Unit 1 Review

Which branch of government interprets the law?

• executive

• judicial

• legislative

• presidential

Which amendment arose after the Civil War to protect the rights of freed slaves and their descendants?

• First

• Fourteenth

• Ninth

• Thirteenth

According to national supremacy, if a state constitutional amendment is in conflict with the U.S. Constitution, the amendment must be

• added to the U.S. Constitution.

• ratified by a convention of state delegates.

• removed from the state constitution.

• rewritten to satisfy the U.S. Constitution.

Which of the following pairs best represents the division of federal and state powers?

• Federal, admitting new states; State, governing territories

• Federal, coining money; State, conducting elections

• Federal, conducting elections; State coining money

• Federal, providing an army; State, establishing post offices

A twenty-first century conservative is more likely to

• be a Democrat and take a nationalist position.

• be a Republican and take a states' rights position.

• say "one size doesn't fit all" and take a nationalist position.

• say "one size fits all" and take a states' rights position.

Which of the following is an example of checks and balances in the United States?

• Congress passes laws by unanimous vote.

• Congress vetoes a law passed by the President.

• The President appoints judges to the Supreme Court.

• The President passes a law in Congress.

Federalism lessons the risk of

• a system of checks and balances.

• influence of special interest groups.

• one party having a monopoly of political power.

• rivalry among political parties.

Which of the following is an enumerated power of Congress?

• the power to distribute counterfeit power

• the power to eliminate the militia

• the power to levy taxes on citizens

• the power to remove a judge from the bench

Which of the following powers would you categorize under state government?

• administer elections

• appoint ambassadors

• govern territories

• regulate interstate commerce

The right to due process of law is guaranteed by the

• Fifth Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Seventh Amendment

• Tenth Amendment