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1. Which of the following is true about the formal amendment process for the Constitution? (1 point)
Any citizen may propose an amendment.
Only Congress may propose an amendment.
Both houses of Congress must pass a resolution to propose an amendment.***
The president can veto an amendment.
2. Why was it a problem that Congress did not have the power to tax under the Articles of Confederation? (1 point)
Congress wanted to provide more services, but it could not afford to without taxes.
Congress could not regulate trade between the states.
Congress had to print its own money.
Congress had to borrow money, which increased the U.S. debt.***
3. What argument was Oliver Wendell Holmes making in this quotation about how the federal system works?
I do not think the United States would come to an end if we [the Court] lost our power to declare an Act of Congress void. I do think the Union would be imperiled if we could not make that declaration as to the laws of the several States.
–Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1 point)
Laws passed by state governments are so varied and numerous that the federal government should have no say over their constitutionality.
Congress does not pass unconstitutional laws, so there is less need for the Supreme Court to review those laws.
All state laws should be reviewed by the Supreme Court to keep the federal system running.
The Supreme Court needs to be able to settle disputes between the states and the federal government by reviewing the constitutionality of state laws.***
4. What constitutional principle prevents the tyranny that James Madison describes in the quotation below from taking place?
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many . . . may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
—James Madison, The Federalist No. 47, 1788
(1 point)
popular sovereignty
separation of powers**
federalism
judicial review
5. What is executive power? (1 point)
power to enforce laws***
power to pass laws
power to publish amendments
power to veto treaties
6. Which of the following powers is a concurrent power shared by both the federal government and the state governments? (1 point)
making treaties or forming alliances with foreign governments
regulating public utilities such as gas or electric power
levying and collecting taxes from businesses and citizens***
collecting duties or tariffs on imported goods
7. What was the main conflict in the government in the years after the ratification of the Constitution? (1 point)
Democrats vs. Republicans
domestic concerns vs. foreign relations
legislative vs. judicial branch
national vs. state powers***
8. The guarantee of religious liberty found in this proposed law is the sort of guarantee of individual rights that Anti-Federalists demanded be added to the Constitution.
We the General Assembly of Virginia do enact, that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious Worship place or Ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced,
restrained, molested, or burthened [burdened] in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but that all men shall be free to profess,
and by argument to maintain their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise [way] diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
–Virginia General Assembly, 1777
This resulting listing of basic liberties in the Constitution is called (1 point)
the First Amendment.
Article V.
the Bill of Rights.***
the Declaration of Independence.
9. Which compromise prevented Congress from challenging “the migration or importation of such persons as any State now existing shall think proper to admit”? (1 point)
the Great Compromise
the Three-Fifths Compromise
the Connecticut Compromise
the Commerce/Slave Trade Compromise***
10. How does the Tenth Amendment, shown below, demonstrate a constitutional provision for limiting government?
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.
(1 point)
It gives explicit powers to state governments.
States and individuals have the powers and rights not claimed by the federal government in the Constitution.***
It defines the rights of the people.
It prevents the federal government from intervening in individual affairs.
2 answers
Unselected answer (0 pts) Any citizen may propose an amendment.
Unselected answer (0 pts) Only Congress may propose an amendment.
Correct answer (1 pt) Both houses of Congress must pass a resolution to propose an amendment.
Unselected answer (0 pts) The president can veto an amendment.
1 /1 point
2. Why was it a problem that Congress did not have the power to tax under the Articles of Confederation? (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) Congress wanted to provide more services, but it could not afford to without taxes.
Unselected answer (0 pts) Congress could not regulate trade between the states.
Unselected answer (0 pts) Congress had to print its own money.
Correct answer (1 pt) Congress had to borrow money, which increased the U.S. debt.
1 /1 point
3. What argument was Oliver Wendell Holmes making in this quotation about how the federal system works?
I do not think the United States would come to an end if we [the Court] lost our power to declare an Act of Congress void. I do think the Union would be imperiled if we could not make that declaration as to the laws of the several States.
–Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) Laws passed by state governments are so varied and numerous that the federal government should have no say over their constitutionality.
Unselected answer (0 pts) Congress does not pass unconstitutional laws, so there is less need for the Supreme Court to review those laws.
Unselected answer (0 pts) All state laws should be reviewed by the Supreme Court to keep the federal system running.
Correct answer (1 pt) The Supreme Court needs to be able to settle disputes between the states and the federal government by reviewing the constitutionality of state laws.
1 /1 point
4. What constitutional principle prevents the tyranny that James Madison describes in the quotation below from taking place?
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many . . . may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
—James Madison, The Federalist No. 47, 1788
(1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) popular sovereignty
Correct answer (1 pt) separation of powers
Unselected answer (0 pts) federalism
Unselected answer (0 pts) judicial review
1 /1 point
5. What is executive power? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) power to enforce laws
Unselected answer (0 pts) power to pass laws
Unselected answer (0 pts) power to publish amendments
Unselected answer (0 pts) power to veto treaties
1 /1 point
6. What are the reserved powers as outlined in the tenth amendment? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) powers that are not delegated to the federal government and therefore granted to the states, as long as they are not prohibited by the Constitution
Unselected answer (0 pts) powers granted to the Supreme Court to exercise judicial review
Unselected answer (0 pts) powers that are not delegated to the states and therefore granted to the Federal government, as long as they are not prohibited by the Constitution
Unselected answer (0 pts) powers granted to the president to veto bills passed by Congress
1 /1 point
7. What was the main conflict in the government in the years after the ratification of the Constitution? (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) Democrats vs. Republicans
Unselected answer (0 pts) domestic concerns vs. foreign relations
Unselected answer (0 pts) legislative vs. judicial branch
Correct answer (1 pt) national vs. state powers
1 /1 point
8. The guarantee of religious liberty found in this proposed law is the sort of guarantee of individual rights that Anti-Federalists demanded be added to the Constitution.
We the General Assembly of Virginia do enact, that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious Worship place or Ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced,
restrained, molested, or burthened [burdened] in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but that all men shall be free to profess,
and by argument to maintain their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise [way] diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
–Virginia General Assembly, 1777
This resulting listing of basic liberties in the Constitution is called (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) the First Amendment.
Unselected answer (0 pts) Article V.
Correct answer (1 pt) the Bill of Rights.
Unselected answer (0 pts) the Declaration of Independence.
1 /1 point
9. Which compromise prevented Congress from challenging “the migration or importation of such persons as any State now existing shall think proper to admit”? (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) the Great Compromise
Unselected answer (0 pts) the Three-Fifths Compromise
Unselected answer (0 pts) the Connecticut Compromise
Correct answer (1 pt) the Commerce/Slave Trade Compromise
1 /1 point
10. How does the Tenth Amendment, shown below, demonstrate a constitutional provision for limiting government?
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.
(1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) It gives explicit powers to state governments.
Correct answer (1 pt) States and individuals have the powers and rights not claimed by the federal government in the Constitution.
Unselected answer (0 pts) It defines the rights of the people.
Unselected answer (0 pts) It prevents the federal government from intervening in individual affairs.
1 /1 point
2 answers