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Gov't Cumulative Review (passed test—92%)

Terms in this set (194)

True or false?
Most crimes are dealt with as state criminal issues.

True or false?
Eligibility requirements for voting are the same from state to state.

False (they vary)

True or false?
The individual states determine how many counties each state has.

What title is given to a state's chief officer of its executive branch?

In what type of election do voters for a particular party cast votes to determine which of two or more candidates of that party will face the candidate of the opposing party?

What form of government does the Constitution guarantee for each state?

Which constitutional clause ensures that each state recognizes the validity of the other states' sovereignty?

Full faith and credit clause

What term means the legal process of returning an alleged criminal to the state in which he was charged?

What is the goal of political parties?

Who said "All politics is local?"

Which state is the only one with a unicameral legislature?

Which form of tax makes up the largest percentage (30 percent) of state tax revenue across all fifty states?

What process allows voters to remove an elected official from office by holding a special election?

Recall election

Who was the most powerful and corrupt political operative in New York City during the 19th century?

True or false?
The real source of power for members of the House and Senate is the overall strength of their party and the leadership skills of individual leaders.

True or false?
The presidents from Grant to McKinley were relatively weak in contrast to the members of Congress during that period of the nineteenth century.

True or false?
Most bills introduced in Congress never become law.

True or false?
The president of the United States has the power of line-item veto.

True or false?
The line item veto allows an executive to sign some parts of a bill into law while still vetoing other parts.

True or false?
The Constitution requires that a census be taken every five years.

False (Every ten years)

True or false?
After the vice president, the Speaker of the House is the next in line of presidential succession.

True or false?
Our current Speaker of the House is Nancy Pelosi.

False (Paul Ryan)

What is redrawing of congressional district line to reflect population shifts called?

Where do revenue bills originate?

House of Representatives

Who determines the leadership in Congress?

How many representatives are in the House?

Which constitutional amendment provided for the direct election of senators?

What is the most powerful position of leadership in the House?

Speaker of the House

What is the most powerful position of leadership in the Senate?

Senate Majority leader

What is the term for the redrawing of district lines to benefit one political party at the expense of another?

True or false?
Majority and minority whips are responsible for lining up votes in congress.

True or false?
Nancy Pelosi is currently the house majority leader.

False (she is the house MINORITY leader)

True or false?
Jeanette Rankin was the first female elected to congress.

True or false?
Mitch McConnell is the current Senate Majority leader

True or false?
Chuck Schumer is going to be the Senate Minority leader in the next congress.

True or false?
The reserved powers are the powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution.

False (enumerated powers)

True or false?
Unfortunately, Congress has no power to punish counterfeiters.

True or false?
The Sixteenth Amendment allowed the national government to levy taxes

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that Congress can regulate even a farmer's wheat crop, but does not have the power to force an individual to purchase a product, like health insurance?

Wickard v. Filburn

The District of Columbia was built on land ceded from which state?

True or false?
Only the House of Representatives conducts impeachment trials.

Who was the only president that was never elected by the people?

What occurs when members of Congress support each other's pork-barrel projects?

To what event was the War Powers Act of 1973 a reaction?

Why is there a time limit on patents and copyrights?

To prevent monopolies

How many justices are on the Supreme Court today?

eight (Scalia died)

How many justices are normally on the Supreme Court?

What term is used for government compensation programs that Congress has protected by law?

What term means a document that requires a person to testify before a congressional committee?

What constitutional powers are not withheld from the states but are withheld from the national government?

Reserved powers (from the 10th amendment)

All federal judicial appointments are subject to what process by the Senate?

What is the primary purpose of Congress?

Where do revenue bills originate?

House of Representatives

What is a tax on an import called?

Which Supreme Court case confirmed the federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce?

Gibbons v. Ogden

In what year was citizenship granted to Native Americans?

Which amendment granted three electoral votes to the District of Columbia?

If there is a tie in the electoral college, who decides who will become president?

House of Representatives

True or false?
Originally, the vice president was the candidate who came in second in the balloting in the Electoral College.

True or false?
Nowadays, Presidential candidates win most of their delegates in the primaries, before the conventions are held.

True or false?
The president is the commander-in-chief of the U.S. military forces.

True or false?
The president is required by the Declaration of Independence to periodically give Congress information on "the state of the union."

False (required by the Constitution)

True or false?
The presidential election takes place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

True or false?
144,000 of the appointed positions in the government must be approved by the Senate.

False (TWELVE HUNDRED must be approved)

How often do members of the House of Representatives have to run for re-election?

How often do senators have to run for re-election?

What is the minimum number of electoral votes needed for a candidate to win the presidency?

What are the main paths to the presidency?

Politics, military

Where is the first presidential primary held?

