Globalyceum Unit Exam 1.1

A  The US Constitution has the final say

B  The Congress has the final say

C  The president has the final say.

D  The states have the final say

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  None of these

B  Civil rights issues can not be resolved with Congressional legislation

C  Civil rights issues can only be resolved in the courts.

D  Executive orders are usually ineffective to resolve civil rights issues

A  Benefited small states.

B  Was actually not a compromise but a series of wins and defeats.

C  Instituted a formula which counted slaves as three-fifths of a non-slave

D  All of these

A  The average person would find the material as appealing to a “prurient” interest

B  The material describes sexual conduct in an offensive way.

C  The material lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

D  All of these.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  The national government had the power to raise troops.

B  The national government had to rely on the individual states to raise troops.

C  The national government had the power to tax

D  The national government could demand funds from the individual states to fund its operations.

A  Applied to matters of taxation

B  Eventually, applied to legislative acts in general

C  Stated that the colonists had to obey Parliament “in all cases whatsoever

D  All of these.

A  All of these.

B  Much of it was experimental

C  It was a fairly complex system.

D  The delegates understood that many of the vague terms in the Constitution would have to be worked out in the future

A  Designate Boston as the location for the next federal convention

B  Convince Americans that they should NOT accept federalism.

C  Persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution

D  Persuade George Washington to become the president

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Subject to the jurisdiction of state government with no separate powers

B  Subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government with no separate powers

C  An entirely separate level of government that is protected from encroachments or interference from state or federal governments

D  All of these

A  Different responsibilities for each level of government.

B  Each level of government has powers to leverage against the others

C  Levels of government that cover all the people living in the sovereign territory.

D  All of these

A  All of these.

B  Three tiers of review for deciding whether citizenship was denied unconstitutionally

C  Three tiers of review for deciding whether due process of law was denied.

D  Three tiers of review for deciding whether equal protection was denied

A  Experience proved that states would never uniformly comply with national requests

B  Each state legislature contained “courtiers of popularity” who would actively oppose particular policies

C  All of these.

D  Each state’s doubts about the others’ commitment to policies would slow down and clog the federal system.

A  Since the Progressive Era

B  Since the Abolition Movement just before the Civil War.

C  Mostly in the last 50 years

D  Throughout the entire history of the nation.

A  All of these

B  Levying taxes

C  Declaring war

D  Establishing and maintaining schools.

A  Social movements never attempted to address the issue of slavery.

B  Social movements challenged divine right monarchies in the 18th century

C  Social movements originated in response to the notion that there should be broader distributions of power.

D  Social movements originated in western societies

A  Our ongoing experiment in democracy will not function

B  The liberties and freedoms government is supposed to protect will not prevail

C  All of these.

D  Federalism is unlikely to work well.

A  Are only important in primary campaigns.

B  Are not a very effective way to reach the people

C  Are important for federalism to function effectively.

D  Are nice but not essential to federalism or democracy

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Executive and the legislature work together in a proper way to make necessary laws

B  President can do whatever is necessary and proper for the people.

C  Congress makes any laws necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Constitution.

D  Judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  The US Constitution supersedes state law.

B  The US Constitution is the law of the land.

C  Any laws made that further the intent of the Constitution are protected by the clause

D  All of these

A  The 15th Amendment

B  All have been equally important

C  The 14th Amendment.

D  The 13th Amendment

A  The executive would have a Cabinet and have no role in nominating federal judges

B  The executive would have the power of the veto and would have no role in nominating federal judges.

C  None of these.

D  The executive would be a single individual and have the power of the veto over legislation.

A  The large and diverse population of America was an advantage, as it would bring ideological balance in a republican government

B  Montesquieu was correct that the most successful republic was a small one

C  Montesquieu’s theory about the size of republics was correct but that the American republic could overcome the problem with adequate funds

D  Montesquieu’s theory applied only to Italy.

A  It is telling the secrets of a person to the federal government.

B  It is lying about another person.

C  It is lying about a person in public media

D  It is telling something untrue about persons in public media that may result in harm to them or their reputations.

A  Move bills to the front of the legislative calendar

B  Ease the effects of gridlock

C  Delay or block legislation.

D  Compromise.

A  Major themes in the common history of both the English people and the American colonists.

B  New ideas in the English parliamentary system

C  None of these

D  . Considered out-of-date notions by the Americans.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  None of these

B  Best accepted and not questioned.

C  Actually myths.

D  Founded on pure fact

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Neither the federal nor the state government can dictate which religion people can observe.

B  The Bill of Rights permits the establishment of a state religion in certain special cases

C  The Bill of Rights contains two separate limitations on religion.

D  People can not be compelled to make pledges that contain religious expressions such as “God.”

A  The executive to review the legality of legislation

B  The executive to nullify laws that do not meet with the meaning of the Constitution

C  The judiciary to remove unfit Congressmen from office.

D  The judiciary to review the constitutionality of legislation.

A  Libel, politically disparaging words, and fighting words

B  Obscenity, fighting words, and politically disparaging words.

C  Politically disparaging words, libel, and obscenity

D  Fighting words, obscenity, and libel

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Review.

B  None of these.

C  Negative or negate.

D  Abstain

A  Lawyers in residence at Parliament to decide how Parliament’s laws would be implemented in the colonies.

B  Fewer taxes, and they really did not care about representation

C  Actual representatives of their own choosing in Parliament or in the colonies.

D  Colonial governors who could veto any laws.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  The federal Defense of Marriage Act.

B  Florida’s method of counting votes in the 2000 presidential election.

C  Voter ID laws in Wisconsin.

D  Segregation of private schools in North Carolina

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  It has provided an effective check on unilateral power whether at the federal or state level.

B  It has completely eliminated discrimination against various groups of people

C  It has effectively satisfied the Founding Fathers’ desire for greater centralization of powers in the national government

D  It has satisfied all people at the local level that their government is completely responding to their needs.

A  The Right-to-Life Movement.

B  Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

C  The founding of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

D  The Same-Sex Marriage Movement

A  It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States.

B  It extended 1st Amendment liberties to African Americans.

C  It guaranteed the right to trial to African Americans

D  It freed the slaves, but only in the rebellious southern states

A  They liked the fact that Parliament could act quickly on matters, but they did not like the members of Parliament.

B  They did not like the fact that there was not a written British Constitution that they could cite to protect their interests.

C  None of these.

D  They were fine with Parliament determining what was law, they just wanted their own representatives in London.

A  About half and half the country trusting the government.

B  None of these.

C  Very high, well over half.

D  Actually quite low, much less than half.

A  Followed the American Civil War

B  Has been a common event in almost all of the wars that the US has fought

C  Happened in the midst of WWII, threatening the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

D  Preceded the American Revolutionary War.

A  The 4th Amendment

B  The 5th Amendment.

C  The 6th Amendment.

D  All of these