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WorksheetsAPGOV Unit 1 Practice Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
No Man is allowed to be a judge in this own case, because his interest would certainly bias his judgement, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. With equal, nay with greater reason, a body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time.
Federalist 10
Which of the following principles is reflected in the quote?
Popular Sovereignty
The Danger of Factions
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
The __________ Amendment says that says that those powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people.
Eighth
First
Tenth
Eleventh
By holding that Congress may regulate activity that is neither interstate nor commerce under the Interstate Commerce Clause, the Court abandons any attempt to enforce the Constitutions limits on federal power.....
Justice Clarence Thomas, dissenting opinion in
Gonzales v Raich
Which of the following statements best describes the viewpoint conveyed in the quotation?
The federal government's authority under the commerce clause applies to interstate and commercial activity.
The commerce clause allows the federal government to regulate commercial activity within each state.
The Tenth Amendment established a federal system of government where powers are reserved to the states.
The system of federalism is threatened by the national government's expansion of power under the commerce clause.
Schools won't have to cut the salt in meals just yet and they can serve kids fewer whole grains, under changes to federal nutrition standards announced Monday. The move by the Trump administration rolls back rules championed by former first lady Michelle Obama as part of her healthy eating initiative.
-U.S. News and World Report, May 2, 2017
Which part of the Constitution would states use to challenge federal nutrition guidelines?
The Supremacy Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause
The Tenth Amendment
The Enumerated Powers in Article I Section 8
Which clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another?
Equal Protection
Due Process
Full Faith and Credit
Commerce
In which of the following systems is government by representatives of the people instead of directly by the people themselves?
Republic
Democracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
During the debate over the ratification of Constitution Anti-federalist argued the national government under the Constitution was too powerful. How did James Madison respond to this argument in Federalist 51.
Equal representation in both house of Congress will keep the states strong.
The system of separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism created under the constitution will ensure the national government does not become too powerful.
The Bill of Rights will protect citizens from the national government.
The Constitution provides for a strong singular executive
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
Which of the following is a method of ratification for a constitutional amendment?
by three-fourths of the state legislatures
by three-fourths of the state governors
by three-fourths of voting-age citizens
by half of the state legislatures
“Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, press, assembly, or petition"
This part of the Constitution is consistent with the principle of.....
Seperation of Power
Checks and Balances
Limited Government
Federalism
