Domain 5 Competency 17

According to the constitution, what form of government is guaranteed to every state in the union with the distinguishing feature of that form is the right of the people to choose their own officers for governmental administration?

• Republican

• Democratic

• Utilitarian

• Representative

The ability of each branch of government to respond to the actions of the other branches is known as Checks and Balances. Which of the following are examples of this?

• The president can veto legislation.

• Congress can impeach Supreme Court Justices or the President.

• The Supreme Court can overturn a law.

• All of the above

The division and sharing of power between the national and state governments embodied in the constitution is known as...

• Legalism

• Federalism

• Republicanism

• Democracy

The first amendment to the constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." This lays the textual basis for the Supreme Court's interpretation of what doctrine?

• Federalism

• A State's Right to Choose

• Separation of Church and State

• The Monroe Doctrine

Popular Sovereignty means:

• All political power is vested in and derived from the people.

• All government of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.

• Both A and B

• None of these

Which of the following are examples of "individual rights" in the constitution? Check all that apply (multiple correct answers).

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

• the right to privacy

• the right to own property

Adopted unanimously by 56 delegates of the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, what is considered to be the founding document of the United States?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• None of these

A collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the U.S. was known as what?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Hamilton Papers

• The Freedom Papers

• The Federalist Papers

Written in 1698, this document established the principles of frequent parliaments, free elections, and freedom of speech. It also asserted that monarchs do not have a divine right to rule and must have consent to intervene in politics.

• The French Constitution

• The English Bill of Rights

• The English Constitution

• The French Bill of Rights

Due to compromise made by the Founding Fathers during the Constitutional Convention, Congress has two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. This is known as what kind of congress?

• Bicarbon

• Dual

• Bicameral

• None of these