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