Globalyceum Unit 1 Exam.2

A  Was based on long legal practices that were not necessarily written down.

B  Was altered by each Parliament’s decisions about the interpretation of documents and practices.

C  Rested on several historical documents.

D  All of these

A  Just another word for the activities of an interest group

B  Collective challenges by people with common interests, working with members of the political elite.

C  An unorganized collection of citizens fighting for a vague set of beliefs.

D  An organized series of protests by people with common interests but not wishing to work with political elites.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Calling a politician an “idiot” in a public forum.

B  None of these.

C  A Naxi shouting hateful slogans but in a peaceful demonstration.

D  Writing degrading words on the wall of a public bathroom.

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

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

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

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

A  Legislation, or work through the Congress or states.

B  Legalism, or work through the courts.

C  All of these

D  Direct action, or take to the streets.

A  None of these

B  Was inferior to the British but could be made better if the British would allow it.

C  Corrupted by British practices.

D  Was superior to the British system of representation.

A  Letting the states get too much of the upper hand in terms of power.

B  Not adequately protecting the rights of individuals.

C  Creating conflicts between the state and federal governments.

D  None of these.

A  Benefited small states.

B  All of these.

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

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

A  Designate Boston as the location for the next federal convention.

B  Convince Americans that they should NOT accept federalism.

C  Persuade George Washington to become the president.

D  Persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution.

A  They are tightly connected to the Americans’ reaction to dominating British colonial rule

B  Those that come from the Bill of Rights are considered as freedoms that the government cannot easily violate.

C  All of these.

D  Those that come from the Bill of Rights are considered as freedoms that the government cannot easily violate.

A  Superior to all three branches of government.

B  None of these.

C  Dependent on supporting laws passed by the Constitutional Convention.

D  Written and enacted by the legislature.

A  The president has the final say.

B  The US Constitution has the final say.

C  The Congress has the final say.

D  The states have the final say.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Eventually, applied to legislative acts in general.

B  Applied to matters of taxation.

C  All of these.

D  Stated that the colonists had to obey Parliament “in all cases whatsoever.”

A  All of these.

B  National origin.

C  Religion.

D  Gender.

A  Montesquieu was correct that the most successful republic was a small one.

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

C  Montesquieu’s theory applied only to Italy.

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

A  Was a uniquely powerful individual.

B  Relied on Congressional approval or backing for foreign affairs.

C  All of these

D  Was singularly responsible for his or her duties.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  All of these.

B  The US Constitution supersedes state law.

C  The US Constitution is the law of the land.

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  All of these.

B  Liberty was best secured by keeping the branches as separate as possible.

C  No branch could impinge on the power of the others.

D  That there were three rigidly separate forms of government.

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

B  It is lying about another person.

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

D  It is lying about a person in public media.

A  It guaranteed the right to trial to African Americans.

B  It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States.

C  It freed the slaves, but only in the rebellious southern states.

D  It extended 1st Amendment liberties to African Americans.

A  Three tiers of review for deciding whether equal protection was denied.

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

C  All of these.

D  Three tiers of review for deciding whether citizenship was denied unconstitutionally.

A  All of these.

B  The 5th Amendment.

C  The 4th Amendment.

D  The 6th Amendment.

A  All of these.

B  The right to refuse to incriminate oneself, that is not answer questions of the police or a prosecutor.

C  The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

D  The right to an attorney in case you are accused.

A  The hostility of the states to the Constitution

B  The return of Thomas Jefferson and his leadership of the Anti-federalists.

C  The development of national political parties.

D  The opposition of the British government to the foundation of the American republic.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  The men who framed the copy of the Declaration of Independence at the Smithsonian.

B  The men who set up a plan to discredit Thomas Jefferson.

C  The men who decided to amend the Articles of Confederation.

D  The men who outlined, debated, and authored the Constitution of the United States.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  None of these.

B  Complained that judges would challenge the will of the people’s directly elected representatives.

C  Did not believe in legislative supremacy.

D  Believed that the executive weaker should be weaker than the judiciary.

A  The Americans divided many of the traditional British executive powers between their executive and their legislature.

B  The British executive branch was a co-equal of the judiciary.

C  The British did not have a bicameral legislature.

D  None of these.

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

B  Judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper.

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

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

A  It ended slavery in the entire United States.

B  It passed Congress near the end of the Civil War but was not ratified for ten years.

C  None of these.

D  It ended slavery in only the South.

A  The breakdown of the Supreme Court jurisdiction over certain areas.

B  How to prevent abuses by using the doctrine of separation of powers.

C  The structure of the executive branch and its agencies.

D  The make-up of the legislative committees in the House.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

B  None of these.

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

D  New ideas in the English parliamentary system.

A  The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee organizing protest marches to oppose the Vietnam War.

B  Ralph Waldo Emerson refusing to pay and encouraging others not to pay their taxes during the Mexican-American War

C  All of these.

D  Mahatma Gandhi protesting low wages with textile workers in England in 1931.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  They favored strict interpretation of the Implied Powers Clause.

B  They supported the French Revolution.

C  None of these.

D  They favored states’ rights over the national government’s power.

A  Mostly in the last 50 years.

B  Since the Progressive Era.

C  Throughout the entire history of the nation.

D  Since the Abolition Movement just before the Civil War.

A  Roman republic

B  Venetian republic

C  Athenian republic

D  Republic of Genoa

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  A “state within a state.”

B  All of these.

C  A “monster in politics.”

D  A state having two sovereigns.

A  They were enacted after wars on US territory.

B  They were enacted at a time when national unity was a prized goal.

C  They both have their foundations in amendments to the US Constitution.

D  All of these.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE