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us constitution exam/53 Questions with 100% Verified Answers
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us constitution exam/53 Questionswith 100% Verified Answers
When a vacancy occurs in the Senate (e.g. from death or disability), the
______________________ appoints someone to fill the office until the next
general election. - -State governor
- Why does the Constitution require a census? - -To determine how many
representatives each state receives in the House of Representatives.
- Freedom of religion. Freedom of the press. Freedom of speech. Freedom of
assembly. These freedoms are guaranteed in which part of the Constitution?
- -The First Amendment
- George Washington served as president... - -Under the Constitution
- Three fervent supporters of the Constitution wrote passionate newspaper
articles urging ratification of the Constitution. These articles were later
collected under the title "The Federalist Papers". The authors were James
Madison, John Jay (later first Chief Justice of the U.S.) and... - -Alexander
Hamilton
- Why didn't the founders, who proclaimed the doctrine of inalienable rights
in the Declaration of Independence, make freedom from slavery a basic right
in the Constitution? - -Delegates from states wherein slavery was perceived
to be essential to the state economy vowed to vote against ratification of any
constitution that contained such a provision.
- Common scenario: As a bill moves through Congress, changes are made by
one chamber that result in the passage of a bill similar to, but not identical
with, one that is passed in the other chamber. What happens next? - -A
conference committee of members from both chambers writes a compromise
bill, which is returned to both chambers for approval
- The Constitutional convention was held in - -Philadelphia 1787
- Congress cannot suspend a person's right to the writ of habeas corpus.
This protects a person from... - -unjust imprisonment
- Where in the Constitution is the idea found that the new government is to
form a more perfect union? - -The Preamble
- The Supreme Court established the legal doctrine of "separate but equal"
in the case of: - -Plessy v Ferguson
, - Before Sandra Day O'Connor was chosen as a Supreme court justice, what
constitutional restrictions prevented women from being appointed to the
high court? - -There were no constitutional restrictions
- When the Constitution was ratified in 1788, the right to vote was extended
to whom? - -Determination of who could vote in national elections was left
up to the states
- Germany's federal system provides specific grants of power to the
bundeslaender (states) while non-specified powers and functions are
reserved to the national or federal government. The American federal
system apportions power... - -in the opposite way. Specific grants of power
are assigned to the federal government. Non-specified powers are reserved
to the states.
- The framers were ambivalent about democracy and set up a number of
roadblocks to popular sovereignty. One such technique the framers hoped
would prevent takeovers of Congress by transitory and unstable popular
majorities was: - -Constitutional mandate of six year terms for Senators, so
only 1/3 of senators would be up for election each two year election cycle
- "We live in an oligarchy.. I live in Baltimore so my vote doesn't count. The
people who run the country are selected by people I don't know in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Florida" --David Simon, Creator of TV's "The Wire" Given
what you know about the Constitution, which of the following is the best
interpretation of this quotation: - -Because of the electoral college, a
comparatively few citizens in "swing" states (those not dominated by a single
party) determine the outcome of close elections
- Cabinet Level Executive Departments - -Vice president, State, Treasury,
Defense, Attorney General, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health
and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation,
Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Sercurity
- Identify the major problems with the Articles of Confederation - -National
government too weak, no national judiciary, ineffective mechanisms for tax
collection
- The 55 delegates to the constitutional convention argued about,
compromised over, and finally agreed upon a written Constitution for the
United States during a sweltering summer in: - -1787
- During the ratification debates, supporters of the document drafted at the
convention called themselves "Federalists" and called opponents of the new
governmental structure created by the document "Anti-Federalists". Some of
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