Unit I - RQ #9 - The Constitution

According to the supremacy clause, which of the following is NOT a supreme law of the land?

• The Constitution
• Laws of the national government
• Treaties with other nations
• State Supreme Court decisions

The Civil War was not just a struggle over the issue of slavery, but also

• a struggle for the newly emerging Republican Party
• a struggle for federal supremacy over state laws
• a struggle between President Lincoln and Congress
• a struggle among wealthy industrialists and poor farmers

States' rights are primarily addressed in which part of the Bill of Rights?

• First Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• Sixth Amendment
• Tenth Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment places restraints from

• federal laws over the state laws
• state laws over the federal laws
• civil rights over the Constitution
• racial discrimination in schooling

The case of McCulloch v. Maryland emphasized the need of the national government to exercise its:

• Free will
• Enumerated powers
• Implied powers
• Concurrent powers

Gibbons v. Ogden was especially significant because the Supreme Court’s decision affirmed the national government’s power over the states via:

• Taxation
• Outlawing slavery
• Use of the military
• Regulating commerce

According to the Constitution, states must acknowledge all of the following from each other EXCEPT:

• Privileges and immunities
• Extradition
• Election and campaigning laws
• Full faith and credit