gov test 1

Question 1

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer 1

Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in a real such as employment, transportation, and access to government programs or services.

Question 2

Who were Federalists?

Answer 2

Supporters of the proposed constitution, who called for a strong national government.

Question 3

Who were Antifederalists

Answer 3

Opposed the proposed constitution and favored stronger state government.

Question 4

Fed 10

Answer 4

An essay in which Madison argues that the dangers of faction can be mitigated by a large republic and republican government.

Question 5

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Answer 5

Each state had one vote in congress, regardless of size.

Question 6

Supremacy Clause

Answer 6

Constitutional provision declaring that the Constitution and all national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land.

Question 7

Concurrent Powers

Answer 7

Powers granted to both states and the federal government in the Constitution.

Question 8

Reserved Powers

Answer 8

Powers not given to the national government, which are retained by the states and the people.

Question 9

Expressed Powers

Answer 9

Powers explicitly granted to the national government through the Constitution.

Question 10

Great Compromise

Answer 10

Bicameral Legislature with a House of Representatives apportioned proportionately.

Question 11

Federalism Definition

Answer 11

The sharing of power between the national and state governments.

Question 12

Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government

Answer 12

The idea that the government’s right to rule comes from the people.

Question 13

Checks and Balances Examples

Answer 13

A design of government in which each branch has powers that can prevent the other branches from making policy.

Question 14

Natural Rights

Answer 14

The right to life, liberty, and property, which government cannot take away.

Question 15

Republicanism

Answer 15

A system in which the government’s authority comes from the people.

Question 16

Elastic Clause or Necessary and Proper Clause

Answer 16

Article 1 section 8, grants congress powers to carry out enumerated powers.

Question 17

Devolution of Federalism

Answer 17

Returning more authority to state or local governments.

Question 18

Models of Democracy

Answer 18

participatory (Political participation is essential for a democratic GOV.)

Question 19

Gibbons v Ogden (Question Decision and Reason)

Answer 19

Q: Whether New York had the right to grant monopoly on interstate waterways.
D: Supreme Court forbid states from enacting legislation to interfere with Congress regulating commerce.
R:GOV asserted that Congress regulated commerce.

Question 20

McCulloch v Maryland (Question Decision and Reasoning)

Answer 20

Q: Did Congress have authority to establish the bank under the Constitution?
D: Federal Gov had the right to set up a bank and the states could not tax the federal gov.
R: “The power to tax involves the power to destroy.”

Question 21

U.S. v Lopez (Question Decision and Reasoning)

Answer 21

Q: Was gun free school zones act unconstitutional use of Congress’s power?
D: It does not impact any interstate commerce. Act forbids any individual to possess a firearm in a school zone.
R: Federal government cannot create laws prohibiting gun possessions near schools on the commerce clause.

Question 22

Gonzales v Raich (Question Decision and Reasoning)

Answer 22

Q: Does the Controlled Substance Act exceed Congress’ power to the cultivation and possession of marijuana?
D: No. Congress has authority to prohibit the use and cultivation despite state law.
R: Congress firm commerce clause power to regulate activities.

Question 23

Obergefell v Hodges (Question Decision and Reasoning)

Answer 23

Q: Does the 14th amendment require a state to license a marriage between 2 people of the same sex?
D:Yes
R: Due Process Clause guarantees the right to marry, and it applies to same sex as opposite sex. Equal protection clause

Question 24

U.S. v Windsor (Question Decision and Reasoning)

Answer 24

Q: Does the executive branch agreement with the lower court that something is unconstitutional deprive the Supreme Court of jurisdiction of the case.
D:No, unanswered, yes.
R: he Supreme Court despite the executives branch agreement regarding DOMA (Defense of Marriage) unconstitutional, there is a significant enough stake in the issue to support the Supreme Courts jurisdiction.