Integrated Social Studies Unit 3 Test 2023

What is your name?

Select your class period:

• 1st Period
• 2nd Period
• 3rd Period
• 4th Period
• 5th Period

Congress has all of the following powers except...

• Establish Post Offices
• Appoint Supreme Court Judges
• Raise an army and navy
• Declare War

When the Constitution was being written, large states felt like representation should be based on population. In which part of the legislative branch is membership based on the population of each state?

• Senate
• Republicans
• Congress
• House of Representatives

Justice John Marshall Harlan did not agree with the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. He stated he believed the Constitution was “color blind.” Choose the statement below that best describes his viewpoint.

• The Constitution lists the rights of every man regardless of their race or ethnicity.
• The Constitution is written in black and white.
• The Constitution does not mention African American people.
• The Constitution only lists rights for white men.

If a president commits bribery, treason, or lies under oath, he may be ________ by Congress.

• Fired
• Impeached
• Monitored
• Judicially Reviewed

Why might a person find it difficult to take their case all the way to the Supreme Court?

• The Supreme Court can choose which cases they hear and only chooses a few each year.
• The Supreme Court has very few restrictions on which cases they can hear.
• The Constitution says the Supreme Court can only hear 5 cases each year
• Few lawyers are qualified to try cases in front of the Supreme Court.

Which of the President’s roles allows him to send troops to a foreign country for up to 60 days without permission of Congress?

• Chief Diplomat
• Head of the Democratic Party
• Commander in Chief
• Leader of the Free World

Which power of Congress allows them to provide for our defense?

• They get to appoint police chiefs for large cities.
• They can declare a state of emergency in each state after hurricanes.
• They can appoint federal judges.
• They can declare war.

The Supreme Court claimed the power of judicial review in the decision of what case?

• Mayberry v. Shelbyville
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Topeka
• Marbury v. Madison