AP Govt 4-17

Gideon v Wainwright mainly deals with these two Amendments​: (a)   and ​ (b)   (put you answers in number order from smallest to biggest)

• Sixth
• Fourteenth
• Fifth
• Fourth
• Twentieth
• Eighth
• Eighteenth
• Twelfth
• Seventh

How did the federalists create a government of limited authority?

• By dividing the government into a bicameral legislature

• By dividing the government into executive, legislative, and judicial branches

• By electing members of the House of Representatives directly

• By appointing a federal judiciary with life tenure

The necessary and proper clause permits Congress to

• exercise oversight of the executive branch

• overturn the improper decisions of state legislatures

• make laws essential to exercising its specified powers

• limit presidential actions in the area of foreign policy

Which of the following is a power reserved for the states in the Constitution?

• Declaring war

• Making treaties

• Coining money

• Policing citizens

A term used interchangeably with representative democracy is ​ (a)  

• republic
• direct democracy
• theocracy
• oligarchy
• monarchy

An example of a concurrent power as listed in the Constitution is ​ ​ (a)  

• the power to tax
• the power to regulate trade between the states
• the power to establish rules for bankruptcy
• the power to establish copyright laws
• the power to coin money

For the Framers, Shays’ Rebellion....

• made slavery a divisive issue

• reinforced the need for a stronger central government

• was a precursor to the War of 1812

• showed the need to preserve states’ rights

Was a writer of the Federalist Papers

• John Jay

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

A Supreme Court order that directs an official to perform a specific duty is called.....

• an executive order

• writ of mandamus

• a judicial order

• writ of habeas corpus

Match the following

• Legislative Branch

• Article 2 of Constitution

• Preamble of Constitution

• Article 1 of Constitution

• Judicial Branch

• We the people in order to form....

• Executive Branch

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Part of the Declaration of Independence

• Article 3 of Constitution