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When the president vetoes a law passed by Congress, the president is applying…
The Principle of Checks and Balances
In order for a national convention to be called to propose an amendment to the Constitution, who must take action?
State Legislatures and Congress
Why did strict constructionists argue that the government should not create a national bank?
There is no provision for the bank in the constitution
The 1803 landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison established the principle of
Judicial Review
What does it mean that the House of Representatives has “significant power of the purse”?
Laws that fund government begin in the House.
What is one reason the Constitution has endured for more than two hundred years?
Changing ideas of liberty can be incorporated by amendments
Which of the following factors led to the passage of the Twenty-second Amendment limiting presidents to two terms?
Franklin Roosevelt’s stay in office
The power of the president to enter into agreements with foreign leaders or governments is an example of which of the following?
executive implementation
Under the Constitution, who holds the actual power to elect the president?
Electoral College
One way political parties influence how the Constitution is interpreted is by
helping determine candidates
Which of the following is an example of legislative action?
Congress passes a law to create a new government agency.
The Supreme Court applies the Constitution to modern-day cases in a process called
Judicial interpretation
Which of the following is one way an amendment to the Constitution can be ratified?
three-fourths of state legislatures
Which of the following is a power the executive branch has to check the legislative branch?
veto
When the original Constitution was ratified in 1789, who had the power to establish qualifications for voting?
the states
Which of the following is one criticism of the Constitution?
Winners of the popular vote may not win the presidency
What is the name of the group of executive department heads who advise the president?
Cabinet
One of the types of injustices included in the original Constitution and addressed by amendments is
voting rights
The Senate’s power to approve international treaties negotiated by the president is…
An example of Checks and Balances
Which of the following authorized the federal government to collect an income tax?
Sixteenth Amendment
Which constitutional principle is most closely related to the concept of civil society?
Limited government
Which of the following is one characteristic of a republican form of government?
People elect others to represent them
Critics accused President Franklin Roosevelt of trying to change the constitutional balance of power when he
proposed expanding the size of the Supreme Court.
Who has the ultimate authority to decide whether or not a federal law or action is constitutional?
Supreme Court
What is the main responsibility of executive branch agencies?
Carrying out programs assigned by congress
The main purpose of the Bill of Rights is to…
protect individual freedoms
In the Preamble, what does the phrase form a more perfect union mean?
Strengthen the relationship among the states
The right to a speedy trial is guaranteed by the
Bill of Rights
What did the Framers want to achieve by establishing the principle of federalism in the Constitution?
Distribution of state and national powers
Which of the following is correct about the formal amendment process?
Ratification occurs at the state level
The phrase We the People relates to which of the following principles of the Constitution?
Popular Sovereignty
Which political movement influenced Congress to give women the right to vote?
Progressives
What do supporters of winner-take-all congressional elections like about the process?
The party with the most support governs
Which of the following is a legislative power that is part of the system of checks and balances?
Declaring war
What is the purpose of the Preamble of the Constitution?
state the goals for the new government
The duties of governing are divided among three branches under the principle of
separation of powers
What power does the judicial branch of government hold?
interpreting laws
Which phrase in the First Amendment specifically relates to an individual’s right to ask the government to correct an injustice?
redress of grievances
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