Final Review - Government

Which of the following allows the national government to take responsibility for a state government function?

• Enabling Act

• mandate

• restraint

• preemption

In Marbury v Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall helped establish

• the importance of the federal government in protecting individual rights

• that the federal government had the right to regulate interstate commerce

• that the Supreme court could hear only original jurisdiction cases

• the Supreme court's power to declare laws unconstitutional

What is the purpose of the rule of four?

• to make certain that federal laws are applied uniformly throughout the country

• to allow a losing party to appeal a case

• to determine whether the Supreme Court will hear a case

• to protect individual liberties under the Bill of Rights

Which branch of government has certain enumerated powers listed in the Constitution?

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Bureaucracy

Who is the leader of the Senate in place of the vice president?

• Majority Leader

• President pre-tempore of the Senate

• Speaker of the House

• Minority Leader

Which amendment was created to protect the rights of citizenship for freed slaves and their descendants?

• Fourteenth

• Fourth

• Thirteenth

• Fifteenth

The president would have to work out the most compromises to his legislative agenda in which of the following situations?

• the president and only the Senate majority share the same party

• the president and both the Senate and House majorities share the same party

• the president and only the House majority share the same party

• the president is from a different party than both the Senate and House majorities

Which of the following best defines federalism?

• a state government has little power compared to that of the central government

• two or more governments exercise power over the same people

• a state government can make laws that conflict with those of the central government

• state and national governments have certain powers but share no powers

Which of the following is not true of the Senate?

• Senators serve six-year terms

• Senators are elected at-large

• The Senate is based upon equal representation

• the Senate does not have much concern in the area of foreign affairs

Which house in Congress has 435 members and involves a two-year term?

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

• both houses

• neither house