Chapter 5

Question 1

This amendment abolished slavery

Answer 1

Thirteenth Amendment

Question 2

This amendment gave eighteen-year-olds the vote

Answer 2

Twenty sixth amendment

Question 3

This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition

Answer 3

First amendment

Question 4

This amendment limits the president to two terms or no more than ten years in office

Answer 4

Twenty second amendment

Question 5

This amendment provides the clearest constitutional statement of the principle of federalism

Answer 5

Tenth amendment

Question 6

This amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment

Answer 6

Eighth amendment

Question 7

This amendment guarantees the right to bear arms

Answer 7

Second amendment

Question 8

This amendment gave women the right to vote

Answer 8

Nineteenth amendment

Question 9

Defaming a person in writing

Answer 9

Libel

Question 10

The first ten amendments

Answer 10

Bill of rights

Question 11

Drawing district lines to benefit one group or party over another

Answer 11

Gerrymandering

Question 12

An official who is still in office but who was not reelected

Answer 12

Lame Duck

Question 13

Supreme Court case expanded the third and fourth amendments to imply a right to privacy as one of American citizens’ fundamental rights

Answer 13

Griswald v. Connecticut

Question 14

President broke the two term precedent set by George Washington

Answer 14

Franklin

Question 15

Article of the Constitution makes provision for amending the document

Answer 15

Article V

Question 16

Only amendment to the Constitution to be ratified by state conventions

Answer 16

Twenty first amendment

Question 17

Supreme Court case established the right of judicial review

Answer 17

Marbury v. Madison

Question 18

The idea that the people are the ultimate source of their government’s power

Answer 18

Popular Sovereignty

Question 19

Branch of government makes the laws

Answer 19

Legislative

Question 20

The right to vote

Answer 20

Franchise

Question 21

What are the two ways constitutional amendments can be proposed?

Answer 21

By 2/3rds vote from both the House of Congress or National Convention called by 2/3rds of states

Question 22

Who as the first Vice President to assume the presidency after the death of a president

Answer 22

John Tyler

Question 23

Who is the head of the Senate and when does that person vote?

Answer 23

Vice President, when there is a tie

Question 24

What happens when the president does not sign a bill within ten days of receiving it and Congress adjourns within that time?

Answer 24

Pocket Veto

Question 25

List and define the six basic principles of the constitution

Answer 25

(1) limited government-Government is limited to only those powers given it by the people through law.
(2) separation of powers-division of power into separate, but not independent, branches
(3) checks and balances-ability of one branch to prevent the other branches from becoming too powerful
(4) judicial review-power of the judicial branch to review the constitutionality of laws passed by the legislative branch
(5) federalism-division of power between national and state levels of government
(6) popular sovereignty-The people are the ultimate source of their government’s authority.

Question 26

Describe how each of the three branches of government checks and balances the others.

Answer 26

(a) Executive checks judicial by appointing judges and granting pardons and checks the legislature by suggesting legislation, vetoing bills, and calling special sessions of Congress.
(b) Judicial checks the executive by ruling on the constitutionality of presidential actions and interpreting treaties and checks the legislature by ruling on the constitutionality of legislative actions and interpreting treaties and laws.
(c) Legislative checks the executive by approving treaties and presidential appointments, overriding vetoes, and impeaching and removing officials, including the president, and checks the judiciary by impeaching judges, establishing lower courts, regulating appeals, and setting the number of justices on the Supreme Court.