AH2 1st Semester Final Exam Review #1

Two main goals of the Constitution's writers:

• create local governments and elect a president
• establish a capital and define borders
• raise taxes to build a treasury and pay off war debts.
• protect citizen's rights and defend the country.

What is a federal system of government designed to do?

• place overall authority in the hands of the executive branch.
• limit the role of the central government to only providing postal services.
• divide powers between the states and the national government.
• stretch the reserved power of the states when necessary.

The federal government is separated into different branches to ___.

• keep any one branch from growing too powerful
• make the government run more efficiently.
• provide flexibility in the interpretation of laws.
• make sure one branch is in charge at all times.

What determines how many members represent each state in the House of Representatives?

• U.S. Census, a nationwide population count taken every 10 years.
• U.S. Constitution, which assigned a fixed number of seats to each state.
• two per state as outlined in the Constitution.
• state tax money, which indicates how valuable a state's voice is.

What is the function of Congress in the federal government?

• Congress is the judicial branch, which enforces the nation's laws.
• Congress is the legislative branch, which makes the nation's laws.
• The judicial branch is led by Congress, which interprets the nation's laws.
• The executive branch is led by Congress, which can veto the nation's laws.

The president can check the power of the legislative branch by ___.

• vetoing a law.
• issuing an executive order.
• granting a pardon.
• petitioning Congress.

When the House of Representatives impeaches a president, they ___.

• pardon him of high crimes or misdemeanors.
• appeal to (ask) him to override a veto.
• vote to bring charges of serious crimes against him.
• permanently remove him from office

What role does the Constitution assign to the judicial branch?

• giving legal advice
• interpreting the law
• writing laws
• setting legal precedents

On what grounds can a federal court overrule a state or federal law?

• The law is unconstitutional.
• The law overlaps existing laws.
• The law goes against existing laws.
• The law repeats basic common sense.

According to the idea of majority rule, whose decisions make policy for everyone?

• the greatest number of people in a society
• the oldest people in a society
• the most talented people in a society
• the person elected to lead a society