Govt Unit 2 Review

Read the preamble to the Constitution.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

According to the preamble, the phrase “a more perfect Union” refers to

• improving upon a previous attempt at creating a new union.

• duplicating the original government system set up by the union.

• creating a union with stronger ties between individual states.

• building up the union with help of foreign governments.

A legal order for an investigation into whether a person who is arrested has been imprisoned legally defines

• habeas corpus.

• trial by jury.

• popular sovereignty.

• checks and balances.

Which powers are solely at the state level?

• expressed

• implied

• concurrent

• reserved

Which term defines a power shared by state and federal governments?

• reserved

• expressed

• implied

• concurrent

According to Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution, each senator must be

• an adult who is at least 25 years old.

• a lifetime resident of Washington, DC.

• a registered voter in one’s state.

• a US citizen for at least nine years.

Punishing someone for an action that did not used to be a crime is an example of

• an ex post facto law.

• habeas corpus.

• a “necessary and proper” law.

• a bill of attainder.

In the executive branch, the president’s cabinet is made up of

• Supreme Court justices.

• the vice president.

• trusted advisors.

• family members.

A power that is vested in the president is

• subject to approval by the Senate.

• legally guaranteed by the Supreme Court.

• legally guaranteed by the Constitution.

• subject to approval by the House.

Article III of the Constitution gives Congress the power to create a system of federal courts, other than the Supreme Court, known as

• superior courts.

• inferior courts.

• original courts.

• appellate courts.

The Supreme Court’s jurisdiction mainly includes

• criminal cases.

• cases of constitutional importance.

• lawsuits between citizens.

• lawsuits between companies.