Government Midterm Review Try 2

Which of the following is not one of the Anabaptists' seven key doctrinal statements regarding their understanding of the church:

confession

The Supreme Court of the United States has exclusive right to determine punishment for members of Congress who violate Congressional rules and regulations.

False

The election of President of the United States relies on the popular vote.

False

The greater question answered by the Third Amendment involved the right of a state to protect itself from an unrestrained central government and the individual citizen's right to protect itself from government gone awry.

False

The main reason for a constitution to exist is to limit how much government can tax citizens.

False

The Senate represents the States, and the House of Representatives represents the people.

True

The Supreme Court case of United States v. Miller (1939) emerged as a gun control verdict.

True

The Third Amendment came directly from actions of the British military before the Revolutionary War, specifically the Quartering Acts, in which the British soldiers could stay in any building or home without the owner's permission and without compensating the owner.

True

The benefit of a representative democracy over a pure democracy is the idea that the majority does not rule.

True

The central idea in the United States of liberty itself contradicted slavery and the Founding Fathers believed in an organic expansion of abolitionism.

True

The first steps towards amending the Articles of Confederation or adopting a new constitution occurred at the Annapolis Conference.

True

Federal judges are appointed for 25 years and may remain on the bench as long as their conduct does not abuse or violate the public trust.

False

Federalists argued that the new government was too powerful, which overlooked the safeguards in the Constitution, such as limited government, separation of powers, and checks and balances.

False

No state shall pass a law contradicting the Constitution of the United States, nor shall any state enact a law contrary to any legislation passed by Congress, is the definition of the:

Supremacy Clause

The broad power of taxation is given to Congress only to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.

True

The brutal harassment of Baptist ministers in Virginia and other incidents caught the attention of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison who sympathized with the Baptists' plight.

True

The concept of a Bill of Rights was not invented by Americans but has its roots in a tradition dating back to medieval England.

True

The number of Baptists increased in New England following the Great Awakening of the mid-18th century, and resulted in Baptists establishing congregations throughout the rest of the colonies.

True

Thomas Jefferson agreed with the Baptists that religious liberty could only be achieved through the disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Virginia.

True

Under the Articles of Confederation, the underlying assumption was that the central government received its legitimacy and power from the state governments.

True

Virgil Ogletree, Dollree Mapp's tenant, was never be prosecuted.

True

Which of the following is not one of three models of constitutions of the American colonies:

autocratic colony

The ________________ failed to implement a single head of government or any way to enforce the laws created by Congress.

Articles of Confederation

Thanks in part to Baptist support, Virginia narrowly ratified the Constitution with the proviso that a _______________ would be added later.

Bill of Rights

The time in the history of America "Critical Period" when the United States experienced a number of crises and issues that led to the creation of a new constitution later in the decade is the:

Critical Period

"Brutus," the Anti-Federalist has not been definitively identified, though many scholars believe him to be George Washington.

False

A law enforcement officer must obtain an arrest warrant by oath or affirmation, but does not have to follow that procedure to obtain a search warrant.

False

In the case Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the Supreme Court decided that the First Amendment permits the State of New Jersey from spending tax-raised funds to pay the bus fares of parochial schoolchildren as part of a general program which pays the fares of students attending public and other schools.

False

James Madison considered the greatest strength of the Articles of Confederation was its lack of a strong central government.

False

Many Federalists criticized the Constitution for lacking any enumerated rights.

False

Samuel Adams argued in Federalist 46, "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."

False

Section 10 of Article Four of the Constitution gives all citizens equal protections, regardless of where they reside.

False

Section 4 of Article Four of the Constitution dictates how each state will treat other states in respect to their various laws.

False

Taxes, such as the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act, were levied upon the colonists to rebuild the British Navy and fund exploration of the North Pole.

False

Amendments are added to the Constitution to create a continuity and assure that each state has a say in the additions to the primary governing document.

True

As set out in the Articles of Confederation, Congress did not have the power to impose its own taxes, instead being entire reliant on the contribution the states made to the national government, giving the states even more power.

True

Attorney Walter Greene attempted to follow the police inside Dollree Mapp's house, but was denied entry by the police.

True

James Madison deploys the foundational concepts in the First Amendment on a disciplined inside-to-outside axis, beginning in the two religion clauses with freedom of thought, progressing through three ascending levels of individual interaction with the community - free expression of an idea by an individual, mass dissemination of the idea by a free press, and collective action in support of the idea by the people - and culminating in the petition clause with the introduction of the idea into the formal process of democratic lawmaking.

True

Only the House of Representatives is directly elected by the people, and, since the people provide the source of tax revenue, it follows that strict control over government funds derived from the people lies with those elected directly by the people.

True

The people of the United States place trust in the hands of the legislature to enact laws for the will of the people, elevating the importance of legislature maintaining their given authority.

True

The Legislative Branch does not have the authority to:

declare laws to be unconstitutional.

A collective right is one that belongs to a group, granting privilege only to the recognized and authorized members of the group, and is also known as a:

group right

Each state holds a duty to acknowledge the rights and laws of the other states is:

horizontal federalism.

The four main types of government are:

oligarchy, aristocracy, monarchy and democracy.

The English Bill of Rights did not include:

the right for all Catholics to bear arms.

Which of the following is not included in the First Amendment?

the right to the assistance of counsel.

Each state gets Electorates equal to three-fifths of the number of Representatives apportioned to the state.

False

The Annapolis Conference was held in the year:

1786

The first time the Supreme Court recognized an individual's right to possess a firearm for self-defense under the Second Amendment was in the case:

District of Columbia v. Heller.

A member of Congress can be changed with any legislated crime, felony or misdemeanor, including traffic infractions while serving in office.

