Civic Literacy Final Review Part 2

Front

What refers to powers given to state governments but not to the national government? Options: separation of powers, reserved powers, expressed powers, checks and balances

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reserved powers

Front

What selection best represents the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president? Options: The Senate, The House of Representatives, The electoral college, the federalists

Back

The electoral college

Front

Which group believed the Constitution should provide protection for certain basic liberties? (Options: Anti-Federalists, Whigs, Abolitionists, Liberals)

Back

Anti-Federalists

Front

What are the first amendments to the Constitution known as?

Back

Bill of Rights

Front

Which selection is best defined as the principle that governmental power lies with the people? Options: separation of powers, the rule of law, popular sovereignty, federalism

Back

popular sovereignty

Front

What keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful? Options: checks and balances, federalism, supremacy of the Constitution, rule of law

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checks and balances

Front

Which idea could most likely be found in the fifth amendment to the Constitution?

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A person judged not guilty cannot be placed in double jeopardy or put on trial again for the same crime.

Front

What did the nineteenth amendment do? Options: it guaranteed equal pay for equal work, it extended civil liberties to African Americans, it extended suffrage to women, it provided civil rights to Latinos

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it extended suffrage to women

Front

Which choice is best defined as the president's power to issue a rule or command that has the force of law? Options: economic sanction, amnesty order, executive order, execution order

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executive order

Front

According to the War Powers Act, who must the president notify immediately when troops are sent into battle?

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Congress