BYU FINAL EXAM GOVT-041-S003 FINAL
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE GOVERNMENT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PACKAGE
◉ Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
◉ Requirements for President.
Answer: Natural born citizen, at least 35 years of age and lived in the
U.S for 14 years.
◉ Amending the Constitution.
Answer: 2 ways to amend: requires 2/3 vote in both houses in
Congress or by a national convention (only done once), then must be
ratified by the legislatures by 3/4 of states.
◉ Judicial review.
Answer: The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
◉ Marbury v. Madison 1803.
, Answer: 1st case where the Court claimed the power of judicial
review for itself when Marbury had been appointed as a justice in
the last moments of Madison's presidency.
◉ The Articles of Confederation.
Answer: Our Country's first Constitution after the Revolutionary
War. It set up rules for each state to follow, but they didn't.
the major problems were:
-central government was weak
-could not collect taxes
◉ Plessy v. Ferguson 1892.
Answer: This case, when an African American (actually he was 1/8
African American) boarded a white train in Louisana, he was
directed to the car for nonwhites. The Court said segregation alone
did not violate the Constitution and the SEPARATE BUT EQUAL
doctrine was born. The result was racial segregation and "Jim Crow"
Laws.
◉ Brown v. Board of Education 1954.
Answer: established that the segregation of races in public schools
violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
◉ Leader of the local government.
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE GOVERNMENT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PACKAGE
◉ Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
◉ Requirements for President.
Answer: Natural born citizen, at least 35 years of age and lived in the
U.S for 14 years.
◉ Amending the Constitution.
Answer: 2 ways to amend: requires 2/3 vote in both houses in
Congress or by a national convention (only done once), then must be
ratified by the legislatures by 3/4 of states.
◉ Judicial review.
Answer: The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
◉ Marbury v. Madison 1803.
, Answer: 1st case where the Court claimed the power of judicial
review for itself when Marbury had been appointed as a justice in
the last moments of Madison's presidency.
◉ The Articles of Confederation.
Answer: Our Country's first Constitution after the Revolutionary
War. It set up rules for each state to follow, but they didn't.
the major problems were:
-central government was weak
-could not collect taxes
◉ Plessy v. Ferguson 1892.
Answer: This case, when an African American (actually he was 1/8
African American) boarded a white train in Louisana, he was
directed to the car for nonwhites. The Court said segregation alone
did not violate the Constitution and the SEPARATE BUT EQUAL
doctrine was born. The result was racial segregation and "Jim Crow"
Laws.
◉ Brown v. Board of Education 1954.
Answer: established that the segregation of races in public schools
violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
◉ Leader of the local government.
