US Quarter 1 Review

Separation of power between the national and state governments-

• Federalism
• checks and balances
• jurisdiction
• Judicial Activism

What check does the Supreme Court have on Congress?

• may veto laws

• may disapprove treaties or appointments

• may appoint judges

• may declare legislative action unconstitutional

The power of the Supreme Court to decide what the Constitution means is.......

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Summary Judgement

• Judicial Review

• Writ of Certiorari

What power was given to the Supreme Court in the court case Marbury v. Madison?

• Judicial Review
• Make Laws
• Supremacy Clause
• Execute Laws

1798 laws passed by a Federalist-dominated Congress aimed at protecting the government from treasonous ideas, actions, and people.

• Shay's Rebellion
• Marbury v. Madison
• Alien and Sedition Acts
• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

1798-1799 Republican documents that argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional

• Shay's Rebellion
• Marbury v. Madison
• Alien and Sedition Acts
• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions was an example of:

• state voting laws
• absolution
• federal mandates
• nullification

The belief that states have the right to reject any federal law they judged to be unconstitutional.

• secession

• compromise

• nullification

• judicial review

In the Declaration of Independence, the words self-evident mean what?

• confusing

• obvious

• wrong

• self-aware

The agreement between people and the government that the people will give power to the government in exchange for protection of their rights?

• Consent

• Natural Rights

• Social Contract

• Voting