AP Government Unit 1 Test Review 4

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of national and state government powers?

Exclusive to National Government: create army Both National and State Government: punish crimes

Which of the following is true about the impeachment process in the United States?

Impeachment can occur at the federal and state level.

Which of the following has most greatly affected the relationship between the national and state governments in the last century?

Provision of categorical grants

Which of the following is the most accurate comparison about the goals of small states and large states made better by the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

Small States: a government consisting of three branches: Legislative, Executive, Judicial Large States: a government that included a system of checks and balances

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."-Amendment X the U.S. Constitution Supporters of the powers granted by the tenth amendment would use it to justify state laws that allowed which practice below in the early republic.

State laws that allowed monopolies within state borders.

Which of the following best supported Maryland's position in McCulloch v. Maryland?

Tenth Amendment.

"There is no power above them, to control any of their decisions. There is no authority that can remove them, and they cannot be controlled by the laws of the legislature. In short, they are independent of the people, of the legislature, and of every power under heaven. Men placed in this situation will generally soon feel themselves independent of heaven itself."-Brutus Anti-Federalist No. 78-79 Which of the following is most likely the focus of Brutus' comments above?

That "judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good behavior... " was included in Article Ill of the United States Constitution.

Which of the following most clearly states the outcome of U.S. v. Lopez (1995)?

The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals which stated that the reach of the Commerce Clause was limited and did not encompass a definition of "commerce" as to authorize the regulation of firearm possession.

Which of the following enumerated powers was most relevant in the McCulloch v. Maryland case?

The ability to control interstate commerce

Sentiment towards the concept of liberty found in Brutus No. 1 most strongly supports which of the following statements?

The experience of the American Revolution underpins most Anti-Federalist fears.

The views expressed in Federalist No. 51 are best seen as evidence of which of the following statements concerning 18th century America?

The ideas brought forth by the Enlightenment had fully permeated American political life.

"When the Articles of Confederation were drafted, Americans had had little experience of what a national government could do for them and bitter experience of what an arbitrary government could do to them. In creating a central government they were therefore more concerned with keeping it under control than with giving it the means to do its job." Edmund S. Morgan, The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89, 1956 Which of the following pieces of evidence would best support the author's conclusion?

The lack of centralized military power under the Articles of Confederation.

Based on Federalist No. 10, which of the following statements could best be inferred about James Madison's political philosophy?

The protection of personal property is important to keeping a political society stable.

In 1972, both houses of Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex. However, the amendment failed, as three-quarters of the states did not ratify it before the deadline expired. This is an example of which of the following aspects of federalism in the United States?

The sharing of power between states and the federal government constrains national policy making.

In Federalist No. 10, Madison argues that the Constitution disperses power between the federal government and state governments. Which of the following describes a constitutional provision in the newly ratified Constitution that does that?

US Senators were chosen by state legislatures.

Which of the following voter actions most directly exemplify the views Madison expressed in Federalist No. 10?

Voting for a congressman.

Social contract is best defined as which of the following?

the agreement between people and the government defining the rights and duties of each

In United States v. Lopez (1995), the federal government's principal argument was that

the existence of firearms in schools would jeopardize the economy by increasing insurance rates and inhibiting student learning.