

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proved too weak to deal with growing economic and political problems

Question 2

At the Philadelphia Convention, the delegates agreed to

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draft a new constitution

Question 3

Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of

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complaints of the wrongs done to the colonists and hidden treasure maps

Question 4

The President’s Cabinet is an example of constitutional change by

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unwritten custom

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the concept of limited government? Divided powers among each of the three branches, all political power belongs to the people, government must operate withing certain bounds set by the people, or the people must behave according to the rules set by the government.

Answer 5

Government must operate within certain bounds set by the people

Question 6

The legislative branch can check the judicial branch by its power to

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impeach judges

Question 7

What accounts for the ability of the Constitution to endure for more than 200 years?

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Built-in provisions to accommodate change (the ability to amend!)

Question 8

The Bill of Rights guarantees all of the following except: fair treatment before the law, the right for women to vote, freedom of expression, freedom of belief?

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The right for women to vote

Question 9

When there is a separation of powers,

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power is distributed among (three) branches of government

Question 10

Which of the following is not true of the constitution: its sets guidelines within which the government must operate, it is open to interpretation, it has not been changed in 50 years, it is the highest form of law in the United States?

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The constitution HAS been changed in the past 50 years.

Question 11

Each of the four methods of formal amendment demonstrate

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the principle of federalism

Question 12

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Question 13

Which of the following amendments was ratified first: lowering the voting age to 18, ending slavery, freedom of speech, allowing congress to tax incomes?

Answer 13

Freedom of speech

Question 14

Concurrent powers are

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exercised simultaneously by the National and the State governments

Question 15

States must honor the legality one another’s civil law because of the

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Full faith and credit clause

Question 16

The constitution requires the national government to guarantee: block grants for every state, schools for every community, an equal number of representatives for every state, or a republican form of government for every state?

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A republican form of government for every state

Question 17

Which of the following powers can the national government legally exercise? (Hint: 3)

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Expressed, implied, and inherent powers

Question 18

Agreements States enter into with both foreign nations and other states with consent of congress are

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interstate compacts

Question 19

What is the most basic characteristic of federalism?

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It gives most of the power to the federal (National) government

Question 20

Local government is best related to which government (and how): federal, state, none

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State, as a subunit

Question 21

McCulloch v. Maryland, supreme court ruling was based upon (hint: it’s a clause, compact, or power)

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Supremacy clause

Question 22

The Full Faith and Credit clause of the constitution provides that

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state laws and court decisions must generally be honored by other states

Question 23

Funds given to a state by the national government with special conditions attached are examples of

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Categorical grants

Question 24

The first state constitutions focused mainly on

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establishing a unitary system of government

Question 25

When crafting the new constitution, the framers drew from their experience with which of the following: ancient Greek and Roman governments, writings of Rousseau and Locke, their own state governments, or all of the above?

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All of the above

Question 26

Why was it ironic what Virginia was one of the last states to ratify the constitution?

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Virginia delegate James Madison contributed more to the document more than any other delegate

Question 27

The objections of the anti-federalists can be best summed up as

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a fear that the new national government would have too much power, and people too little power

Question 28

The Federalist can be called a “campaign document” because it

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was written to convince voters to support the new constitution

Question 29

The government is held accountable for its actions under which of the following principles?

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The rule of the law

Question 30

The concept of separation of powers is a means to what end?

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Limited government

Question 31

The power of judicial review applies to actions by which branches/governments?

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both the federal and state governments

Question 32

Ratification by which of the following is considered to be most in keeping with the principle of popular sovereignty: convention, state legislature, congress, patriots?

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Convention

Question 33

The bill of rights was added to the constitution to meet the demands of

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the anti-federalists

Question 34

Once ratified, a constitutional amendment may only be changed by

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another constitutional amendment

Question 35

The framers limited the power of the national government both by creating separate branches and by

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giving some powers only to the states

Question 36

Conflicts among the states during the critical period may have led the framers of the constitution to include what clause?

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The supremacy clause

Question 37

The obligation of the national government to protect the states against invasion indirectly arose because the new constitution required states to…

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give up their war-making powers

Question 38

The Reagan administration tried to reduce the role played by the Federal government in state and local matters by doing what?

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Converting many categorical grants into block grants

Question 39

In certain situations, states can give preferential treatment to ____ over _____

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residents over nonresidents

Question 40

Just as treaties made by the president are subject to consent by the senate, interstate compacts are subject to

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congressional consent