AP GOV Unit 1 Quiz 2

Which of the following most accurately describes The Federalist Papers?

• The Federalist party platform during the presidency of John Adams, the first Federalist president

• A popular anti-British booklet of the pre-Revolutionary era

• A collection of essays arguing the merits of the Constitution

• A series of congressional acts defining the relationship between the federal and state governments

Which of the following is American federalism most clearly exemplified by?

• A system of checks and balances among the three branches of government

• A process by which international treaties are completed

• The special constitutional status of Washington DC

• The 10th Amendment to the Constitution

Which of the following presidential powers is shared with the Senate?

• Deploying troops

• Drafting appropriations bills

• Negotiating treaties

• Forcing Congress into session

"AMONG the numerous advantages promised by a well constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction"

• James Madison, Federalist 10

• James Madison, Federalist 51

• Robert Yates, Brutus 1

• John Marshall, Marbury v Madison

Create post offices, tax, declare war, coin money

• Expressed powers

• Concurrent powers

• Reserved powers

• Inherent Powers

Powers that are inferred such as the power to create banks, or raise an air force

• Expressed powers

• Implied powers

• Inherent powers

• Reserved powers

Powers derived from the 10th Amendment

• Expressed powers

• Implied powers

• Reserved powers

• Inherent powers

According to the Anti-Federalists, why was the proposed Constitution worrisome?

• it was not supported by George Washington

• it included separation of powers & checks and balances

• it gave the states too much power

• it did not include a bill of rights

Proposing an amendment requires what fraction of a vote from Congress or a national convention?

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 4/4

The Marbury v. Madison ruling is considered a landmark (important) case because it established the power of judicial review meaning that

• the Supreme Court can interpret the Constitution and decide what it means

• the Supreme Court can decide who gets federal commissions and who doesn't

• the Supreme Court can fire federal judges