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Final Exam Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What part of the government can deem a act of Congress unconstitutional which causes them to amend?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Supreme Court

c)

President

d)

Executive Branch

2.

Which Article of Constitution states the supremacy clause?

a)

I

b)

IV

c)

VI

d)

X

3.

The power of Congress to tax is an example of which type of power?

a)

expressed

b)

inherent

c)

concurrent

d)

divided

4.

How many articles are in the Constitution?

a)

4

b)

7

c)

27

d)

10

5.

Who has the power to sign a bill into law?

a)

Senate pro tempore

b)

Speaker of the House

c)

President

d)

Supreme Court Justice

6.

Who is known for the idea of social contract?

a)

Thomas Hobbs

b)

John Locke`

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

7.

What was considered the first constitution?

a)

U.S. Consitution

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Bill of Rights

8.

Most states have on central government that makes decisions for the regions. What is this called?

a)

federal

b)

confederal

c)

unitary

d)

biitary

9.

What is the name for the introduction to the Constitution that states the six main goals?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Preamble

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

amendments

10.

This idea came during the Constitution Convention and it was that representation in legislative body should be based on population.

a)

Three-Fifths Comnpromise

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Virginia Plan

d)

New Jersey Plan

11.

How many amendments are there?

a)

10

b)

18

c)

21

d)

27

12.

How many members are in the electoral college?

a)

435

b)

100

c)

538

d)

535

13.

The second Constitutional Congress accomplished all of the EXCEPT:

a)

wrote the Declaration of Independence

b)

created an army

c)

wrote the Constitution

14.

How old do you have to be in order to be part of the House of Representatives?

a)

no age requirement

b)

25

c)

30

d)

35

15.

How many Supreme Court Justices are there?

a)

5

b)

9

c)

100

d)

435

16.

What is the term for a organized group of people that share a common goal or trying to actively influence lawmakers such as Congress?

a)

federalist

b)

Political Action Committee

c)

interest group

d)

political party

17.

This type of primary only allows voters to select potential candidates only from the party to which they belong:

a)

caucus

b)

open

c)

closed

d)

incumbent

18.

Who is the main leader of the Senate?

a)

President

b)

Vice President

c)

President Pro Tempore

d)

Speaker of the House

19.

What is the President's title when he heads the Bureaucracy?

a)

Chief Diplomat

b)

Commander-an-Chief

c)

Chief Executive

d)

Head of State

20.

In order to be on the U.S. Supreme Court, who has to confirm you and who has to confirm them?

a)

President confirm and Congress appoint

b)

President appoint and Senate confirm

c)

House confirm and President appoint

d)

Congress confirm and President appoint

21.

How long is a term for members of the Federal Courts according to the Constitution?

a)

life

b)

2 years

c)

6 years

d)

"in good behavior"

22.

What is the term for a belief about the role of government should play in society?

a)

political party

b)

ideology

c)

realignment

d)

reapportionment

23.

Which Supreme Court case stated that public school segregation of races violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Malbury v. Madison

24.

What is the name for the first ten amendments?

a)

Consitution

b)

Preamble

c)

Bill of Rights

25.

What is the term for drawing out boundary lines, based on legislative district, for the purpose of obtaining partisan advantage?

a)

Gerrymandering

b)

reapportionment

c)

reallocation

d)

redistricting

26.

What is term for the process by which people acquire political beliefs and attitudes?

a)

ideology

b)

political party

c)

interest group

d)

political socialization

27.

Which elected office of the government has the longest term?

a)

House of Respresentatives

b)

President

c)

Senate

28.

Who is at the top of the judicial branch?

a)

President

b)

Congress

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Senate

29.

What hearings are usually conducted to decide whether a bill is viable and to make a recommendation to the full house for a vote?

a)

congressional committee

b)

interest group

c)

bureaucracy

d)

president

30.

Which committee is permanent that exists in Congress to deal with various types of issues?

a)

joint

b)

standing

c)

select

d)

conference

31.

Who is the leader of the House of Representatives?

a)

President pro Tempore

b)

Speaker of the House

c)

Vice President

d)

Majority Leader

32.

which person holds a political office and runs for reelection to that same political office?

a)

challenger

b)

nominee

c)

incumbent

d)

senator

33.

