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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the best title for this diagram?
Federalism
Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Checks and Balances
- 2. Multiple Choice
How does the President check the actions of Congress?
by refusing to provide funding
by adjourning a congressional session
by declaring a law to be unconstitutional
by vetoing a bill approved by both houses
- 3. Multiple Choice
What has been the lasting impact of the structure of our government as set up in the Constitution by the Framers?
Government power has been limited to prevent any branch from exercising total control.
State governments have lost almost all of their powers to the federal government.
The structure has prevented the executive branch from having any real power.
The structure has allowed the judicial branch to exercise executive powers.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What check does the U.S. Senate have on the president?
overriding vetoes
appointing judges
declaring laws unconstitutional
refusing to confirm appointments
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of checks and balances?
The President signs a treaty with Mexico.
The President appoints a Supreme Court justice and the Senate approves it.
Congress passes a law reducing taxes.
The Supreme Court rules on a case entitled, Miranda v. Arizona.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the main purpose for Separation of Powers?
To divide power and responsibility between national and state governments
To specify and limit the powers listed in the U.S. Constitution
To protect the nation against tyranny by dividing and specifying the function of each branch
To prevent any one branch of government from becoming stronger than the other branches
- 7. Multiple Choice
The passage below is from the U.S. Constitution.
The Congress shall have Power ... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Export Clause
Elastic Clause
Commerce Clause
Supremacy Clause
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the definition for RESERVED powers?
Powers that are SOLELY given to the federal government
Powers that are SHARED by the federal and state governments
Powers that only STATE governments have.
Powers that belong ONLY to local governments
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the significance of the “Elastic Clause”?
Congress is not subject to the Constitution.
Congress has additional unwritten powers it can exercise at any time.
Congress can do anything that a majority of its members in both houses decide to do.
Congress has the power to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out its delegated powers.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the role of the Supreme Court?
To collect taxes
To impeach the President
To raise an army and establish a navy
To rule on whether a law is constitutional
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which part of the national government is responsible for issuing pardons?
President
Congress
Supreme Court
state legislatures
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which parts of the national government participated in the process described in the newspaper headline?
Senate and President
Supreme Court and President
House of Representatives and Senate
Supreme Court and House of Representatives
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which government official appoints justices of the Supreme Court, appoints and receives ambassadors, holds executive power, and is the commander in chief of the armed forces?
Governor
President
Chief Justice
Speaker of the House
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why does the executive branch have more military members?
They need them to make and pass laws.
They are useful when enforcing the laws passed by the legislative branch.
They are in charge of judicial review
They help control our borders
- 15. Multiple Choice
What kind of order does the U.S. Supreme Court issue to indicate that it will review a case?
writ of certiorari
majority opinion
summary judgment
writ of habeas corpus
- 16. Multiple Choice
How does an Executive Order differ from a law?
Executive Orders do not need to be approved by Congress.
Executive Orders are not subject to judicial review.
Executive Orders are not limited by the Constitution.
Executive Orders are not limited to military and foreign affairs.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is meant by “judicial review”?
the power of a governor or the President to pardon criminals
the power of a state governor to remove an unpopular state judge
the power of a court to determine whether a law is constitutional
an annual ranking of federal judges by the U.S. Department of Justice
- 18. Multiple Choice
What position in government falls under both the legislative and executive branches?
President
Speaker of the House
Vice President
President Pro Tempore
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which phrase completes the table?
Congress
The Cabinet
National Council
Joint Chief of Staff
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an "ex post facto" law?
a law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed
the principle that keeps the government from holding a citizen indefinitely without showing cause
a court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to those in a case currently before a court
a judgment decided by a trial court without that case going to trial; a summary judgment is an attempt to stop a case from going to trial
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