governement final

Question 1

Which of the following was a weakness of the articles of Confederation?

Answer 1

Congress lacked the power to tax

Question 2

How did the Northwest Ordinance differ from the Constitution on the issue of slavery?

Answer 2

The Northwest Ordinance banned slavery while the constitution temporarily protected slave trade

Question 3

In a confederal system, such as a system of government under the Articles of Confederation, most governmental power is held by…

Answer 3

the States

Question 4

Our government today is known as a federal system. This is because…

Answer 4

Power is shared by national and state governments

Question 5

Why did large states favor the Virginia Plan?

Answer 5

Representation in the legislature would be based on population

Question 6

The New Jersey plan was designed to stay closer to which document?

Answer 6

Articles of Confederation, by giving equal power to the states

Question 7

Why was the Great Compromise acceptable to the smaller states as well as larger states?

Answer 7

States would be represented equally in the Senate

Question 8

Who is the most powerful member of the House of Representatives?

Answer 8

Speaker of the House

Question 9

What vote is required by the Senate to expel one of its members?

Answer 9

Two-Thirds

Question 10

When the president signs a bill, it…

Answer 10

becomes a law

Question 11

In the electoral college each state gets one vote for every…

Answer 11

Member of congress

Question 12

Teammates: State and National government work together to address issues.

Answer 12

Cooperative Federalism

Question 13

Sugar Daddy: National government gives money to state government

Answer 13

Creative Federalism

Question 14

Separate but Equal: State and National governments have their own powers and responsibilities

Answer 14

Dual Federalism

Question 15

Returning power to the states

Answer 15

Devolution

Question 16

Powers that are specifically outlined in the constitution

Answer 16

Expressed powers

Question 17

Powers that are not specifically outlined in the Constitution but make sense for government to carry out

Answer 17

implied powers

Question 18

(L, E, or J) Levy (collect) taxes and borrow money

Answer 18

Legislative

Question 19

(L, E, or J) Veto power- reject a bill

Answer 19

Executive

Question 20

(L, E, or J) Impeachment- place government officials on trial in order to remove them from office.

Answer 20

Legislative

Question 21

(L, E, or J) Negotiate treaties with foreign countries

Answer 21

Executive

Question 22

(L, E, or J) Determines the constitutionality of a law

Answer 22

Judicial

Question 23

The minimum age required to run for House of Representatives

Answer 23

25

Question 24

In order to run for office in the House of Representatives, you must be a U.S. citizen for this number of years

Answer 24

7

Question 25

The minimum age required to run for Senate

Answer 25

30

Question 26

Number of years in a Senators term

Answer 26

6

Question 27

Number of years in a term for a member of the House of Representatives

Answer 27

2

Question 28

In order to run for President, you must be a resident of the U.S. for this number of years

Answer 28

14

Question 29

The minimum age required to run for president

Answer 29

35

Question 30

In order to run for a seat in the Senate, you must be a U.S. citizen for this number of years

Answer 30

9

Question 31

The number of Justices who serve on the Supreme Court

Answer 31

9

Question 32

Total number of Senators in the United States

Answer 32

100

Question 33

Total number of members in the House of Representatives

Answer 33

435

Question 34

Ways that the Ohio Constitution of 1851 addressed an overburdened judicial branch, a significant amount of state government debt, and an overly powerful legislative branch

Answer 34

b. it created district courts e. It gave the legislative branch power to tax all social classes f. it required judicial officials to be elected rather appointed by the legislative branch

Question 35

(1803, 1851, or Both) Line item veto for the governor

Answer 35

1851

Question 36

(1803, 1851, or Both) Governor is the Commander of Ohio's militia

Answer 36

Both

Question 37

(1803, 1851, or Both) Supreme meets in each county once per year

Answer 37

1803

Question 38

(1803, 1851, or Both) House members serve 1-year term

Answer 38

1803

Question 39

(1803, 1851, or Both) Legislature has the power to override Governer's veto with a 3/5 vote

Answer 39

Both

Question 40

What term or issue was in mention with Marbury v. Madison?

Answer 40

Judicial Review

Question 41

What term or issue was in mention with Dred Scott v. Sanford?

Answer 41

Citizenship rights

Question 42

What term or issue was in mention with Brown v. Board of Education?

Answer 42

14th Amendment- equal protection

Question 43

What term or issue was in mention with Tinker v. Des Moines?

Answer 43

1st Amendment

Question 44

What term or issue was in mention with Roe v. Wade?

Answer 44

Right to privacy

Question 45

Why did it take the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution in 1933 to make alcohol manufacture, sale, transportation, importation, and exportation legal again?

Answer 45

Alcohol was banned by an amendment to the Constitution, and only another amendment could repeal it

Question 46

Recently, Barack Obama claimed that he would have won the 2016 election had he decided to run for office again. Though this may be true, he was not allowed to run because it would violate the 22nd amendment. Why is this so?

Answer 46

Obama cannot run because he already served two terms as president

Question 47

After the end of the Civil War, which goal did the federal government hope to accomplish during Reconstruction?

Answer 47

Establishing freedoms for former slaves

Question 48

Select all of the ways the Federal govt. attempted to establish freedoms for former slaves

Answer 48

B. Abolishment of slavery C. Ratification of the 14th Amendment D. Guaranteeing African American men the right to vote

Question 49

What even brought about the adoption of the 25th Amendment?

Answer 49

President John F. Kennedy as assassinated and was succeeded by Vice Presiden Johnson, who had heart problems himself

Question 50

(15, 16, 26) Income Tax

Answer 50

16

Question 51

(15, 16, 26) Granted 18-year-olds the right to vote, ratified after the Vietnam war

Answer 51

26

Question 52

(15, 16, 26) One cannot be denied to right to vote based on ethnicity

Answer 52

15

Question 53

(12, 13, 23) Outlaws slavery

Answer 53

13

Question 54

(12, 13, 23) Splits the ballot in a presidential race in order to eliminate a tie

Answer 54

12

Question 55

(12, 13, 23) Grants the district of Columbia 3 votes in the electoral college

Answer 55

23

Question 56

(11, 14, 24, 27) Anyone born in the United States is naturally a citizen

Answer 56

14

Question 57

(11, 14, 24, 27) the right to sue your state

Answer 57

11

Question 58

(11, 14, 24, 27) No poll tax

Answer 58

24

Question 59

(11, 14, 24, 27) The executive branch cannot reduce any other branch's pay without a congressional election

Answer 59

27