Constitution Review

Including the Bill of Rights, __________ amendments have been added to the Constitution.

27

Article I of the Constitution refers to the

Legislative Branch

Which document proclaimed, "Each state retains is sovereignty, freedom and independence..."

Articles of Confederation

The Federalist Papers were drafted by

Madison, Hamilton, and Jay

The Supreme Court first declared that the courts have the power to overturn the government acts that conflict with the constitution in

Marbury v Madison

Which document proclaimed, "We hold these truths..."

The Declaration of Independence

The chief obstacle to ratification of the Constitution by the states was

the omission of a bill of rights

Which of the following is not a power granted to the president?

declare war

The power of Congress to charter a bank is an example of what power?

implied

What Madison called factions, we would today call

interest groups

The key principle argued in the case Marbury v. Madison was

judicial review

The American Revolution was a costly war that

lasted 8 years 5 months

One similarity between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan was that both plans

left unspecified how many people might compromise the executive

A constitutional clause that allows for a broad interpretation of implied powers is known as the ______ clause

necessary and proper

The text of the Constitution deals with slavery by

not mentioning it directly

An estimated______American colonists remained loyal to the British Crown

one in five

Originally, the Constitutional Convention's purpose was to

revise the Articles of Confederation

After the Constitution was amended to permit the federal government to levy a progressive income tax, government could more effectively further the goal of

social equality

The original procedure for selecting the vice president, under the electoral college, was

the candidate with the next-greatest votes

Historian Jack Rakove argues that in the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was arguing for

the collective right of revolution and self-government

To date, all constitutional amendments have been proposed by

a national convention

A major event that led to greater British taxation of American colonies was

the seven years' war

The chief goal of the drafters of the Articles of Confederation was to

protect states' rights

The main argument against the need for a bill of rights was that

the Constitution established a govt of limited powers

To amend the Articles of Confederation required a

unanimous vote of the Confederation Congress