2025 Constitution Rises Review

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What important principle did Marbury v. Madison establish?

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judicial review

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The "Great Compromise" accomplished which of the following: it regulated trade between the states, it balanced the power of the big and small states under the new Constitution, it created a judicial branch at the federal level, it required quality inspections on food products

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it balanced the power of the big and small states under the new Constitution

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James Madison's Federalist #51 argued that the new federal government in the Constitution would not be like a monarchy (and the system would resist change) because power would be divided among three branches. This idea is called:

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checks and balances

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The concept of "judicial review" means that:

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a law can be declared "unconstitutional" by the Supreme Court

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The Bill of Rights:

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is made up of the first ten amendments to the Constitution

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According to this quotation from the Declaration, governments get their power to rule from:

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the agreement of the people

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During the debates over the ratification of the Constitution, the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists disagreed most strongly over the: division of power between the national and state governments, means by which new states could be admitted to the country, distribution of power between the Senate and the House of Representatives, method of amending the Constitution

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division of power between the national and state governments

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According to the Declaration of Independence, governments are established in order to:

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protect the natural (God-given) rights of citizens

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A system of checks and balances was added to the U.S. Constitution because the authors were concerned about: one branch of the government becoming too powerful

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one branch of the government becoming too powerful

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Who was responsible for the Supreme Court's decision to establish judicial review?

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John Marshall