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Total questions: 112
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Which of the following statements can be supported from information in the table above?
I. Federal grants to state and local governments have increased substantially in total dollar amount since 1950.
II. In 1994 the federal government devoted a larger percentage of outlays to grants than in 1980.
III. Between 1980 and 1990, grants decreased as a percentage of federal outlays.
IV. In 1994 states were more dependent on federal grants for revenue than in 1990, 1970, or 1960.
IV only
I and III only
II and III only
II and IV only
I, III, and IV only
The use of ballot initiatives and referendums is most consistent with which model of democracy?
Participatory Democracy
Pluralist Democracy
Elite Democracy
Illiberal Democracy
In a pluralist democracy, who has the most influence on government policy
The wealthy and elite
The average voter
Interest Groups
The Elderly
Which event demonstrated the weakness of the central government under the Articles of Confederation?
Whiskey Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
Civil War
The War of 1812
Which of the following was not a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
There was no national military
Congress could not directly tax the people
There was no national currency
States had to vote unanimously to pass laws
The Great (Connecticut) Compromise created a
Bicameral Legislature
An independent court system
The electoral college
A single executive
If a presidential candidate earns 52% of the vote in New Jersey, how many of New Jersey's 14 electoral college votes would the candidate receive?
7
8
14
It is impossible to know without knowing how many votes other candidates received?
What power gives the Supreme Court the ability to limit the power of the other branches?
Impeachment
Judicial Review
Writs of Certiorari
Writs of Habeas Corpus
Levying and Collecting taxes is an example of a
Delegated Power
Reserved Power
Concurrent Power
Denied Power
Which of the following is the source of Congress' implied powers?
Marbury v. Madison
Necessary and Proper Clause
Due Process Clause
10th Amendment
Which of the following was designed to address Anti-federalist concerns about the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
14th Amendment
Necessary and Proper Clause
Commerce Clause
In Federalist No. 10, which of the following does Madison argues prevents tyranny of the majority?
Direct Democracy
A Confederation of Small Republics
A large Republic
An absolute monarchy
If the president vetoes a bill, how can the veto be overridden?
By a majority vote of the Supreme Court
By a 2/3 vote of the Senate
By a 2/3 vote of both house of Congress
By a majority vote in both houses
Who has the power of advice and consent to confirm presidential nominees?
Senate
House of Representatives
Both houses of Congress
Supreme Court
The concept that the government's powers should be predefined and restricted by a constitution
Limited Government
Popular sovereignty
National Supremacy
Natural rights
Powers of Congress that are clearly stated in the constitution are known as
Implied Powers
Enumerated Powers
Reserved powers
Inherent Powers
Which provision of the constitution protects state powers?
10th Amendment
14th Amendment
Necessary and Proper Clause
Commerce Clause
Which constitutional provision requires other states to recognize a New Jersey driver's license?
Commerce Clause
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause
10th Amendment
Which of the following tools can the federal government use most effectively to shape state policies?
Revenue Sharing
Block Grants
Categorical Grants
Mandates
Which of the following do state governments prefer
Categorical Grants
Block Grants
Mandates
Which of the following is an attempt to return reserved powers to the states?
Devolution
Decentralization
Communism
Socialism
US v Lopez limited Congress' power under the
Commerce Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause
14th Amendment
Due Process Clause
Differences in educational funding among the states is best explained by
Federalism
Logrolling
Pork Barrel Spending
Mandates
Which of the following statements about Congress is true?
Congress cannot override a presidential veto.
A proposed constitutional amendment must be approved by 2/3 of the delegates of both house of Congress.
Congress can establish an official church of the United States.
Congressional power over the bureaucracy is less than that of the president.
