Chapter 2 and 3 Quiz

A  The Court gave a very restricted definition of Congress’s delegated and implied powers.

B  The Court allowed Congress to use the necessary and proper clause to broadly interpret its delegated powers.

C  The Court announced that dual federalism did not conform to the framers’ design.

D  The Court declared that a national bank was unconstitutional.

A  Progressives.

B  Federalists.

C  Antifederalists.

D  Whigs.

A  Great Depression

B  War of 1812

C  Civil War

D  Cold War

A  No state government had ever passed a law prohibiting same-sex couples from being legally married.

B  Every state but one (Texas) allowed same-sex couples to be legally married.

C  Thirteen states had passed laws prohibiting same-sex couples from being legally married.

D  No state government had ever allowed same-sex couples to be legally married.

A  full faith and credit clause of the Constitution.

B  supremacy clause of the Constitution.

C  Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.

D  Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia.

A  shared by both state and federal governments.

B  under the complete authority of state governments.

C  under the complete authority of local governments.

D  under the complete authority of the federal government.

A  categorical

B  general revenue

C  formula

D  block

A  Article I

B  Preamble

C  First Amendment

D  Tenth Amendment

A  provided legal status and work permits to undocumented immigrants who were parents of U.S. citizens.

B  prohibited the detention of undocumented children captured along the border of Mexico and the United States.

C  provided full citizenship to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.

D  provided temporary legal status and work permits to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.

A  Samuel Adams

B  John Hancock

C  John Adams

D  Thomas Jefferson

A  two years

B  barring impeachment, life

C  six years

D  four years

A  this was a way to make the Senate resistant to popular pressure.

B  too many elections would be difficult for the states to run.

C  this would make members of the Senate more responsive to the preferences of their constituents.

D  the state legislatures would conspire with each other to elect a Senate dominated by a single party.

A  Congress to review the decisions of the federal courts.

B  the states to review the constitutionality of federal actions and laws.

C  the courts to decide on the constitutionality of actions taken by the other branches of government.

D  the courts to review and edit pieces of legislation before they are voted on in Congress.

A  the Bill of Rights

B  Article I, Section 8

C  Article III, Section 2

D  Article II, Section 1

A  five colonists were killed by British soldiers outside the seat of the colonial government in Boston.

B  50 colonists were killed by British soldiers outside the seat of the colonial government in Boston.

C  50 British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside the seat of the colonial government in Boston.

D  five British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside the seat of the colonial government in Boston.

A  adding to or subtracting from the total number of federal judges

B  choosing which cases will be heard before the Supreme Court

C  changing the jurisdiction of the federal courts

D  creating new lower-level federal courts

A  to regulate interstate commerce

B  to appoint judges

C  to abolish state boundaries

D  to receive ambassadors