GOVT Unit 3 Test

According to the original United States Constitution, which Federal official was to be directly elected by the voters?

• the President

• a United States Senator

• a Justice of the Supreme Court

• a member of the House of Representatives

If you and other people in your community believe strongly that the United States should change its position on a conflict with another country, whom should you contact?

• That country's ambassador to the United States

• The United Nations

• Your senators and congressional representative

• The governor of your state

Which constitutional power was the main basis for congressional passage of legislation regulating business activities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• to provide for the common defense

• to regulate the currency

• to establish a uniform system of weights and measures

• to regulate commerce among the states

Which action is an example of the use of the elastic clause of the United States Constitution?

• purchase of the Louisiana Territory by President Thomas Jefferson

• impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

• ratification of the 19th amendment

• creation of the United States Navy

The Congress of the United States has proposed an amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment can be added to the Constitution if the amendment is passed by

• two-thirds of the members of the Supreme Court.

• three-fourths of the members of the cabinet.

• two-thirds of all registered voters.

• three-fourths of the fifty state legislatures.

Which statement from the United States Constitution is referred to as the elastic clause?

• "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States. . . ."

• "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. . . ."

• "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. . . ."

• "Congress shall have power . . . to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . ."

A major way the United States Congress has extended its powers is through its

• use of the elastic clause

• power to amend state constitutions

• role as final interpreter of the Federal Constitution

• authority to grant patents and copyrights

Which quotation taken from the United States Constitution provides for limiting the power of government?

• "All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States . . ."

• "This Constitution . . . shall be the supreme law of the land; . . ."

• "The President shall be commander in chief of the army and navy . . ."

• "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, . . . or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press . . ."

Which of the following has constitutional power to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution?

• the U.S. Supreme Court

• interest groups

• Congress

• the Cabinet

In the United States, what occurs when state and national laws are in conflict?

• The state law is enforced.

• The national law is enforced.

• The state decides which law to enforce.

• The public holds a referendum to decide which law should be enforced.