When an official is impeached, what must actually do the impeaching and what must put the person on trial?

a)

Congress, Supreme Court

b)

House and Senate

c)

Senate and House

d)

President and Supreme Court

34.

What is the name for the advisers, of the President, in various areas of government expertise?

a)

envelope

b)

shuttle

c)

table

d)

cabinet

35.

All of the following are people on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT:

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

majoritarianism

36.

These event is important because it showed the weaknesses of our constitution and that we needed to create a new one:

a)

Brown v. board of education

b)

Shay's Rebellion

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

Great Compromise

37.

All of the following are political parties of the United States EXCEPT:

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Conservative

d)

Libertarian

38.

What form of government gives the states the central government only the powers they want it to have?

a)

Liberal

b)

confederal

c)

unitary

d)

federal

39.

At the Constitutional Convention in order to make the legislative body equal for all states it created one body and representative based on population in the other of the two bodies?

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

Great Compromise

40.

Creating a stronger central government that would occur in the new Constitution was the main debate between?

a)

Liberals and Conservatives

b)

Senate and House

c)

Federalists and anti-federalists

d)

Democrats and Republicans

41.

Which court case established judicial review?

a)

Brown v. Board of Eduation

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Miranda v Arizona

42.

The Three-fifths Compromise called for representation in Congress based on which part of the population?

a)

farmers

b)

slaves

c)

rich people

d)

poor people

43.

which philosopher came up with the idea of separation of powers?

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

Thomas jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

Roger Sherman

44.

At one point in our country's history, the President could remove a portion of a bill with which he disagreed and sign the rest into law. This is called a

a)

pocket veto

b)

legislative veto

c)

line-item veto

d)

veto

45.

The Weberian Model of Bureaucracy includes all of the following EXCEPT

a)

hierachry

b)

specialization of labor

c)

diversity

d)

formalized rules

46.

What can be amended by 2/3 vote of state legislatures calling for a convention and 3/4 states ratifying the amendment at the Convention?

a)

congress

b)

Constitution

c)

bill of rights

d)

preamble

47.

When voters vote for different a different party for President and Congress it is called...

a)

straight-ticket-voting

b)

split-ticket-voting

c)

marginal voting

d)

electoral voting

48.

a member of the Democrat Party that tends to support conservative issues is called a

a)

Red Democrat

b)

Pink Panther Democrat

c)

Party-Line Democrat

d)

Blue-Dog Democrat

49.

What is the minimum age for a President?

a)

no minimum age required

b)

25 years old

c)

30 years old

d)

35 years old

50.

which type of ballot encourages straight ticket voting?

a)

party column

b)

office block

c)

strategic office

d)

presidential expertise

51.

In the court system, what is the concept of having previous cases affect the rulings in current cases?

a)

jurisdiction

b)

precedent

c)

common law

d)

great compromise

52.

What is the term for a group of people with similar beliefs about the role of government who attempt to obtain political office?

a)

ideology group

b)

interest group

c)

political party

d)

bureaucracy

53.

A federal judge who interprets the Constitution literally is considered to be a

a)

strict constructionist

b)

broad constructionist

c)

federal constructionist

d)

open constructionist

54.

What stated, at the Constitutional Convention, that to make representation in our legislative body equal for all states.

a)

Virginia Plan

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

Great Compromise

55.

The Electoral College can elect a President without the person receiving the majority of the popular vote.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

which type of election ballot groups candidates for elective office under the elective office title?

a)

split-face ballot

b)

office-ballot

c)

party-column

57.

What is the term for the redrawing of boundaries that a Representative represents due to a shift in population?

a)

redistricting

b)

reapportionment

c)

reconstruction

d)

gerrymandering

58.

What is the term for members of Congress' ability to send mail for free?

a)

franking privileges

b)

post passes

c)

mail markers

d)

office memos

59.

It is more likely for a member of the ____________ to vote with the opposing party due to the length of term and fewer member.

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Senate

c)

President's Cabinet

d)

Supreme court justices

60.

According to federalism, the three levels of government are national, state, and _______________ governments.

a)

local

b)

district

c)

international

d)

federal