Test 1 & 2

Question 1

From the Declaration of Independence: “That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted by men, deriving their just powers from the _____ __ __ _____

Answer 1

Consent of the Governed

Question 2

Part of the problems with the Articles of the Confederations was that they did not allow the national government to _____, _____, _____.

Answer 2

To tax
Not regulate commerce
They all needed to have a unanimous vote.

Question 3

In the Constitutional Convention, the states were deeply divided on the question of how states would be represented at the national level. The final solution, embodied in the Constitution was called the _____ _____. The House of Representatives provides for state representation on the basis of state _____. The number of senators each state has in the Senate is _____.

Answer 3

Great Compromise
Population
Two

Question 4

Only in the House of Represenatives is there a _____ assigned to every bill.

Answer 4

Rule

Question 5

If there are any differences between the versions of a bill passed by the Senate and the House, the bill must be adjusted by a _____ _____.

Answer 5

Conference Committee

Question 6

From Federalist #10: “_____ is to faction what air is to fire.”

Answer 6

Liberty

Question 7

T or F

Every part of th executive branch is dependent upon Congress for money.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

T or F

Only about 10% of the career civilian federal government employees work in the Washington, D.C. area.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

T or F

A member of Congress who votes the way her constituents want is known as a “trustee”.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

T or F
The framers of the Constitution wanted the document to be detailed so that there would never be any dispute over what it meant.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

T or F

All executive agreements require the approval of the Senate.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

T or F

Constitution requires that the president be an American be born male, at least 35 years of age.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

T or F
The War Powers Act of 1974 effectively ended the presidential practice of deploying troops without prior Congressional formal approval.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

T or F

Slavery was not eliminated by the Constitution because it was not yet considered a moral evil by any of the framers.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

T or F

The practice of “logrolling” in Congress is illegal.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

T or F

The president has no official power over Constitutional amendments.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

President _____ _____ began the modern era of the Civil Rights movement by integrating the Armed Forces.

Answer 17

Harry Truman

Question 18

The due process clause contained in both the ____ and ____ amendments.

Answer 18

5, 14

Question 19

Elections in the United States have become _____ (more, less) democratic over time.

Answer 19

More

Question 20

“Set asides”, a practice of reserving a certain percentage of government contracts for minority-owned companies is just one example of _____ _____.

Answer 20

Affirmative Action

Question 21

The 1976 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that money is speech under the First amendment is _____ v. _____.

Answer 21

Buckley v. Valeo

Question 22

The indicator of how a person will vote is _____ identification.

Answer 22

Party

Question 23

The ability of the Surpreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of either a federal or state legislative act is called _____ _____.

Answer 23

Judicial Review

Question 24

The result from long held beliefs conflicting with present day reality is called _____ _____.

Answer 24

Cognitive Dissonance

Question 25

Alexander Hamilton believed the Judiciary to be the “least dangerous branch” because it contained neither _____ nor _____.

Answer 25

Sword, Purse

Question 26

Gender became part of affirmative action in the _____ _____ Act of 1972

Answer 26

Equal Opportunities

Question 27

T or F

The Constitution states that “all men are created equal”.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

T or F

A strict constructionist would apply a moral or economic philosophy to constitutional principles when deciding a case.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

T or F

Judicial restraint is based upon the idea of “original inent”.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

The Bill of Rights originally applied only to the national government, not to the states.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

T or F

Local elections are always non-partisan.

Answer 31

False

Question 32

T or F

Constitutionally, all forms of speech are protected by law.

Answer 32

False

Question 33

T or F

The Fifteenth Amendment says that no state can deny any citizen the right to vote on account of gender.

Answer 33

False

Question 34

T or F

There is a high correlation between the political party of parent and the partisan choices of their children.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

T or F

The national government may require civillians to stand trrial for a serious crime without a grand jury indictment.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

T or F

The Surpreme Court has held that the Constitution must be “color blind”.

Answer 36

False