Pol Sci 1

Treaties made by presidents are constitutionally valid if _____. Correct answer: two-thirds of the Senate approve two-thirds of the House of Representatives approve three-fourths of the Senate approve three-fourths of the House of Representative approve

two-thirds of the Senate approve

The Constitution is the "supreme law of the land" because _____. the framers were divinely inspired states don't have constitutions Article 6 says so the Articles of Confederation co-existed with the new Constitution

Article 6 says so

_____ is the case in which Chief Justice John Marshall established judicial review, giving the Supreme Court the power to overturn an act of Congress. Wickard v. Fillburn Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Marbury v. Madison Barron v. Baltimore

Marbury v. Madison

Armed colonists were called _____. insurgents guerillas patriots minutemen

minutemen

The Declaration of Independence includes the following American ideals except _____. the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness the right to protection of private property all men are created equal people form governments to protect rights that they are "endowed" with and which cannot be taken away

the right to protection of private property

Backers of a strong Constitution struck a bargain and permitted the slave trade for another _____ years, condemning _____ Africans to slavery. twenty; 150,000: twenty; 200,000 thirty; 250,000 thirty; 150,000

twenty; 200,000

A serious obstacle to the new government under the Articles of Confederation was _____. Congress having neither the authority to raise taxes nor any money of its own policy discussions dominated by Virginia the open rebellion of the southern states treaties brokered by North Carolina with foreign powers

Congress having neither the authority to raise taxes nor any money of its own

_____ had the highest percentage of slaves (43 percent) during the Constitutional Convention. Virginia Massachusetts Texas South Carolina

South Carolina

_____ were the most eager to sign the Constitution of 1787 because they felt they were getting a good deal. Virginia and Pennsylvania The small states The large states The southern states

The small states

The only amendment to be ratified by state convention was the _____. Eleventh Twelfth Sixteenth Twenty-First

Twenty-First