1.5 & 1.6 - Ratification and Principles of Government

Which of the following procedures results in the removal of the President from office?

• The House and Senate vote for impeachment, and the Supreme Court reaches a guilty verdict.

• The House votes for impeachment, and the Senate conducts a trial and reaches a guilty verdict.

• The House and Senate both vote for a bill of impeachment.

• Only the House votes for a bill of impeachment.

• A criminal court finds the President guilty of "high crimes and misdemeanors."

Which of the following is true under the system of checks and balances?

• The Supreme Court can overrule the President’s policy proposals.

• The Senate must ratify treaties negotiated by the President before they become law.

• A bill becomes law when the House and the Senate pass it, and the Supreme Court declares it constitutional.

• The Supreme Court can remove members of Congress, and Congress can impeach the President.

• The House of Representatives appoints justices to the Supreme Court and the Senate approves the appointments.

Which of the following is an example of the constitutional design of checks and balances?

• The federal government requires state governments to provide unemployment insurance.

• The Supreme Court overturns a lower court’s ruling on the application of the Fourth Amendment.

• The Senate rejects a president’s nomination for secretary of state.

• The Federal Communications Commission revokes the license of a radio station for hate speech.

• The Office of Management and Budget rejects a proposed regulation of air quality standards.

Which of the following is an example of how separation of powers creates friction between the executive and legislative branches in the policy-making process?

• The electoral college vote ends with no candidate receiving a majority of the votes, and the House of Representatives is delegated the task of selecting the next president.

• The Senate votes to impeach a sitting president for high crimes and misdemeanors.

• The secretary of state is dispatched along with a delegation of senators to negotiate a treaty with a foreign government.

• The president threatens to issue an executive order for stricter gun control if Congress continues to refuse to take action.

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

• The House and Senate cannot agree on the same version of a bill to send to the president.

• The president issues an executive order that freezes federal government hiring.

• The president vetoes a bill passed by Congress.

• The voters reject the status quo and elect all new members of Congress.

• The voters at the state level elect a governor from a party other than the president’s.

The procedure for formally amending the United States Constitution best illustrates which of the following?

• The dominance of the national government over the state governments

• The dominance of the state governments over the national government

• The Founding Fathers’ desire to facilitate rapid constitutional revisions

• The Supreme Court’s power to review constitutional amendments

• The federal structure of the United States government

The president cannot veto which of the following?

• Joint resolutions that propose constitutional amendments

• Laws overturning United States Supreme Court decisions

• Legislation regulating congressional salaries

• Legislation affecting foreign policy

• Bills that originate in the Senate

The legislative process at the national level reflects the intent of the framers of the Constitution to create a legislature that would

• be less powerful than the executive

• be cautious and deliberate

• involve as many citizens as possible

• ensure that all groups be equally represented

• allow majorities virtually unlimited control over policy

The Connecticut (Great) Compromise provided for

• all revenue bills to originate in the Senate

• all judicial appointments to be nominated by the president

• the elimination of the importation of slaves

• an electoral college and rules for the removal of the president

• a bicameral legislature with one house’s composition based upon state population and another’s on equal state representation

Which of the following was a direct outcome of the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• The number of senators increased in slaveholding states.

• Slavery quickly declined, especially in larger cities in the South.

• Slaveholding states were able to count slaves to determine their number of senators.

• The number of representatives in the House of Representatives from slaveholding states increased.