What is the party's formal statement of its positions on current issues called?

Which presidential election had the first televised debate?

Nixon/Kennedy
(Challenge—who won?)

List four presidents that were catapulted to the White house after successful military careers. (Last names only)

Washington, Jackson, Grant, Eisenhower

Who was the only president to take the oath of office in an airplane?

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Who are the only two presidents to have been impeached? (Place comma between names)

Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton

What is the primary duty of the president?

To carry out the laws

What is the primary duty of the congress?

To write the laws

Who was the only president to resign? (Last name)

Why did Richard Nixon resign?

He was going to be impeached and convicted

Who was appointed vice president when Spiro Agnew resigned from office?

Which legislative body must approve Cabinet appointments?

Where do most DoD employees work?

Which department has the largest budget?

Health and human services

What led to the development of the modern bureaucracy?

True or false?
An example of direct democracy is a New England town meeting.

True or false?
The European Union is a modern-day example of an autocracy.

False (CONFEDERACY)

True or false?
An oligarchy is an example of rule by a small group of people

True or false?
The democracies and republics are the most common forms of government in use today throughout the world.

True or false?
Federalism works well in large countries consisting of people with differing goals and needs.

True or false?
The presidential system is more widely used than the Parliamentary system.

False (other way around)

True or false?
Under the parliamentary system the majority party selects the person to head the government.

True or false?
Our founding fathers feared that democracy would lead to tyranny of the elite.

False (they feared it would lead to tyranny of the MAJORITY)

True or false?
The popular majority and the representative majority do not necessarily agree.

True or false?
The president of the United States is elected directly by the American people.

False (ELECTed by the ELECTORAL COLLEGE)

True or false?
With majority-plurality representation, the candidate who gets the highest percentage of votes wins the election even if he did not receive a majority of the votes cast.

What official is the head of a parliamentary government?

Prime Minister (PM)

What document marked the beginning of a democratic government in England?

Magna Carta (Latin, "Great Charter")

What is the highest court in the United States?

Supreme Court (key word: SUPREME)

Under which type of government system does the national government have little or no power?

What term means "government by the people?"

What people first practiced democracy?

What are the three branches of American government?

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

Is the president elected by direct popular vote?

No (electoral college)

Are the Supreme Court justices elected by direct popular vote?

Are senators elected by direct popular vote?

Yes (19th amendment)

What are five rights contained in the First Amendment?

Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech
(RAPPS)

What document describes the government of the United States?

The Constitution (it constitutes our government)

Who is the father of the Constitution?

What are powers given to the national government by the Constitution that define the limits of its authority?

Delegated powers

Who is the chief executive officer of the United States?

President (CEO of the USA)

Originally, what was the only body at the national level that was elected by direct popular vote?

House of Representatives

True or false?
The words sheriff, bailiff, township, and county point to the English influence on colonial America.

True or false?
Britain did not keep a close watch over American affairs throughout the colonial period.

True or false?
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had power to levy taxes so long as 3/4 of the Senate approved.

False (Congress HAD NO POWER to levy taxes)

True or false?
The ratification of the Articles of Confederation required consent from 3/4 of Congress.

False (required UNANIMOUS consent)

True or false?
The national legislature was unicameral under the Articles of Confederation.

True or false?
When the Barbary pirates seized American ships and crews, the Confederation Congress immediately raised up a navy to fight the pirates.

False (the Confederation Congress could neither raise a navy nor pay the pirates' ransom)

True or false?
Colonial newspapers closely followed the progress of the Constitutional Convention.

False (the convention was highly secretive)

True or false?
The small states wanted representation in the national legislature to be proportioned equally among the states, also known as the Missouri Compromise.

False (NEW JERSEY PLAN)

True or false?
The large states wanted representation in the national legislature to be proportioned by population, also known as the Delaware plan.

False (VIRGINIA)

True or false?
The New Jersey plan promoted strong state powers under the new constitution.

What is the Great Compromise?

Decision to have both equal representation (the Senate) and proportional representation (the House of Representatives) in the national legislature (ratified 1789)

True or false?
The south was particularly concerned about the central government's power over commerce.

What was the three fifths compromise?

Agreement that only 3/5 of each state's slaves would count toward representation in the House

True or false?
The Federalists were the advocates of adoption of the new Constitution.

True or false?
Pennsylvania was the first state to ratify the Constitution.

False (it was DELAWARE)

For what two main reasons did the people oppose ratification of the Constitution?

No bill of rights, too much big government

Who did the Second Continental Congress appoint to lead the Continental Army?

George Washington

Who was a leading Anti-Federalist and Father of the Bill of Rights?

Who was the Father of the Constitution?

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

Who were the three authors of the Federalist Papers?

