American Government Final

The current Speaker of the House is

• Kevin McCarthy

• Nancy Pelosi

• Chuck Shumer

• Mitch McConnell

Government decides ________ gets ________ and ________.

• Who, What, Why

• There, Here, Where

• Mine, Confused, Why

• Here, There, Why

According to the Great Compromise, how would representation in Congress be approtioned?

• Representation in the House of Representative would be based on each state's population and every state would have two senators.

• Each state would have equal representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

• Congress would be a unicameral legislature with each state receiving equal representation.

• Representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate

What is the Bill of Rights?

• First ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms

• Powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitutiton

• Twenty-seven amendments added to the Constitution over the years

• Document authored by Thomas Jefferson that details the rights of the citizens

What statement about immigration federalism is false?

• The Arizona v. United States decision struck down all Arizona's most restrictive provisions on illegal immigration.

• Since the 1990s, states have increasingly moved into the policy domain of immigration.

• Federal immigration laws trump state laws.

• States' involvement in immigration is partly due to their interest in preventing illegal immigrants from accessing public services such as education and welfare benefits.

The United States House of Representatives consists of how many members?

• 100

• 352

• 402

• 435

True of False: Dual federalism refers to a political arrangement in which the national government and state government act within distinct areas of jurisdiction.

• True

• False

Which of the following rights is not explicitly protected by some state constitutions?

• the right to hunt

• the right to privacy

• the right to polygamous marriage

• the right to a free public education

True or False: Article 2 of the Constitution discussed the presidency.

• True

• False

At the world's first women's rights convention in 1848, the most contentious issues proved to be

• the right to education for women

• suffrage for women

• access to the professions for women

• greater property rights for women