Unit 2 Self-Assessment

An officer wants to come into your home to see if you have any illegal weapons. Which amendment protects you from doing this without a warrant? (a)  

• Third Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• Sixth Amendment
• Fifth Amendment

You must go on trial but cannot afford a lawyer, so one has been appointed to you. (a)  

• Sixth Amendment
• Seventh Amendment
• Eighth  Amendment
• Fourth Amendment

A person is given a prison term of life without parole for stealing a pack of gum.  Which amendment has been violated? (a)  

• Eighth Amendment
• Ninth Amendment
• Tenth Amendment
• Third Amendment

This amendment literally spells out how the new Constitution is establishing a system of Federalism where powers are divided between the national government and the states' governments.

• 4th

• 6th

• 8th

• 10th

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote 81 essays collectively, in an effort to convince the remaining undecided states that they should ratify the Constitution. Those essays are called the ______ Papers.

• Federalists

• Anti-federalist

• Constitutional

• Ratification

Which group feared that the president might behave like a king?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Which side believed that state governments should have much more power than the national government?

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalists

The House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach, and the Senate has the power to hold the trial for the impeachment of any federal judge or the president. Which Basic Principle is this process an example of?

• Judicial Review

• Federalism

• Checks & Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

The national government may exercise only those powers delegated to it in the Constitution.

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government

• Judicial Review

The Supreme Court established their power to declare any executive action violating the Constitution to be unconstitutional in the landmark case of Marbury v. Madison in 1803. Which basic principle is being described here?

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Judicial Review