Government STAAR Prep 2021

“Congress shall make no law” restricting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. Which amendment is this?

• 1st 
• 2nd
• 4th
• 7th

Requires that warrants be issued if property is to be searched or seized (taken) by the government. Which amendment is this?

• 7th
• 6th
• 4th
• 2nd

Which amendments are the "due process amendments" and give the rights to remain silent, jury, etc.

• 13, 14, 15
• 4-8
• 9, 10
• 11, 12

Which amendments guarantee that rights not given to the federal government are not denied to the people or states?

• 1-3
• 9-10
• 13-15
• 4-8

The 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution.  It set up the principle of judicial review.

• Gibbons vs. Ogden
• Marbury vs. Madison
• Dredd Scott Case
• Worcester vs. Georgia

________________ is a principle of the constitution in which the three branches have power to balance each other out so no branch gets too powerful.

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Republicanism
• Limited Government

A practice of letting the people make the final decisions in the country through voting, freedom of speech, the right to peacefully protest, etc.

• Separation of Powers
• Republicanism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Foreign decisions

_____________ were supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government.

• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Monarchists
• Loyalists

_____________ were people opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power be given to the state governments than to the national government.

• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Democrats
• Republicans

The __________ Compromise said that every 5 slaves counted as 3 people for population purposes.

• Great
• 3/5
• Missouri
• 1850