Government

All but which of the following are powers that are prohibited to the states

taxing

The clause in the Constitution that requires states to honor your driver;s licence is

the Full Faith and Credit Clause

Education, which is not mentioned in the Constitution, is given to

State Government

Which of the following is a check on the Legislative power of Congress under the Constitution

the Presidential Veto

Which of the following is a check on the power of the Executive Branch

impeachment and removal from office

Which of the following best describes an informal amendment to the Constitution?

Changing the document without changing the actual wording

The fact that the Senate has to approve all treaties made by the President follows which principle of the Constitution?

Checks and balances

What function does the preamble of the Constitution serve?

It explains the purpose of the Constitution

We owe our system of separation of powers between three co-equal branches of government to

Montesquieu

In Marbury v Madison, the Supreme Court expanded the powers of Congress to include nearly any policy that is

Necessary and Proper

What compromise resulted in the creation of our federal system in the Constitution.

The compromise between those who believed that the states should have most of the power and those who believed that a strong central government was necessary if the nation was to grow and prosper.

Which part of the Preamble gives the government the right to do things like maintain roads and create schools?

To promote the general welfare

An amendment to the Constitution can be proposed by a vote of

a 2/3rds majority of both houses of Congress

A federal law that required states to limit the size of high school classes to 30 students would be called

a federal mandate

The influence of Montesquieu over the delegates of the Consistutional Convention can mostly be seen in the decision of the Convention to create

a separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

All but which cannot be taken away from the states?

control over the federal courts

In our federal system today, the most powerful level of government is the

federal government

Equality under the law means

everyone is entitled to due process and equal protection of the law

Powers that are given to the federal government and denied the states are called

exclusive powers

The Preamble of the Constitution

explains the goals of the Constitution and the ways it will improve life in the nation

An ex post facto law is unconstitutional because

it is unfair to punish someone for doing something that was not against the law when the person did it.

Federalism, like checks and balances, helps to prevent tyrany due to the creation of

levels of government that separate power into national. state, and local governments.

Political parties are

not mentioned at all in the Constitution

The power of our government is limited by all but which of the following

the power of the military

The framers of the Constitution decided that only the national government should have the power to print money because

this prevents the states from printing money that could impact the value of the money printed by the national government and generally create confusion.