STUDY GUIDE GOVERNMENT FINAL

The ____ believed the Constitution should provide protection for certain basic liberties.

• Anti-Federalists

• Liberals

• Abolitionists

• Whigs

The ____ called for Congress to have a Bicameral legislature that is based on equal representation and population.

• Virginia Plan

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

Which is NOT one of the ways the legislative branch can check the powers of the executive branch?

• by impeaching the president

• by overriding a presidential veto

• by declaring presidential actions unconstitutional

• by rejecting presidential appointments

The fundamental function of the legislative branch is to ____

• make laws.

• evaluate laws.

• carry out laws.

• all of the above

Which amendment protects Americans “against unreasonable searches and seizures”?

• 4th

• 5th

• 6th

• 8th

A nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations is called its

• Foreign policy.

• Domestic policy.

• Trade policy.

• Tariffs.

Which clause under the 5th and 14th amendments guarantees equality under the law

• Equal Protection

• Cruel and Unusual

• Elastic

• Free Exercise

The form of government in which power is divided between the national government and the states is called

• federalism.

• anarcho-syndicalism.

• nationalism.

• anti-federalism.

The middle part of the ____ states the six purposes of the government.

• Preamble

• amendments

• articles

• Bill of Rights

What is the term that is used when an official is formally accused of misconduct in office?

• Cloture

• Impeach

• Habeas Corpus

• Censure