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1
Q

From the Declaration of Independence: “That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted by men, deriving their just powers from the _____ __ __ _____

A

Consent of the Governed

2
Q

Part of the problems with the Articles of the Confederations was that they did not allow the national government to _____, _____, _____.

A

To tax
Not regulate commerce
They all needed to have a unanimous vote.

3
Q

In the Constitutional Convention, the states were deeply divided on the question of how states would be represented at the national level. The final solution, embodied in the Constitution was called the _____ _____. The House of Representatives provides for state representation on the basis of state _____. The number of senators each state has in the Senate is _____.

A

Great Compromise
Population
Two

4
Q

Only in the House of Represenatives is there a _____ assigned to every bill.

A

Rule

5
Q

If there are any differences between the versions of a bill passed by the Senate and the House, the bill must be adjusted by a _____ _____.

A

Conference Committee

6
Q

From Federalist #10: “_____ is to faction what air is to fire.”

A

Liberty

7
Q

T or F

Every part of th executive branch is dependent upon Congress for money.

A

True

8
Q

T or F

Only about 10% of the career civilian federal government employees work in the Washington, D.C. area.

A

True

9
Q

T or F

A member of Congress who votes the way her constituents want is known as a “trustee”.

A

False

10
Q

T or F
The framers of the Constitution wanted the document to be detailed so that there would never be any dispute over what it meant.

A

False

11
Q

T or F

All executive agreements require the approval of the Senate.

A

False

12
Q

T or F

Constitution requires that the president be an American be born male, at least 35 years of age.

A

False

13
Q

T or F
The War Powers Act of 1974 effectively ended the presidential practice of deploying troops without prior Congressional formal approval.

A

False

14
Q

T or F

Slavery was not eliminated by the Constitution because it was not yet considered a moral evil by any of the framers.

A

False

15
Q

T or F

The practice of “logrolling” in Congress is illegal.

A

False

16
Q

T or F

The president has no official power over Constitutional amendments.

A

True

17
Q

President _____ _____ began the modern era of the Civil Rights movement by integrating the Armed Forces.

A

Harry Truman

18
Q

The due process clause contained in both the ____ and ____ amendments.

A

5, 14

19
Q

Elections in the United States have become _____ (more, less) democratic over time.

A

More

20
Q

“Set asides”, a practice of reserving a certain percentage of government contracts for minority-owned companies is just one example of _____ _____.

A

Affirmative Action

21
Q

The 1976 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that money is speech under the First amendment is _____ v. _____.

A

Buckley v. Valeo

22
Q

The indicator of how a person will vote is _____ identification.

A

Party

23
Q

The ability of the Surpreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of either a federal or state legislative act is called _____ _____.

A

Judicial Review

24
Q

The result from long held beliefs conflicting with present day reality is called _____ _____.

A

Cognitive Dissonance

25
Q

Alexander Hamilton believed the Judiciary to be the “least dangerous branch” because it contained neither _____ nor _____.

A

Sword, Purse

26
Q

Gender became part of affirmative action in the _____ _____ Act of 1972

A

Equal Opportunities

27
Q

T or F

The Constitution states that “all men are created equal”.

A

False

28
Q

T or F

A strict constructionist would apply a moral or economic philosophy to constitutional principles when deciding a case.

A

False

29
Q

T or F

Judicial restraint is based upon the idea of “original inent”.

A

True

30
Q

The Bill of Rights originally applied only to the national government, not to the states.

A

True

31
Q

T or F

Local elections are always non-partisan.

A

False

32
Q

T or F

Constitutionally, all forms of speech are protected by law.

A

False

33
Q

T or F

The Fifteenth Amendment says that no state can deny any citizen the right to vote on account of gender.

A

False

34
Q

T or F

There is a high correlation between the political party of parent and the partisan choices of their children.

A

True

35
Q

T or F

The national government may require civillians to stand trrial for a serious crime without a grand jury indictment.

A

False

36
Q

T or F

The Surpreme Court has held that the Constitution must be “color blind”.

A

False