Unit Test

Question 1

Commerce clause

Answer 1

Congress can regulate interstate commerce

Question 2

Necessary and proper clause

Answer 2

Congress has the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper to carry out their enumerated powers

Question 3

What is the preamble

Answer 3

We the people

Outlines the purposes of the new government

Question 4

How many articles in the preamble

Answer 4

7

Question 5

Art 1

Answer 5

Legislative branch 
Most important 
Popular sovereignty 
Enumerated powers
Necessary and proper clause 
Commerce clause

Question 6

Art 1 sec 8

Answer 6

Interstate commerce clause
Congress can tax
Congress can create an army and declare war
Enumerated powers

Question 7

Art 2

Answer 7

Executive branch

Question 8

Art 3

Answer 8

Judicial branch
Judicial review
Courts

Question 9

Art 4

Answer 9

Relation among the states
Full faith and credit clause
Privileges and immunities clause

Question 10

Full faith and credit clause

Answer 10

A contract in one state is honored in another

Marriage

Question 11

Privileges and immunities

Answer 11

States can’t discriminate against citizens of other states

Question 12

Art five

Answer 12

Amendment process
4 ways, only two ways used
Formal amendment process

Question 13

Art 6

Answer 13

Supremacy clause

Federal law supreme to state law

Question 14

Article seven

Answer 14

Ratification process

9/13 states needed to ratify

Question 15

In every major crisis who gets more power

Answer 15

The federal government in John Marshall courts

Question 16

Federal vs. anti federal

Answer 16

Anti federalists fear too much centralized power

Question 17

Advantages of federalism

Answer 17

Allows small government to use policy experiment, to experiment policy at lower levels to maybe be used at higher levels

Question 18

Social contract theory from uncivilized to civilized

Answer 18

We give up our perfect freedom to gain protection of life liberty and property

Question 19

Federalist paper #51

Answer 19

James Madison talks about desperation of powers to guard against tyranny, “angels quote” devious men would make their way into government so we need to get rid of centralized power

Question 20

How did the framers view people

Answer 20

Self interested, people use power to get more power; never give it away,

Question 21

James Madison and full faith credit clause

Answer 21

States need to be united, respect one another and their contracts. Entitled to privileges and immunities of other states

Question 22

What does the tenth amendment do

Answer 22

Reserved powers clause for the states, all powers not delegated to the federal government is reserved for the states

Question 23

Federal paper 10

Answer 23

Madison talked about the danger of factions (group with too much power) decentralized power. Created a representative republic to stall the effects of factions

Question 24

Establishment clause

Answer 24

Freedom of religion

Wall of separation between church and state

Question 25

Lemon v kuttzman (1971)

Answer 25

Struck down state funding for private religious schools

Created lemon test: whether tax money can go to private religious institution

Question 26

Lemon test

Answer 26

State money given to church related schools that

• money must be going to a secular cause: all inclusive not religious
• money cannot advance nor inhibit religion
• money cannot create an exclusive entanglement between gov and religion

Question 27

Four major weaknesses of articles of confederation

Answer 27

No national army
No national taxation
No national regulation of commerce
No judiciary

Question 28

Cute for articles of confederation weaknesses

Answer 28

Interstate commerce clause art 1 sec 8
Congress ability to tax art 1 sec 8
Congress can declare war and hold an army art 1 sec 8
Judicial branch, national courts

Question 29

Six basic constitutional principles

Answer 29

Popular sovereignty 
Separation of powers
Limited government 
Checks and balances
Judicial review
Federalism

Question 30

6 basic constitutional principles shortcut

Answer 30

Pot
Smokers
Love 
Cannibus 
Juicy fruit

Question 31

Unitarian government

Answer 31

A system where the national government holds most of the political power

Question 32

Confederal government

Answer 32

All the power to the states

Question 33

Federal government

Answer 33

Strong central government sharing power with state and local governments

Question 34

Effects of shays rebellion

Answer 34

Rebellious farmer after Massachusetts farmers post land from debts. Biggest deciding factor that the articles of confederation were weak, had to hire mercenaries to end the rebellion after 9 months

Question 35

Goals of Preamble

Answer 35

More perfect union  
Establish justice 
Insecure domestic tranquility 
Provide for common defense
Promote for the general welfare
Secure the blessings of liberty

Question 36

Concurrent powers

Answer 36

Powers Held by both the state and federal government
Taxing
Police
Courts

Question 37

How to answer written questions

Answer 37

Define term
Restate question
Give example

Question 38

Accomplishment of A of C

Answer 38

North west ordinance which produced MI

Question 39

Marburg vs. Madison (1803)

Answer 39

Judicial review

Question 40

McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 40

Banking issue
Congress can establish bank to elastic and how the enumerated powers were helped, but states can’t tax the legitimate activities of the national government

Question 41

What case said the power to take is the power to destroy

Answer 41

McCulloch v Maryland

Question 42

Gibbons v odgen

Answer 42

Steamboat with New York and national government issue. Interstate commerce clause from art 1 sec 8