Government: True or False
The Constitution prohibits the National Government from giving money to the States, so State budgets are seriously out of balance.
False
The Constitution states that Congress must make changes in the document's wording because of changes in society.
False
The National Government must guarantee that States are run by the Republicans.
False
The Necessary and Proper Clause is often called the Elastic Clause because it cause the powers of Congress to snap.
False
The President may not call the Congress into session.
False
The President's only options are to sign or veto a bill passed in both the House and the Senate.
False
The Senate, when considering a bill, tends to be more formal than the House.
False
The United States Federal Government is an example of a direct democracy.
False
The main job of the House Rules Committee is to watch over the ethics of House members.
False
The votes in Virginia and New York brought the number of ratifying States to nine, the number that the Constitution required for it to go into effect.
False
Thomas Jefferson was a liberal constructionist.
False
Upon the death of a President, the Vice President assumes the powers and duties of the presidency, but technically does not become President.
False
The colonists' unhappiness with taxation without representation, expressed in the Declaration of Rights, came as a surprise to the British king.
True
The free enterprise system is an economic system, not a political system.
True
The main job of standing committees or their subcommittees is to conduct investigations.
True
The scope of a President's power depends largely on the views of the President.
True
The secretary of state is the first Cabinet officer in the line of succession.
True
The words continuous body, as applied to the Senate, mean that all its seats are never up for election at the same time.
True
The absence of a bill of rights was cause for many people to oppose ratification of the Constitution.
True
A senator is required to meet the same requirements for office as a member of the House.
False
After the Revolutionary War came a 10-year period of domestic harmony.
False
All U.S. Presidents have taken a broad view of their powers.
False
All people in a democracy are expected to have equal abilities.
False
As chief citizen, the President is the automatic head of the political party that controls the executive branch.
False
As chief of party, the President is expected to represent the interests of all the people, not just the constituents of a State or congressional district.
False
Bicameralism was the invention of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
False
Block grants are made for a very specific purpose.
False
Colonies immediately accepted Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of the Union.
False
Conference committees meet to confer over the organization of their respective houses.
False
Dictatorships exercise limited authority over the people.
False
Hamilton feared the powers of the Bank of the United States.
False
If a new State joins the nation, the total number of senators in the Senate will remain the same.
False
If the office of Vice President becomes vacant, Congress appoints a new one.
False
Implied powers give the Federal Government the authority to do anything on behalf of the general welfare and public interest.
False
In a democracy, the interests of the few must be elevated above the interests of the many.
False
In a democracy, the majority is not always expected to have the right answer.
False
In a unitary government, political authority rests in the hands of both central and local governments.
False
In its early stages, industrialization weakened the power of the presidency.
False
Liberal constructionists hesitated to use implied powers.
False
Like the House, all the Senate seats are up for election at the same time.
False
Most opponents of ratification believed the new Constitution gave too little power to the National Government.
False
Over the years, the Constitution has been changed only 10 times.
False
Seven States were needed to ratify the Constitution.
False
The 25th Amendment established the complete line of succession to the presidency.
False
The Articles set up three branches of government.
False
A confederate government possesses little authority to act on its own.
True
A quorum is a majority.
True
A standing committee is a permanent group.
True
A term is the length of time between elections in Congress.
True
Amendments to the Constitution have as much legality as the original Constitution.
True
As chief of state, the President is ceremonial head of government.
True
As commander in chief, the President has control of the army and navy.
True
As far as Congress was concerned, the main purpose for a 1787 convention in Philadelphia was to revise the Articles of Confederation.
True
At the Philadelphia Convention, some of the Framers argued that the President should be subordinate to Congress.
True
Cloture is a Senate rule for limiting debate.
True
Compromise is vital in the decision-making process of a democracy.
True
Congress can appropriate money to different departments of the Federal Government.
True
Economic issues first motivated Americans to get together to discuss the effectiveness of the Articles of Confederation.
True
Every one of the 13 States had to ratify the Articles of Confederation before it became effective.
True
Filibusters are practiced by those in the minority on an issue.
True
Formal amendment refers to a change or addition that becomes part of the written Constitution.
True
George Washington believed the Senate would soften some of the more extreme legislation of the House.
True
Implied powers are those reasonably deduced from the expressed powers.
True
In a presidential government, the legislative and executive branches are independent and coequal.
True
Liberal constructionism was linked to a strong National Government.
True
McCulloch v. Maryland gave strength to implied powers and elevated the Federal Government over the States.
True
Neither house of Congress may end a session without the consent of the other.
True
One reason that presidential power has grown is the President's ability to command the attention of the mass media.
True
Select committees are set up for a specific purpose for a limited time.
True
Self-government in the early days of the colonies was made possible by the great distance between North America and England.
True
Strict constructionists believed that Congress should exercise only its expressed powers and those powers absolutely necessary to carry out those expressed powers,
True
The 13 colonies, although fiercely independent, sometimes experimented with plans of union.
True
The Bill of Rights states the guarantees of basic freedoms for the American people.
True
The Intolerable Acts prompted colonists to call the First Continental Congress.
True
The National Government has the authority to send troops to a State to quell civil disorder, even without an invitation by the State's governor.
True
The President is the chief administrator, or head of the large federal bureaucracy.
True
The President must sign an act of admission in order for a State to join the Union.
True
The Senate is the house that practices filibusters.
True
The Senate may expel one of its members with a two-thirds vote.
True
The Vice President cannot be removed from office by the President.
True