History 100 Exam 1 UNLV
In Nevada, the process by which voters decide on an already existing law is? - ✔✔The
Referendum
What does the Paramount Allegiance clause in the Nevada Constitution state? - ✔✔The federal
government has supremacy over the states
This document established a government with one branch and no power of taxation - ✔✔The
Articles of Confederation
Judicial review gives the supreme court the power to do what? - ✔✔Declare a law
unconstitutional
Who elects the president of the United States? - ✔✔The Electoral College
Name three examples of direct democracy in the Nevada Constitution that are not in the US
Constitution? - ✔✔Recall, Referendum, Initiative
According the 1787 US Constitution, who are the only people directly elected? -
✔✔Representatives in the House
, This tool of the minority in the Senate, but not the house, has changed many times throughout
the 20th century - ✔✔Filibuster
Who declared in a 1944 State of the Union address that a second economic Bill of Rights was
needed? - ✔✔Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What supreme court decision restricted congressional power in the territories? - ✔✔Dred Scott v.
Sanford
What supreme court decision said the bill of rights was restricted to the federal government? -
✔✔Barron v. Baltimore
What supreme court decision established the principle of judicial review? - ✔✔Marbury vs.
Madison
What supreme court decision placed limits on the states power? - ✔✔McCulloh vs. Maryland
In Nevada, which executive official has veto power? - ✔✔The Governor
This movement believed that democratic political reform could reduce the systems corruption -
✔✔The Progressive Movement
In Nevada, the process by which voters decide on an already existing law is? - ✔✔The
Referendum
What does the Paramount Allegiance clause in the Nevada Constitution state? - ✔✔The federal
government has supremacy over the states
This document established a government with one branch and no power of taxation - ✔✔The
Articles of Confederation
Judicial review gives the supreme court the power to do what? - ✔✔Declare a law
unconstitutional
Who elects the president of the United States? - ✔✔The Electoral College
Name three examples of direct democracy in the Nevada Constitution that are not in the US
Constitution? - ✔✔Recall, Referendum, Initiative
According the 1787 US Constitution, who are the only people directly elected? -
✔✔Representatives in the House
, This tool of the minority in the Senate, but not the house, has changed many times throughout
the 20th century - ✔✔Filibuster
Who declared in a 1944 State of the Union address that a second economic Bill of Rights was
needed? - ✔✔Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What supreme court decision restricted congressional power in the territories? - ✔✔Dred Scott v.
Sanford
What supreme court decision said the bill of rights was restricted to the federal government? -
✔✔Barron v. Baltimore
What supreme court decision established the principle of judicial review? - ✔✔Marbury vs.
Madison
What supreme court decision placed limits on the states power? - ✔✔McCulloh vs. Maryland
In Nevada, which executive official has veto power? - ✔✔The Governor
This movement believed that democratic political reform could reduce the systems corruption -
✔✔The Progressive Movement
