The Constitution

Which of the following is one way an amendment to the Constitution can be ratified?

• 3/4's vote in each house of congress
• simple majority
• 3/4's state legislatures
• Conventions in one-half of the states

The 1803 landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison established the principle of

• federalism
• popular sovereignty
• separation of powers
• judicial review

What is the purpose of the Preamble of the Constitution?

• reviews the achievements of the American Revolution
• states the goals for the new government
• summarizes the qualifications of the Framers
• creates the Bill of Rights

Which of the following is a power the executive branch has to check the legislative branch?

• override
• veto
• oversight
• review

In this cartoon above, who do the two figures represent? (hint: donkey and elephant)

• senators and representatives
• opposing political parties
• the president and advisers
• individual voters

_{“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”—First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1791}
In the quote above, which phrase in the First Amendment specifically relates to an individual's right to ask the government to correct an injustice?

• “establishment of religion”
• “freedom of the press”
• “peaceably to assemble”
• “redress of grievances”

Division of power between national and state government is

• popular sovereignty
• judicial review
• checks and balances
• federalism

More than half, for example, two-thirds is

• popular sovereignty
• supermajority
• majority
• checks and balances

Power of the courts to decide whether a law or action is constitutional is

• judicial review
• Bill of Rights
• First Amendment
• Sixteenth Amendment

Which amendment abolished slavery?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 16th
• 27th