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison

Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

Who was the originator of social contract theory of government?

Whose writings in Second Treatise on Civil Government greatly influenced the founding fathers?

A trade dispute between Virginia and Maryland, as well as Shay's Rebellion, highlighted the weaknesses of what document?

Articles of Confederation

In what city did the Constitutional Convention meet?

True or false?
The Constitution of the United States served as a model for those of other nations.

True or false?
The French constitution of 1792 held a realistic view of human nature and lasted over 70 years.

False (was very IDEALISTIC and lasted only 3 years)

True or false?
The Constitution of the United States is not a Christian document.

True or false?
The Constitution has been successful because the framers included numerous specific details about the administration of government.

False (the Constitution contains FEW specifics)

True or false?
The bureaucracy has grown out of the president's responsibility to make sure the laws are enforced.

True or false?
Excessive checks and balances could result in gridlock.

What are some of the powers that the Supreme Court has in the system of Checks and Balances?

Declaring laws and presidential actions unconstitutional

What are some of the powers that the President has in the system of Checks and Balances?

Veto power, nomination of a judiciary

What are some of the powers that Congress has in a system of Checks and Balances?

Override veto, impeach presidents and Supreme Court justices

True or false?
The vice president is the head of the Senate but votes only if there is a tie.

True or false?
A pocket veto occurs when the president does not sign a bill within one business week of receiving it.

False (occurs when he does not sign within 10 days and Congress adjourns in that time)

True or false?
Renovation is the process by which a non-citizen gets United States citizenship.

False (NATURALIZATION)

Who added the words "so help me GOD" to the presidential oath?

George Washington

What is drawing district lines to benefit one group or party over another called?

What is an official who is still in office but who was not re-elected known as?

Which Supreme Court case expanded the Third and Fourth Amendments to imply a right to privacy as one of American citizens' fundamental rights?

Griswold v. Connecticut

Which Supreme Court case held that the courts have the power to void laws by declaring them unconstitutional?

Marbury v. Madison

Which Supreme Court case found a constitutional right to an abortion in the right of privacy?

Which Supreme Court case held that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce?

Gibbons v. Ogden

Which president broke the two-term precedent set by George Washington?

Franklin Roosevelt

Which article of the Constitution makes provision for amending the document?

Which Supreme Court case established the power of Judicial Review?

Marbury v. Madison

Of the thousands of amendments that have been proposed, how many have actually been ratified?

Which branch of government makes the laws?

Which amendment abolished slavery?

Which amendment gave 18 year olds the right to vote?

Which amendment guarantees freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, and petition?

Which amendment limits the president to two terms or no more than ten years in office?

Which amendment provides the clearest constitutional statement of the principle of federalism?

Which amendment Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?

Which amendment guarantees the right to bear arms for those in the militia?

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

True or false?
Before the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1865, identifying with one's state was often more important than national identity.

True or false?
Before 1913, senators were elected by the national legislature.

False (by STATE legislatures)

True or false?
James Madison was a strict constructionist.

True or false?
Public education today is as much a local issues as it is a state and national issue.

True or false?
Monies paid to the federal government by the states are not necessarily returned in equal proportion to the states.

True or false?
Differences in tax rates often lead to friendlier relations between states as consumers from one state travel to another to shop.

False (leads to DISCORD)

True or false?
The New Deal was an economic program associated with the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt.

True or false?
Traditionally, local units of government have served primarily to keep unimportant matters out of the way of the State government.

False (they serve primarily to implement state laws)

Who said,
"I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group: 'We the people.'"
...?

Who said,
"Save in the defense of my native State, I never desire again to draw my sword."
...?

Who said,
"In America the legislature of each state is supreme; nothing can impede its authority."
...?

Alexis DeTocqueville

Who said,
"Such power is not expressly given by the Constitution, and believing . . . it can not be deduced from any part of it . . . I have no option but to [veto the bill]."
...?

What is the source of power for local government?

State government

Delegated powers are those powers given to which level of government?

With which level of government are the reserved powers generally associated?

Since 1913, what has provided a continuous source of money for the national government?

What are five rights in the found in the First Amendment?

Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech
(RAPPS)

What is the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms based on?

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state

What does the Third Amendment prohibit?

Mandatory quartering of soldiers (except in wartime)

What right does the Fourth Amendment secure?

Probable cause for warrants

What are three rights outlined in the Fifth Amendment?

Due process of law, no double jeopardy or self-incrimination

What are four rights found in the Sixth Amendment?

Speedy trial, the confrontation clause, assistance of counsel, trial by an impartial jury

Right to trial by jury for amounts over $20

No cruel and unusual punishment or excessive bail

The list of rights in the Bill of Rights does not rule out other rights

10th Amendment?

Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved for the states

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