
Checks and Balances
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The power of the president to veto laws and the power of the House of Representatives to impeach are examples of
federalism
the unwritten constitution
executive privilege
checks and balances
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The judicial branch of government can check the legislative branch of government by
vetoing bills passed by Congress
declaring laws unconstitutional
calling special sessions of Congress
reducing congressional budgets
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
To what expedient [method], then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places. . . .
- The Federalist No. 51, 1788
Which principle of the United States Constitution is most directly described in this passage?
States rights
checks and balances
the elastic clause
concurrent powers
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The United States Constitution provides that federal judges be appointed for life primarily to
protect judicial decision-making from the influence of political pressure
provide time for a more thorough investigation of cases
ensure that judicial decisions are based on precedent
guarantee that different viewpoints are represented on the Supreme Court
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
. . . An elective despotism, was not the government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy [governance], as that no one could transcend their legal limits, without being effectually checked and restrained by the others. . . .
- James Madison, Federalist No. 48, 1788
Which principle of the United States Constitution is supported by this passage?
representative government
writ of habeas corpus
separation of powers
due process of law
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A presidential veto of a bill can be overridden by a
majority vote of registered voters
majority vote of the Supreme Court
two-thirds vote of the state legislatures
two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Supreme Court can influence the actions of the other two branches of the federal government by
vetoing legislation
pardoning criminals
exercising judicial review
impeaching the president
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