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Gov 3

Terms in this set (11)

Question 1
What is outlined in the first three articles of the Constitution?

a. how to add amendments
b. the ratification process
c. the federal government structure
d. relations among the states
c. the federal government structure
Question 2
How can the executive branch check the power of the legislative branch?

a. veto legislation
b. appoint more judges
c. create lower courts
d. impeach members of Congress
a. veto legislation
Question 4
What principle is reflected when state legislatures or conventions vote on a constitutional amendment?

a. federalism
b. judicial review
c. limited government
d. checks and balances
a. federalism
Question 6
How has Congress clarified the meaning of the Constitution?

a. by vetoing amendments
b. by passing laws to help explain it
c. with its power of judicial review
d. by rejecting high court judges
b. by passing laws to help explain it
Question 8
Which unwritten custom did the 22nd Amendment establish as law?

a. that the Senate must approve presidential appointments
b. limiting a President to two terms
c. limiting a senator to two terms
d. that Congress chooses the Cabinet
b. limiting a President to two terms
Question 9
What is the introduction to the Constitution called?

a. Declaration
b. Provision
c. Preamble
d. Article
c. Preamble
Question 12
What happens to most proposals for amendments made in Congress?

a. Most just become regular laws.
b. Most become official amendments.
c. Most never make it to the states.
d. Most are rejected by the states.
c. Most never make it to the states.
Question 13
Which is a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign country and without the approval of the Senate?

a. a presidential pact
b. a Constitutional amendment
c. a treaty
d. an executive
d. an executive
Question 15
What is the subject of the first three articles of the Constitution?

a. Congress, the presidency, and federal courts
b. a guarantee of basic rights and freedoms
c. a detailed discussion of judicial review
d. the six basic principles of government
a. Congress, the presidency, and federal courts
Question 17
Each branch of the federal government can limit the power of the other two branches. What is this system called?

a. checks and balances
b. popular sovereignty
c. federalism
d. limited government
a. checks and balances
Question 18
What does federalism mean?

a. that most power belongs with the national government
b. that people should be guaranteed basic rights
c. that power is divided among a national government and the states
d. that people are the source of government's power
c. that power is divided among a national government and the states
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