2023-2024 USG Unit II 2nd/5th Six Week Common Assessment

Which of the following is a shared power between the Federal and State governments?

• Maintain a standing army

• Taxation

• Education

• Interstate commerce

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G.8B

Which branch of government has the power to declare war, regulate interstate commerce,  and control taxing and spending policies?

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Presidential Branch

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G.7A

Which of the following constitutional clauses established the distinct style of federalism  seen in the United States?

•  Full Faith and Credit

• Necessary and Proper

• Supremacy

• Electoral College

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G.8A

Which Amendment to the Constitution reserves the powers not specifically delegated to  the national government “to the states respectively, or to the people.” 

• 5th

• 4th

• 10th

• 1st

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G.8D

In 2001, President George W. Bush passed the No Child Left Behind Act which set  federal expectations for reading and math testing. People who argued against the Act  might say it is a violation of which principle of government?

• Federalism

• Individual Rights

• Checks and Balances

• Republicanism

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G.8B, G.8C

What structural aspect of U.S. Federalism could be considered parallel?

• Both State and Federal governments hold the same powers on the same scale

• State and Federal Governments have the same division of power: an Executive  Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judicial branch

•  The Federal government can dictate and regulate trade between states

• The States can dictate taxes on imports and exports coming to specific ports.

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G.8A, G.7H

The United States exemplifies the varied nature of a constitutional republic. By contrast,  mobilizational regimes in which a strong, charismatic, manipulative leader rules through a  coalition involving key lower-class groups is called a -

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Authoritarian

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G.11A

What phrase is most associated with the “separation of powers”?

• Individual Rights

• Executive Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Unalienable Powers

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G.7E

During the constitution writing process, the power and style of the president was under  debate. If the Framers had decided to institute a singular dynastic ruler whose power was  inherited as a branch of government, what system of government would we have had?

• Democratic-Republic

•  Parliamentary-Democracy

• Oligarchic-Theocracy

•  Constitutional-Monarchy

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G.11A

Presidential appointments of the United States Supreme Court require congressional  approval, this is an example of limited government through?

• Term Limits

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Judicial Review

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G.7E