US HIS. Ch.8 Post-Test

1. The Bill of Rights limits the power of government and protects the rights of individuals.

• True
• False

3. The main job of the executive branch of government is to administrate the laws passed by Congress

• true
• false

4. If a state law contradicts a federal law, the federal law prevails.

• true
• false

5. The United States government cannot limit citizens’ right to hold protests, even if public health or safety is at risk.

• True
• False

6. powers given specifically to Congress

• A. Concurrent Powers
• B. enumerated powers
• C. implied powers
• D. reserved powers
• E. veto power

7. checks the power of Congress

• A. Concurrent Powers
• B. enumerated powers
• C. implied powers
• D. reserved powers
• E. veto power

8. powers shared by the federal and state governments

• A. Concurrent Powers
• B. enumerated powers
• C. implied powers
• D. reserved powers
• E. veto power

9. powers claimed by Congress but not directly stated in the Constitution

• A. Concurrent Powers
• B. enumerated powers
• C. implied powers
• D. reserved powers
• E. veto power

10. powers that belong to the states alone

• A. Concurrent Powers
• B. enumerated powers
• C. implied powers
• D. reserved powers
• E. veto power

11. Who developed the Virginia Plan, which provides the basic framework and central ideas of the US Constitution?

• A. Benjamin Franklin
• B. James Madison
• C. John Adams
• D. Thomas Jefferson