Midterm Review 2019

What is the main purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• to write out the powers of Congres

• to give adult citizens the right to vote

• to protect individual rights

• to provide for an end to slavery

What is the job of the Legislative Branch?

• To make laws
• To enforce laws
• To interpret laws
• To be bossy

Which branch is divided into the House and the Senate?

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

The judicial branch of government can check the legislative branch of government by

• (1) vetoing bills passed by Congress

• (2) declaring laws unconstitutional

• (3) calling special sessions of Congress

• (4) reducing congressional budgets

The power of judicial review was established when

• (1) the original United States Constitution was adopted

• (2) an amendment was added to the United States Constitution

• (3) President Thomas Jefferson established the

  power in an executive order

• (4) the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Marbury v. Madison (1803)

After the Civil War, the most common occupations

for freedmen were

• (1) sharecroppers and tenant farmers

• (2) factory owners and teachers

• (3) skilled artisans and mechanics

• (4) miners and soldiers

Which statement is a valid generalization about the experience of African Americans during the early Reconstruction period (1865–1870)?

• (1) They gained economic equality.

• (2) Their participation in government decreased.

• (3) They achieved legal rights through constitutional amendments.

• (4) Their political equality was opposed by most Radical Republicans.

What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?

• (1) punishing the South for seceding from the Union

• (2) granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons

• (3) allowing the states to veto federal laws

• (4) creating a “separate but equal” society

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to

• (1) support the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau

• (2) deny suffrage rights to African Americans

• (3) undermine the “separate but equal” ruling of the Supreme Court

• (4) enforce the amendments enacted during the Civil War and Reconstruction

What was the primary goal of the Dawes Act of 1887 regarding Native American Indians?

• (1) assimilating Native American Indians into mainstream American life

• (2) increasing the size of Native American Indian reservations

• (3) promoting Native American Indian languages and cultures

• (4) strengthening Native American Indian tribal governments