Pol 120 Test 1
The total number of governmental units in the United States is approximately:
88000
The US Constitution prevents states from doing all of the following except:
Adding or eliminating counties within their territory
The person who is most responsible for the modern concept of Judicial Review in US Constitutional law is:
Chief Justice John Marshall
The clause in the Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations is known as the:
Commerce Clause
Article II government (The Executice Branch) has the power to do all of the following except:
Enact new laws for the defense of the nation
States Rights was a position emphasized by Federalists.
False
The addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution was a relatively recent addition right after the Civil War.
False
The separation of powers distributes constitutional authority among the two branches of the government.
False
The two main factions/issues which were in disput during the Constitutional Convention were:
Federalist (Nationalists) vs. States Rights Advocates (anti-Federalists)
Article Three government (The Judicial Branch) has the power to do all of the following except:
Impeach the President or other high federal officials suspected of high crimes or misdemeanors
The authors of the Federalist papers were:
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
The Supreme Court's power of judicial review was established in the case of:
Marbury v. Madison
Legal privileges in the United States are:
Non-Constitutional rights such as the privilege to have a driver's license or the privilege to practice real estate with a real estate license
Women gained the right to vote:
Only in 1920 with the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution
The 1960's-1970's Civil Rights era gave the Constitution the 23rd, 24th, and 26th Amendments. These granted Americans all of the following rights except:
People gained the right to paint their houses any color they wanted
The Establishment Clause of the US Constitution:
Prevents the Federal or state governments from establishing an official church
The concept of Divided Government means:
That for much of American history, the branches of government have been controlled by opposing political parties, making governing very slow, and compromise necessary
The American Constitution has been able to remain the law of the land for over two hundred years primarily becuase the framers of the Constitution:
The Constitution has a built in system to amend or change and update it so that it is actually a "Living Body of Law"
The implied powers of the Federal government are made possible due to:
The Necessary and Proper Clause of the US Constitution
The Bill of Rights are the:
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, which protect the individual rights of citizens and of the several states
The Bill of Rights include all of the following except:
The right to paint your house pink
the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery.
True
Article I government (The Legislative Branch) has the power to do all of the following except:
Veto laws which it disagrees with
The 9th and 10th Amendments (Within the Bill of Rights) protect:
a and b
The government which governs least, governs best," supports the concept that:
a and b
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, known as the Civil War Era amendments provided slaves with:
all over the above
The separation of political power into three branches of government is based upon the assumption that:
both b and c
The most clearly delegated governmental powers, those actually written into the Constitution, are the:
express powers
A court order directing an official to perform an official duty is called a writ of certiorari.
false
An Implied Power is specifically granted to one of the branches of the federal government by the Constitution.
false
Given the experience under the Articles of Confederation, the framers intended that amending the Constitution should be as easy as possible.
false
Impeachment is a informal accusation against a public official that results in removal from office.
false
President Nixon was impeached and removed from office for crimes he committed while in office.
false
The Supreme Court's power of judicial review was established in the case of Brown v. Board of Education.
false
The first written constitution of the United States was the Declaration of Independence.
false
The method most often used to propose amendments to the Constitution is by having Congress call a Constitutional Convention.
false
The power of judicial review is found in Article I of the Constitution.
false
There are only two ways or methods to amend the Constitution.
false
The US Constitution reserves to the state governments all of the following powers except:
the power to limit the writ of habeas corpus during times of civil unrest
A series of essays used by supporters of the Constitution to encourage ratification was known as the Federalist Papers.
true
Both George Washington and Alexander Hamilton were broadly sympathetic to the Federalist cause.
true
Libel is publishing false or damaging statements about another.
true
The Fourteenth Amendment granted national citizenship and equal protection of the law to the former slaves.
true
The Supreme Court's power of judicial review was established in the case of Brown v. Board of Education.
true
The Twenty-Second Amendment took away from the electorate the right to elect a person to the office of President for more than two terms.
true
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment was proposed in 1789 and ratified in 1992.
true
The framers of the Constitution agreed that the President should be elected by the electoral college.
true
The power to keep Presidential communications confidential is executive privilege.
true
in McCulloch v. Maryland, Maryland contended the power to incorporate a bank was not delegated to the national government.
true
thurgood Marshall was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court.
true