Ch 3 The Constitution TEST

Which of the following is one way an amendment to the Constitution can be ratified?

•   three-fourths vote in each house of Congress

• simple majority

•    three-fourths of state legislatures

•    conventions in one-half of the states

What is the name of the group of executive department heads who advise the president?

•     cabinet

•    electoral college

• representatives

• senators

The duties of governing are divided among three branches under the principle of

•     popular sovereignty.

•     limited government.

•      federalism.

•     separation of powers.

Which of the following is a power the executive branch has to check the legislative branch?

•   override

•   veto

•   oversight

•   review

One way political parties influence how the Constitution is interpreted is by

•    regulating food safety.

•   a conducting foreign policy.

•   helping determine candidates and winning elections

• nominating federal judges.

Which principle explains the source of the government’s power?

•    federalism

•    popular sovereignty

•    separation of powers

•   judicial review

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

—First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1791

Which phrase in the First Amendment specifically relates to an individual’s right to ask the government to correct an injustice?

• “establishment of religion”

• “freedom of the press”

• “peaceably to assemble”

• “redress of grievances”

Division of power between national and state governments

•      separation of powers

•   checks and balances

    

•   Bill of Rights  

• federalism

More than half; for example, two-thirds

•     rule of law

•    First Amendment   

• supermajority

• Sixteenth Amendment

Power of the courts to decide whether a law or action is constitutional

•    popular sovereignty

• judicial review  

• separation of powers

• checks and balances