US Govt Final Exam Review (Part 2): 2024

One of the checks on power described in the U.S. Constitution includes the power of the Senate to —

• impeach the President

• declare laws unconstitutional

• ratify constitutional amendments

• approve Cabinet position nominations

Which check on power is detailed in this excerpt of the U.S. Constitution?

• Power to negotiate treaties

• Power to impeach the President

• Power to override presidential vetoes

• Power to declare laws unconstitutional

When a judge defers actions to the legislative and executive branches, except for cases that are clearly unconstitutional, that judge is practicing —

• judicial review

• 
  judicial restraint

• judicial activism

• judicial constructionism

Which issue would be handled in the federal court system?

• Copyright cases

• Misdemeanor cases

• Marriage certificates

• Automobile moving violations

How do sessions of the U.S. Congress differ from sessions of the Texas Legislature?

• 
  The U.S. Congress meets once a year; the Texas Legislature meets continually.

• The U.S. Congress meets most of the year; the Texas Legislature meets every two years

• The U.S. Congress meets in a sixty-day session twice a year; the Texas Legislature meets in thirty-day sessions when called.

• The U.S. Congress has unlimited session lengths; the Texas Legislature is limited to thirty days per year.

National, state, and local governments all share the same function of —

• establishing public schools

• settling disputes between states

• providing services to the electorate (voters)

• negotiating treaties with foreign countries

Which of the following best completes the diagram?

• Hold Trials for Treason

• Decide Copyright Cases

• Hear Misdemeanor Trials

• Conduct Bankruptcy Cases

The founding of the United States has traditional roots in Judeo-Christian teachings as well as philosophies developed primarily during the —

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Enlightenment

• Commercial Revolution

Which individual’s writings, noted for systemizing English common law, were studied by the early founders of the United States?

• Blackstone

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Moses

". . . all men shall be free to profess [declare], and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities."

—Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1786

Which founding idea of U.S. government came from the statute above?

• separation of church and state

• equality of all citizens

• right to assemble peacefully

• authority of the Supreme Court