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US Government Exam #1
1.
____________ ____________ is the study of relationships in the personal,
professional, or political aspect of society.
Answer: Political Science
2.
The _____________ was the first written constitution of the United States and
called for a weak central government and strong state governments.
Answer: Articles of Confederation
3.
Which of the following will
NOT
lead to a Bill becoming a law?
Answer: The
President does not sign the Bill and Congress adjourns within 10
working days after the Bill was submitted to the President.
4.
Which of the following is NOT the process of a Bill becoming a Law?
Answer:
Introduced in the House-goes to committee for review and hearings-
voted in full house-Introduced in Senate- goes to committee for
review and hearings-voted in full Senate-goes to Supreme Court for
Review-goes to President for signature.
5.
Which of the following is
not
a method for changing the constitution?
Answer: House and Senate pass legislation to the President for
signature.
6.
In his role as Chief Executive of the United States, the President can
_______________.
Answer: appoint people to run many government
agencies involved in the bureaucratic organization of our
government.
7.
The Supreme Court's decision in __________ held that slaves were not citizens of the United
States and thus not entitled to the rights and privileges of citizenship, a ruling that contributed
to the inevitability of the Civil War.
Answer: Dred Scott v. Sanford
8.
What is the process of drawing legislative district boundary lines for the purpose of obtaining
partisan advantage?
Answer: Gerrymandering
9.
Many would argue that ______________ gives Federalism its teeth since it
states that those powers not guaranteed in the US Constitution would be
reserved to the states.
Answer: Amendment X
10.
The five people on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence
were: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston,
and ___________________.
Answer: Roger Sherman
11.
Which of the following was NOT considered to be part of Max Weber's version
of a bureaucracy?
Answer: Political role- the people within the
bureaucracy are beholden to the political party in charge at the
time.
12.
What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?
Answer: Support
ratification of the Constitution.
13.
The First Amendment provides freedom of speech, freedom of press,
freedom of assembly, freedom of petition and
Answer: Freedom of religion
14.
Schools throughout the country have created elaborate dress codes that limit
student's free expression.
When they pass out copies of the dress code to
students to warn them of possible consequences for dress code violations,
according to the Supreme Court, this is called _______________.
Answer: Prior
Restraint
15.
Which governmental system includes divided authority between different
levels the local, state, and national government?
Answer: Federal
16.
Martin Luther King's philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience was influenced greatly by
Answer: Both A and C (Thoreau and Gandhi)
17.
The US Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
on the basis that ___________.
Answer: the Congress has the power to
increase taxes on citizens with a certain level of income
who choose
to not get health insurance.
18.
What is the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives to each state after the Census?
Answer: Reapportionment
19.
The ___________ Plan called for a bicameral legislature which has a lower
house where representation is based on population.
Answer: Virginia
20.
What are the three purposes of government?
Provide ___________, Maintain
____________, and Promote ________________.
Answer: Liberty, Order,
Equality
21.
Which of the following is
NOT
a qualification to be President of the United
States?
Answer: Naturalized citizen of the United States.
22.
A politician who makes policy decisions based on what he/she feels is best for
the constituents is a _______________.
Answer: Trustee
23.
In the case of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court determined that states could
determine abortion laws but ruled that this was an issue of a woman's
right
_________________.
Answer: to privacy.
24.
Which amendment to the Constitution provides for protection against
unreasonable search and seizure?
Answer: 4
th
25.
Plessy v. Ferguson established the "Separate but Equal" doctrine.
Which US
Supreme Court case overturned this doctrine "with all deliberate speed" and
desegregated schools?
Answer: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,
KS
26.
The first constitution on the continent of North America (called The Great
Binding Law) had a representative government and was created by a Native
American tribe known as the
Answer: Iroquois
27.
After September 11, 2001, the USA Patriot Act allowed for the government to
wiretap phone calls coming in to the USA from foreign countries.
Critics claim
violations of Civil Liberties based on the
___________.
Answer: 4
th
Amendment
28.
In 1973, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution.
This Act gave the
President broad powers to commit troops in the interest of our country.
It
also allowed the Congress to keep close tabs on the actions of the President.
Which of the following is NOT a provision of the War Powers Resolution?
Answer: The President must prove eminent danger to the country
prior to his actions.
29.
The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution provides all of the following
except
:
Answer: no cruel
or unusual punishment
30.
The Miranda rule _______________.
Answer: requires that suspects be read
their rights upon arrest.
31.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
Answer: 19
th
32.
________
__________
refers to what the government must do as far as ensuring equal
protection and freedom from discrimination.
Answer: Civil Rights
33.
The President has the power to appoint people to the Federal Judiciary.
Who
must give "consent" to the appointment?
Answer: Senate
34.
Who is considered the “Master Builder of the Constitution” (sometimes
called the Father of the Constitution) because he took many diligent notes at
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the Constitutional Convention and many of the ideas are from his notes?
Answer: James Madison
35.
Which legal action or constitutional amendment below has not been passed
into law?
Answer: The Equal Pay Act
36.
What determines which cases reach the Supreme Court?
Answer: Rule of
Four
37.
Why would the Athenian Model of Direct Democracy not work in the United
States?
Answer: Our nation is too large.
38.
In ________________, a ballot initiative was passed in 1998 permitting English-
only education in public schools.
The law was challenged and remains on the
books today.
Answer: California
39.
A federal judge who interprets the Constitution literally is considered to be a
________________.
Answer: Strict constructionist
40.
Committees in the House of Representatives and Senate are sometimes
called "little legislatures" because ________________.
Answer: they are made
up of experts in their specialty and their decisions will usually be
carried out in the full House and Senate vote.
41.
Naturalized citizens are constitutionally barred from running for the office of
Answer: President of the United States.
42.
At all levels of government, there exists ______________ Laws which require
regular meetings in which the public can participate.
Answer: Sunshine
43.
In the court system, what is the concept of having previous cases affect the rulings in current
cases?
Answer: Precedent
44.
The Supreme Court decisions have much validity and legal standing.
However, their power does not extend to enforcement of the decisions and
carrying out judicial concepts.
Therefore, it is possible that ___________ may
decide not to enforce the decisions of the Supreme Court.
Answer: The
President
45.
With a combined number of about 1.5 million people, these two federal
agencies employ the most civilians.
Answer: Defense Department and
Postal Service
46.
The case of __________________ established that US government only had
power in regulating interstate commerce as opposed to intrastate commerce.
Answer: Gibbons v. Ogden
47.
Richard Nixon popularized the term ________________ which meant that the
national government would relinquish some of its power to the states and
provide mostly funding in the form of block grants.
Answer: New
Federalism
48.
The Federalists represented those who called for
Answer: strong central
government.
49.
The supremacy clause says the provisions of the Constitution and treaties
made under it would be
Answer: supreme law of the land.
50.
The Federalist Papers were penned by
Answer: all of the above
(Hamilton, Madison, Jay)