Unit 5a: Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: The policy of not participating in international relationships is called ________.

• A) Embargo

• B) Isolationism

• C) Foreign Policy

What term is used for actions taken by a government in relation to other countries?

• Isolationism

• Foreign Policy

• Embargo

• Diplomacy

Who was the first President of the United States?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• John Adams

George Washington took office in which year?

• 1776

• 1789

• 1800

• 1815

In the case of Marbury v. Madison, who was the Chief Justice?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Marshall

• James Madison

What is judicial review?

• The right to vote

• The right to declare laws unconstitutional

• The right to make laws

• The right to enforce laws.

Marbury v. Madison established the principle of ________.

• Judicial review

• Executive privilege

• Legislative supremacy

• Federalism

Who was the Secretary of State ordered not to deliver the letter?

• Adams

• Jefferson

• Marshall

• Madison

When laws, acts, or procedures directly violate the Constitution, they are considered ______.

• Legal

• Unconstitutional

• Acceptable

• Constitutional

In the McCulloch v. Maryland case, what did the Supreme Court establish about Congress's power?

• A) Congress can create a national bank

• B) States can tax a federally chartered bank

• C) Congress cannot create a national bank

• D) States have more power than Congress