GOV | Final Exam Review

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What is the purpose of the Preamble of the Constitution?

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states the goals for the new government

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The duties of governing are divided among three branches under the principle of

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seperation of powers

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Which of the following is one characteristic of a republican form of government?
Citizens have unlimited power.
People elect others to represent them.
Factions control Congress.
Republicans control the legislative branch.

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People elect others to represent them.

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What does it mean that the House of Representatives has “significant power of the purse”?

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Laws that fund government begin in the House.

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The Senate’s power to approve international treaties negotiated by the president is an example of

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checks and balances.

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Which of the following is a power the executive branch has to check the legislative branch?
Options: override, veto, oversight, review

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veto

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Who has the ultimate authority to decide whether or not a federal law or action is constitutional?

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Supreme Court

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What did the Framers want to achieve by establishing the principle of federalism in the Constitution?

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distribution of state and national powers

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What is one reason the Constitution has endured for more than two hundred years? Options: The Constitution grew out of the American Revolution. Compromises were made to ensure its ratification. James Madison believed the document should not be changed. Changing ideas of liberty can be incorporated by amendments.

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Changing ideas of liberty can be incorporated by amendments.

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Which of the following is one way an amendment to the Constitution can be ratified?
three-fourths vote in each house of Congress, simple majority, three-fourths of state legislatures, conventions in one half of the states

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three-fourths of state legislatures