The struggle of competing interest groups for govermental influence is called ____.
pluralism
direct action politics
direct democracy
oligarchy
grassroots mobilization
The belief that political authority should rest with the people themselves is called ____.
political culture
political equality
pluralism
popular sovereignty
federalism
The Constitution's Preamble, beginning with the words "We the People," is an illustration of ____.
laissez-faire capitalism
political equality
popular sovereignty
minority rights
political rights
All of the following issues were decided at the Constitutional Convention EXCEPT
representation in the legislature
voting qualifications of the electorate
method of electing the President
congressional power to override a presidential veto
qualifications for members of the House and Senate
In the early part of the twenty-first century, public opinion polls showed that a majority of Americans believed it should be illegal to burn the American flag. As a result, many members of Congress introduced amendments to make it illegal to burn or desecrate the American flag. However, these efforts have been unsuccessful. Which of the following statements best explains why these efforts have been unsuccessful?
Congress and the states have agreed to add this amendment; however, recent presidents have refused to sign it.
The framers made the amendment process difficult in order to protect individual rights.
The Supreme Court has stated such an amendment is unconstitutional, thus blocking its ratification.
The framers specifically wrote the amendment process to prevent using it to limit freedom of expression.
Brutus was an example of an Anti-Federalist because he
believed a centralized government posed a major threat to individual rights
argued that a national military force was needed to deal with insurrections
argued that the laws passed by the national government were supreme over state laws
believed that compromise between the branches of government would ensure a limited government
Constitutional checks and balances, especially applied to the president, are designed to
provide for a balanced budget
minimize the threat of tyranny from any one branch of government
ensure that the states do not become too powerful
ensure efficient government
ensure that the federal government is militarily strong
Cooperative federalism can best be described by which of the following statements?
Different levels of government are involved in common policy areas
Government must have cooperation from the people in order to make legislative decisions.
Local levels of government can make decisions on issues more efficiently than state and national governments can
The federal government must make regulations that can be applied across every state in the same way
Business and government can work together to more effectively accomplish shared goals.
Which of the following is an accurate description of the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) ?
The federal government exceeded its authority in establishing a national bank, and Maryland’s tax was unconstitutional.
Maryland was within its authority to tax the federal government, but the Bank of the United States exceeded federal authority.
The federal government had the authority to establish a national bank, but it had to pay Maryland’s tax.
The federal government had the authority to establish a national bank, and Maryland’s tax was unconstitutional.
Which of the following is an accurate description of the decision in United States v. Lopez (1995) ?
The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was upheld as constitutional because regulating arms is an enumerated power.
The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was upheld as constitutional because any interstate commerce is implied in the commerce clause
The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was struck down as unconstitutional because it exceeded the commerce clause.
The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was struck down because it exceeded the state’s power to regulate guns.
Diversity of public policy throughout the United States is primarily a consequence of
separation of powers
innovation within bureaucratic agencies
decentralization in the Senate
lack of party discipline in the House
federalism
Despite the Fifteenth Amendment, which extended the right to vote to African American males, Southern states were able to block black voting for many years because
the Fifteenth Amendment did not apply to all states
Congress passed legislation that restricted the application of the Fifteenth Amendment to placate Southerners
the framers allowed the individual states to create voting processes and voter qualifications
the Supreme Court had declared the Fifteenth Amendment unconstitutional
Which is not an Enumerated powers of the federal government?
coin money
declare war
regulate interstate commerce
regulate intrastate commerce
tax
Many scholars argue that categorical grants-in-aid do which of the following?
Give states far too much power over national monies
Broaden state power beyond that outlined in the Constitution
Strengthen the impact of the Tenth Amendment
Give new life to the idea of dual federalism
Weaken the power of state governors and legislators
Of the following, which has been used most to expand the power of the national government?
A B C D
The commerce clause of the Constitution
The habeas corpus clause of the Constitution
The bill of attainder clause of the Constitution
The First Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
States and localities have the most discretion in establishing policy when federal funding is derived from
categorical grants
matching grants
block grants
project grants
grant-in-aid
The Americans with Disabilities Act was widely unpopular with governors and mayors because it
required that people with disabilities be given equal access to public facilities
required that buildings be retrofitted or remodeled to give equal access to people with disabilities
did not go far enough to establish equal access to public facilities
applied only to federal facilities and did nothing to accommodate people in municipal buildings
required that states and cities pay for federally mandated construction and remodeling
Which congressional power has been contested most frequently in the federal courts?
establish post offices
coin money
levy taxes
regulate commerce with foreign nations
regulate interstate commerce
The reserved powers of the state governments can best be described as those powers
not specifically granted to the national government or denied to the states
implied in the Fifth Amendment
listed specifically in the Tenth Amendment
exercised by both national and state governments
granted to states as part of the implied powers doctrine
Which of the following actions by the federal government best illustrates the concept of unfunded mandates?
