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WorksheetsAmerican Government Final Exam Review #1
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 34mins
Term length of a Senator
2 years
4 years
6 years
Forever
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed… whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government.
Declaration of Independence, 1776
Montesquieu
Beccaria
Voltaire
John Locke
How was the conflict between large and small states resolved?
Three branches of the national government were formed.
A federal court system was established.
The House of Representatives and Senate were created.
A cabinet was formed to advise the President.
Which is the best summary of the "Three-Fifths Compromise?"
Congress was given two houses.
A line was drawn dividing future free and slave states.
Each slave was counted as less that one free person.
A tougher runaway slave law was enacted.
The sharing of power between the national & state governments.
CHECKS & BALANCES
FEDERALISM
THE GREAT COMPROMISE
AMENDMENT
Federalists
Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
James Madison
Federalist wrote essays called the Federalist Papers. What might they have supported?
Bill of Rights
Strong central government
Three-fifths compromise
Women's Suffrage (voting)
What does Article I (1) establish?
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Supremacy of the Constitution
What does Article II (2) establish?
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Supremacy of the Constitution
What does Article III (3) establish?
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Supremacy of the Constitution
What does Article IV (4) establish?
The Constitution is Supreme
How to amend the Constitution
How to ratify the Constitution
Relationships between the states
What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?
A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.
A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.
A Prime Minister has more power than a President.
A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.
The Supremacy Clause states what?
The federal government must obey state statutes.
The state governments have the most authority
If a state law and federal law are seen to be in conflict, judges must rule in favor of the federal law.
Local governments retain power when in disputes with federal and state governments.
What is the name of an interest group that tries to influence the government to take actions that will benefit large numbers of people?
economic group
public-interest group
Professional interest group
rights group
A person who tries to influence members of Congress to pass certain laws are called...
Filibuster
Committees
Lobbyists
Gerrymandering
Gave citizens the power to propose new laws
Initiative
Direct Primary
Referendum
Recall
Allowed citizens to reject or accept laws passed by their legislature
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
Direct Primary
Gave voters the power to remove legislators before their term is finished
Recall
Referendum
Initiative
Direct Primary
All of the following services are provided by local government EXCEPT
Sewage treatment
Police
Fire
Construction of highways
What Is A Criminal Law?
a war between citizens of the same country
a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
the law as established by the outcome of former cases.
a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell,
What Is a Civil Law ?
a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes
the system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs
the rules by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil, lawsuit, criminal or administrative proceedings.
What is the fourth step in the judicial process?
Appeal
Jury deliberation and verdict
Presentation of the evidence
Selecting the Jury
Sentencing
Which amendment protects citizens from unfair treatment by the state and local governments?
First
Fifth
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
What is the name of the U.S. legal system that requires all citizens be treated fairly?
Separation of Powers
Bill of Rights
Due Process of Law
Amendments must be ratified by a __________ vote by state legislatures.
2/3
3/4
1/2
1/4
DUE PROCESS MEANS THAT ALL CITIZENS ARE GUARANTEED __________________ EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES.
FOOD
A CAR
RIGHTS
LOVE
Which of the following are services that counties provide? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.
Elections
Jails
Public Schools
State Universities
True/False
The Cabinet is a group of the President's top advisors.
True
False
"The President is considered the de facto leader of their political party and can exert great influence over other members of their party."
This quote best describes which of the following roles of the President?
Legislative Leader
Chief Citizen
Chief Manager of the Economy
Head of Party
What does impeachment mean?
removal from office
conviction of a crime
formal accusation of wrongdoing
Permanent committees in both the House and Senate that specialize in different areas of policy and oversight
Joint Committees
Select Committees
Steering Committees
Standing Committees
If the second house of Congress votes YES to the bill, where does it go?
Back to a committee
To the President
To the states
It stops
What was the impact of the Marbury v Madison case?
The case gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review, it also allowed them to make laws and passed by Congress to be unconstitutional.
The case impacted nothing
It gave the courts power
When the States transitioned to the Federal system, what powers did they keep for themselves?
Reserved powers
Enumerated powers
Individual rights
Psychic powers