False

An aristocracy, oligarchy and monarchy all follow a prescribed line of succession.

False

Any warrant is a good, valid warrant, as long as a judge signs it.

False

Article III, Section 1 applies only to Supreme Court judges.

False

At least five witnesses must testify in court that a defendant on trial for treason committed a treasonable act.

False

Attorney Walter Greene advised Dollree Mapp to withhold consent to search her house unless the officers produced a search warrant.

False

Believers must make a conscious effort to separate themselves from sinful associations and behaviors by not being unequally yoked with unbelievers. Christians should abstain from violence on a personal level or on a governmental level. That is why Anabaptists support Christians holding political office.

False

For an arrest warrant to be valid, it must include the name of the person, the physical description of the person, the person's Social Security Number, where the person works, his nicknames, descriptions and locations of any tattoos, his date and place of birth, and who his parents are.

False

George Washington proposed the Kentucky Plan, which created a national executive and judiciary.

False

If a state needs additional help to regain control from domestic violence, the state's legislative body or Governor must request federal intervention; the federal government cannot go in without a request to do so.

False

If an individual wanted on criminal charges in one state is found in another, the Governor of the state issuing charges would petition the President and request that the individual be arrested and returned.

False

Several proponents of the limitation of gun ownership note the text of the amendment as evidence of the intention of this amendment toward an individual right rather than a collective right.

False

The 4th Amendment guarantees that people will be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, but it only applies to citizens of the United States.

False

The Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, is an example of the Commerce Clause.

False

The Edict of Rome, granted civil rights and full toleration to Christians in the Roman Empire.

False

The Executive Branch executes the laws created by the Judicial Branch and protection of the nation, with the President as the head of state.

False

The Great Compromise permits the weighting of voting so the election actually represents the entirety of the nation rather than only small geographical locations.

False

The intellectual principle standard is the legal test to determine whether or not a delegation of authority by Congress to the executive branch violates the separation of powers under the nondelegation doctrine.

False

The issue in the case Mapp v. Ohio is the right to the assistance of counsel.

False

The only method to add an amendment to the Constitution is through ratification by 75% of the states' legislatures.

False

The right of the Supreme Court to declare federal and/or state laws unconstitutional is set out in Article 3 of the Constitution.

False

The rotation schedule for Senate elections establishes that at least half of our elected federal government will have a minimum of six years' experience.

False

Which President served more than two terms?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

What type of government involves a small group in near absolute control to improve themselves, even at the detriment of the populace?

Oligarchy

A bill of attainder is defined as "a legislative measure inflicting punishment without a trial in court"

True

A law enforcement officer must have probable cause to obtain a warrant.

True

A monarchy follows a prescribed line of succession typically by birth where all government decisions fall on the sovereign.

True

All levels of state government are subject to federal laws and the Constitution, as no government entity nor organization can subvert or contradict the Constitution.

True

Christians should abstain from violence, whether on a personal level or on a governmental level.

True

Civil liberties are specific freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.

True

Civil rights promote equality and equity in government by guaranteeing everyone equal and unrestricted access to civil liberties.

True

Each house of Congress must keep record of its votes; the formal recording of votes allows accountability of government to the constituency, a notable and primary function in a democratic republic.

True

Governor Cosby sought to take legal action against John Peter Zenger and his printing shop in retaliation against the newspaper because it published political satire against the governor's administration.

True

If a state attempts to subvert the republic government, the federal government has authority to reestablish the republican government in that state.

True

If the President vetoes a bill, he returns it, with his objections, to the House in which it originated. If, after reconsideration, two-thirds of each House approve the bill, it becomes a law without the President's signature.

True

If the federal government is assigned a task, such as entering treaties and trade agreements with foreign governments or maintaining an army (not including local militias or the National Guard), then the state cannot take that duty.

True

In 1628, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by Puritan Christians seeking religious liberty in the New World.

True

In Reynolds v. United States (1879), the Supreme Court of the United States upheld Reynolds' conviction for polygamy. The Court decided that Reynolds was free to believe as he felt lead, but he could not commit a crime in the name of his religion.

True

In Virginia in the 1770s, John Waller, a Baptist minister, was dragged off of a platform by the local jailer in the middle of a sermon, and was subsequently beaten before returning to preaching.

True

Our federal government uses a triad approach to maintain checks and balances to ensure no branch of government holds greater power than the other.

True

President Jackson did not enforce the decision in Worcester v. Georgia against the State of Georgia and instead called on the Cherokees to relocate or fall under Georgia's jurisdiction.

True

Samuel Adams said, "The constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."

True

Shay's Rebellion demonstrated the weakness of the Articles of Confederation in dealing with economic and domestic crises.

True

The "Right to Privacy" is a man-made right and not of the Bible.

True

The Constitution was to be ratified by state conventions of citizens rather than state legislatures, thus the Constitution derived its legitimacy and authority from the people.

True

The Electoral College allows a government representative of the ideals of the entirety of the population, not just the majority.

True

The Founding Fathers feared a conglomerate head of the Executive Branch would cause a catastrophic diffusion of ideas and power, making for a weak branch incapable of executing laws.

True

The Founding Fathers never questioned the right of an individual to possess a firearm; this was a fundamental need for an individual to provide for his family.

True

The Founding Fathers tried to use the three-fifths compromise to inspire emancipation of the slaves; by emancipating the slaves, the southern states would gain greater representation in the House of Representatives, since all persons would be fully counted.

True

The Missouri Territory wanted entrance into the Union as a slave state, and Maine wanted entrance as an abolitionist state with freedom from Massachusetts, so both were admitted to maintain the balance of pro-slavery versus abolitionists in the Senate.

True

The ability of the President to appoint ambassadors aligns with the idea of treaty establishment.

True