Requiring that polling booths remain open beyond the hours of the workday
Requiring states and municipalities to provide certain services for their citizens without providing resources to pay for those services
Requiring state governments to guarantee short-term bonds issued by large municipalities in their states
Requiring all municipalities to impose a minimum property tax on all residential and business properties
Requiring states and municipalities to privatize many previously publicly funded services
Which of the following clauses in the Constitution justifies the “implied powers doctrine” ?
The executive power clause
The privileges and immunities clause
The necessary and proper clause
The debts and engagements clause
The contract clause
Which of the following constitutional principles best explains why there is variation among states on the use of capital punishment?
Separation of powers
Judicial review
Checks and balances
Federalism
Read the following excerpt, and then tell from which document it comes:
When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest, both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good, and private rights, against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed. . . .
Federalist 51
Brutus 1
Federalist 10
Federalist 70
Federalist 78
Read the following excerpt, and then tell the source:
Suppose the legislature of a state should pass a law to raise money to support their government and pay the state debt, may the Congress repeal this law, because it may prevent the collection of a tax which they may think proper and necessary to lay, to provide for the general welfare of the United States? For all laws made, in pursuance of this constitution, are the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, any thing in the constitution or laws of the different states to the contrary notwithstanding.
Federalist 51
Brutus 1
Federalist 10
Federalist 70
Federalist 78
Read the excerpt, and then choose where the quote comes from:
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Federalist 10
Brutus 1
Federalist 51
Federalist 70
Federalist 78
Read the excerpt, and the tell what the source is:
A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.
Taking it for granted, therefore, that all men of sense will agree in the necessity of an energetic executive; it will only remain to inquire, what are the ingredients which constitute this energy? How far can they be combined with those other ingredients which constitute safety in the republican sense? And how far does this combination characterize the plan which has been reported by the convention?
The ingredients which constitute energy in the executive are unity; duration; an adequate provision for its support; and competent powers.
Federalist 10
Brutus 1
Federalist 51
Federalist 70
Federalist 78
Read the excerpt, and then tell the source:
[T]hat as, from the natural feebleness of the judiciary, it is in continual jeopardy of being overpowered, awed or influenced by its coordinate branches; and that as nothing can contribute so much to its firmness and independence as permanency in office, this quality may therefore be justly regarded as an indispensable ingredient in its constitution, and in a great measure as the citadel of the public justice and the public security.
Federalist 10
Brutus 1
Federalist 51
Federalist 70
Federalist 78
Read the excerpt, and then tell the source:
Article XIII.
Every state shall abide by the determinations of the united states in congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the united states, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state...
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Brutus 1
Rad the excerpt, and then tell the source:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Federalist 10
Case Details -- 1819 -- Necessary & Proper Clause and the Supremacy Clause...
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Heart of Atlanta Motel case
U.S. v. Lopez
Case Details -- 1803 -- Established the principle of judicial review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Heart of Atlanta Motel Case
U.S. v. Lopez
Case Details -- 1995 -- Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a
federal crime
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Heart of Atlanta Motel Case
U.S. v. Lopez
Representatives
This document warned of the dangers of a strong federal government, and argued that the territory was too vast and needs too diverse to be met by one central government...
Federalist #51
Declaration of Independence
Brutus #1
Federalist #10
This document argued that the best was to control factions was with a strong central government so that groups would have to work together and no single group could dominate the others...
Brutus #1
Federalist #10
Federalist #78
Articles of Confederation
What is the minimum age to become a Senator?
No prerequisite
25
30
35
What is the minimum age to be a member of the House of Representatives?
