FCLE Final Practice 2 of 2

Government by the people and the separation of powers are the main principles of which founding document?

• Bill of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Northwest Ordinances

Which of the following contains a clause that may have served as an inspiration for the language in the Thirteenth Amendment?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinances

• Federalist Papers

Based on the Mayflower Compact's pledge to ensure the general good of the colony, what impact has it had on modern understanding of the purpose of government in the United States?

• The government should protect the property of influential citizens.

• The government should provide equal protection under the law.

• The government should advance the goals of the elite.

• The government should establish religious unity.

What was the result of the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention regarding representation in Congress?

• The number of citizens in a state would determine how many seats that state had in Congress, but slaves and other noncitizens would not be counted for this purpose.

• Congress would have two houses, one in which state representation was based on population and one in which all states had equal representation.

• The number of seats each state would have in both houses of Congress would be based on the state's population.

• Congress would be made up of two houses in which all states had an equal number of representatives in each house.

Which of the following reflects the most important consequence of the Watergate break-in?

• legalization of capital punishment.

• creation of levees around coastal cities.

• resignation of the president of the United States.

• integration of surveillance technology in society.

Which legislation reflects federal efforts to regulate transportation?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Blank-Allison Act

• Pendleton Act

The U.S. Supreme Court enabled which government practices to continue in its ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Prohibiting monopoly formation.

• Segregating public facilities.

• Establishing immigration quotas.

• Regulating financial markets.

Which of the following statements regarding the Monroe Doctrine is accurate?

• The Monroe Doctrine prohibited future European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.

• Debates over the Monroe Doctrine heightened sectional divisions in the United States.

• The United States used the Monroe Doctrine to justify the annexation of overseas territories.

• Great Britain's opposition to the Monroe Doctrine was a major cause of the War of 1812.

By what process were eighteen-year-olds fully granted the right to vote?

• resolution of Congress

• voter initiative

• Supreme Court decision

• constitutional amendment

Which Supreme Court case established the precedent that if a law is in opposition to the constitution, the court must determine which governs the case?

• Bush v. Gore

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford