QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS!!
Enumerated, implied - ANSWERWhat are the two types of federal powers derived
from Article I, section 8 of the U.S Constitution?
The Anti-federalists - ANSWER______________ was/were likely to support a strong
state government and a weak national government.
The power to tax - ANSWERWhich of the following is a shared power between
states and the federal government?
Necessary and proper - ANSWERWhich clause of the U.S. Constitution did the
Supreme Court interpret in McCulloch v. Maryland as allowing Congress to create a
national bank?
Interstate commerce - ANSWERIn Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court held that
Congress has broad authority to regulate_______________.
Be policy innovators - ANSWERAn advantage of federalism is that it allows states to
__________________
Having different minimum ages for men and women to marry - ANSWERFor which of
the following would the Supreme Court most likely apply an "intermediate scrutiny"
standard of review to determine whether the policy is an unconstitutional violation of
the equal protection clause?
The Constitution created a stronger federal government than did the Articles of
Confederation - ANSWERHow did the Constitution differ from the Articles of
Confederation?
Republic - ANSWERWhich of the following is a form of government in which the
people select representatives to govern them?
Block grants - ANSWERWhich of the following grants minimizes the paperwork that
must be filled out and the strings attached to using the grant?
27 - ANSWERHow many amendments have been made to the constitution since
ratification?
Cooperative federalism - ANSWERIn ____________________, powers are shared
by the federal and state governments in a marble-cake fashion.
, taxes - ANSWERThe colonists rebelled-against the British government for imposing
checks and balances - ANSWERWhat is the feature of the Constitution that allows
each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches?
A channel through which peoples - ANSWERWhich best describes a linkage
institution?
Grants-in-aid - ANSWERWhich of the following is an example of fiscal federalism?
Either by three-fourths of state legislature or by special state conventions in three-
fourths of the states - ANSWERHow is a constitutional amendment ratified?
second - ANSWERWhich amendment protects citizens right to bear arms?
Congress passes a law - ANSWERholly #20 unknown
Unreasonable search and seizure - ANSWERThe Fourth Amendment protects
citizens from which of the following?
A mandatory prayer - ANSWERWhich of the following generally is unconstitutional in
school?
Mapp vs. Ohio - ANSWERWhich Supreme Court case developed the exclusionary
rule?
3/5 - ANSWERAt the Constitutional Convention, the delegates agreed that slaves
would be counted as _____ of a person for determining population for representation
in the House of Representatives.
consent of the governed - ANSWERWhich of the following concepts most directly
helps to make American Government legitimate?
10th - ANSWERThe _______ Amendment says that those powers not given to the
federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved
for the states and the people
Get around the 15th amendment - ANSWERWhy did Southern states enact poll
taxes?
Creates a clear and present danger - ANSWERDuring World War I, the Supreme
Court upheld the conviction of Charles T. Schenck, ruling that government can limit
speech that _________________.
School segregation violated 14th amendment - ANSWERWhat was the Supreme
Court's justification in Brown v. Board of Education?
Electoral college - ANSWERUnder the Constitution, the president is elected by which
of the following?