No prerequisite
25
30
35
Reapportionment and redistricting are affected every ten years as a result of....
pork barrel spending
standing committees
midterm elections
the census
Cloture is a process designed to accomplish...
bringing a bill out of committee
the ending a filibuster
Gerrymandering
select committee chairmen
This chamber of the legislature has the power of confirming presidential appointments.
The House of Representatives
The Senate
Logrolling generally refers to...
the changing of committee chairs after a change in the majority party after a congressional election
the trading of "yea" votes in return for future favors
minority leader in the House of Representatives
findings of the Congressional Budget Office
What do we call a person who is up for reelection?
the challenger
the lame duck
the whip
the incumbent
Which of the following Court Cases dealt primarily with gerrymandering with the purpose of creating minority majority districts?
Roe v Wade
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Baker v. Carr
Which Supreme Court case established the doctrine, "One man, one vote"?
Shaw v Reno
US v Lopez
Baker v Carr
Pridy v Hatton
Who casts the deciding vote in the Senate in the event of a tie?
President of the United States
President pro Tempore
Senate majority leader
Vice President of the United States
Prior to the passage of the 17th Amendment, how were senators selected?
straw poll
state governors
state legislatures
Supreme Court
Treaties signed by the President are Ratified by the
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson
Senate
Congressional committees are usually Chaired by
Majority party members
Presidential Appointees
Minority party members
The Oldest members of Congress.
A government that has the President, House of Representatives, and the Senate all controlled by the same party is known as
Divided Government
Inept Government
Immobile Government
Unified Government
Where in the Constitution can one find the enumerated powers of the legislative branch?
10th Amendment
Article 1 Section 1
Article 1 Section 8
all legislative powers are implied
The War Powers Act, passed in 1973, is intended to check the power of the executive on the issue of...
troop deployment to armed conflict
troop deployment for humanitarian aid
troop deployment outside the western hemisphere
troop deployment to NATO allied countries
Who holds the "Power of the Purse"?
Congressional Budget Office
Senate
House of Representatives
Office of Management and Budget
To place as many voters as you can into one district when redistricting is called...
cracking
packing
hijacking
kidnapping
What is it called when Congress makes sure the agencies of government are operating properly and as intended?
hindsight
oversight
whistlblowing
impeachment
The President is the symbol and ceremonial head of the government. Which role is being described?
Chief Legislator
Chief Executive
Chief of State
Commander-in-Chief
The President attends a private fundraiser for a member of his own political party to help with that person's reelection. Which Presidential role is being described?
Chief Economist
Chief of Party
Chief Diplomat
Chief Administrator
The President has direct and immediate control of the nation's armed forces. Which Presidential role is being described?
Chief Executive
Chief Citizen
Chief Administrator
Commander-in-Chief
The President controls and is responsible for managing over 2.5 million government employees. Which Presidential role is being described?
Chief Diplomat
Chief Administrator
Chief of State
Chief Legislator
The President sets the overall shape of the congressional agenda and public policies. Which Presidential role is being described?
Chief Legislator
Chief Citizen
Commander-in-Chief
Chief Executive
Which of the following people would not be appointed by the President?
Cabinet members
federal judges
members of Congress
ambassadors to other countries
Which of the following is the best description of the President's "State of the Union" speech?
Make treaties with other countries
To protect and defend the Constitution
Announce the pardon of an individual
Update Congress on how things are going in the country
Which of the following is true about executive orders given by the President?
Executive orders are directives or rules that have the force of law
Executive orders have never been challenged in the courts
Executive orders allow the President to declare congressional laws unconstitutional
Executive orders allow the President to remove a judge from office
The President claims the Constitution gives him the power to refuse to reveal certain information to Congress or the federal courts. This idea is known as
clemency
line-item veto
executive privilege
reprieve
Which of the following confirms the president's cabinet appointments?
the House of Representatives
the Senate
a joint committee of both houses
the Supreme Court
How many Cabinet positions are there?
11
13
15
17
Of the following, which is closest to the President and most loyal to him?
White House Staff
Congressional Leadership
Cabinet secretaries
ambassadors
