Unit 2 Review Pt2

• The United States government taxes gasoline.

• New York State law requires a sales tax on many goods.

These two statements best illustrate the principle of

• concurrent powers

• property rights

• reserved powers

• popular sovereignty

. . . He [the President] shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.

— Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, Constitution of the United States

This portion of the Constitution illustrates the principle of

• checks and balances

• executive privilege

• judicial review

• implied powers

The Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution both provided for

• an executive branch

• a national legislature

• a political party system

• a presidential cabinet

Passing marriage and divorce laws, creating vehicle and traffic regulations, and setting high school graduation requirements are examples of powers traditionally

• exercised solely by local governments

• reserved to the state governments

• delegated entirely to the federal government

• shared by the national and local governments

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” — United States Constitution, 10th amendment

This part of the Bill of Rights was intended to

• give the people the right to vote on important issues

• reduce the rights of citizens

• limit the powers of the federal government

• assure federal control over the states

Which principle of the United States Constitution is intended to ensure that no one branch of government has more power than another branch?

• checks and balances

• federalism

• limited government

• rule of law

“. . .That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, . . . ” — Declaration of Independence

Which provision of the original United States Constitution was most influenced by this ideal?

• enabling the president to select a cabinet

• providing for direct election of the House of Representatives

• allowing the Senate to try articles of impeachment

• authorizing the Supreme Court to rule on disputes between states

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to the Three-fifths Compromise to solve a dispute directly related to

• the power of the presidency

• representation in Congress

• a decision by the Supreme Court

• the addition of a bill of rights

Disagreement at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 over the Virginia and New Jersey plans was resolved by a compromise that

• guaranteed continuation of the slave trade for at least twenty more years

• limited the power of the federal government to wage war

• provided for construction of a new national capital in the south

• created a Congress made up of a Senate and a House of Representatives

. . . The nation deserves and I will select a Supreme Court justice that Americans can be proud of. The nation also deserves a dignified process of confirmation in the United States Senate, characterized by fair treatment, a fair hearing and a fair vote. I will choose a nominee in a timely manner so that the hearing and the vote can be completed before the new Supreme Court term begins. . . .

— President George W. Bush, 2005

Which constitutional principle is suggested by this quotation?

• federalism

• checks and balances

• States rights

• due process