VUS.5 Quiz

Which Supreme Court case established implied powers through the "necessary and proper clause?"

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention supported a "compromise" allowing states to include their slave populations in the counts for state representation. This agreement was known as the __________.

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• The Declaration of Rights

• The New Jersey Plan

The Great Compromise established (pick 3) —

• a bicameral legislature

• the executive branch

• that the number of representatives for each state, for the House of Representatives, would be determined by population

• that the number of Senators for each state would be determined by population

• two representatives for each state in the Senate

Which document reiterated the notion that basic human rights should not be violated by governments?

• Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

Which document was the first to outlaw the practice of government support for one favored church, effectively separating church and state?

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• U.S. Bill of Rights

Which Supreme Court decision is described in the box?

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

The ________________________ is to Thomas Jefferson as the Virginia Plan is to James Madison.

• Declaration of Independence

• Connecticut Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

Which document established the first form of national government for the United States?

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

Who was known as the 'Father of the Constitution?'

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Roger Sherman

Which body's membership is based upon a state's population?

• Senate

• Supreme Court

• House of Representatives

• Military Provost