1. Final Exam Review

2. Question
Who follows the vice-president in the line of succession to the presidency?

3. Answer
The Speaker of the House

4. Question
What is the maximum number of years a person may serve as president?

5. Answer
10 years

6. Question
Why is the Electoral College called a winner-take-all system?

7. Answer
All of a states electoral votes go to the candidate who receives the most votes in that state.

8. Question
This group of presidential appointees is selected for their experience in selected areas of governmental activity.

9. Answer
The president’s cabinet

10. Question
Who is the commander of the national armed forces?

11. Answer
The president

12. Question
What Constitutionally required address does the president give to Congress annually?

13. Answer
The State of the Union message

14. Question
What amendment addresses presidential succession?

15. Answer
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment

16. Question
Who is the presiding officer of the United States Senate?

17. Answer
The vice president

18. Question
By what method is the president of the United States selected?

19. Answer
The Electoral College

20. Question
What group of advises helps the president make decisions on military and foreign policy?

21. Answer
National Security Council

22. Question
Who is the head of the executive branch?

23. Answer
The president

24. Question
What powers does Congress have over the president?

25. Answer Congressional override (reverse a veto) Impeachment
Power to confirm all presidential appointments

26. Question
Who is the head of state in the United States?

27. Answer
The president

28. Question
What power does the Constitution give Congress over a presidential veto?

29. Answer
Congressional override

30. Question
What are rules created by the executive branch and signed by the president that have the force of law?

31. Answer
Executive orders

32. Question
What is the term used to describe a formal agreement between the governments of two or more nations?

33. Answer
A treaty

34. Question
What can the president use to back up his foreign policy decisions?

35. Answer
Military forces

36. Question
What is the practice of victorious politicians rewarding their followers with government jobs called?

37. Answer
The spoils system

38. Question
What courts derive their power from the Constitution and federal laws?

39. Answer
Federal courts

40. Question
What type of jurisdiction does a trial court have?

41. Answer
Original jurisdiction

42. Question
What court hears most of the cases in the federal judiciary system?

43. Answer
District court

44. Question
What is the court of last resort in all questions of federal law or the Constitution?

45. Answer
The Supreme Court

46. Question
These courts derive their power from the state constitutions and laws.

47. Answer
State courts

48. Question
What type of jurisdiction does a court of appeals have?

49. Answer
Appellate jurisdiction

50. Question
The national government or a state may not take a person’s life, liberty, or property without this?

51. Answer
Due process

52. Question
Where do the majority of the cases the Supreme Court hears come from?

53. Answer
From lowers courts as appeals

54. Question
What is the topic of most of the cases heard by the Supreme Court?

55. Answer
Civil liberties

56. Question
Who has the Constitution power to confirm appointments to the Supreme Court?

57. Answer
The Senate

58. Question
Who determines the number of justices that side on the Supreme Court?

59. Answer
Congress

60. Question
What is the Senate’s check on the authority of the Supreme Court?

61. Answer
Confirmation power

62. Question
Any system of government in which rule is by the people is called ___________.

63. Answer
A democracy

64. Question
A plan that provides the rules for government is called a ____________.

65. Answer
constitution

66. Question
What economic system emphasizes freedom of choice?

67. Answer
capitalism

68. Question
Who wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence?

69. Answer
Thomas Jefferson

70. Question
What are the congressional enumerated powers?

71. Answer Declare war Establish post office Coin money
Raise an army and navy
Make laws regarding bankruptcy
Regulate commerce
Make laws for patents and copyrighted materials

72. Question
How can a decision of the Supreme Court be overturned?

73. Answer
The court can overturn its decision.
Constitutional amendment

74. Question
How can the Constitution be adapted for the future?

75. Answer
Constitutional amendment

76. Answer
What Amendment protects freedom of speech?

77. Answer
First amendment

78. Question
What are the qualifications for election to the Senate?

79. Answer At least 30 years old Legal resident of state of election
A citizen for 9 years

80. Question
What are the qualifications for election to the House of Representatives?

81. Answer At least 25 years old A citizen for 7 years
Legal resident of state of election

82. Question
What is the process of setting up new congressional districts after reapportionment called?

83. Answer
redistricting

84. Question
The people in a state or district represented in Congress are called ___________.

85. Answer
constituents

86. Question
Who is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives?

87. Answer
The Speaker

88. Question
In Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, these powers of Congress are described.

89. Answer
Expressed powers

90. Question
What implies that Congress has powers beyond those expressed in the first 17 clauses of Article I, Section 8?

91. Answer
Necessary and proper clause (elastic clause)

92. Question
How many times has the Constitution been amended?

93. Answer
Twenty-seven

94. Question
Which branch of government interprets the law?

95. Answer
judicial

96. Question
Under the Constitution, Congress has what war making power?

97. Answer
Power to declare war

98. Question
Who would have been MOST threatened by the social contract theory?

99. Answer
Divine right advocates

100. Question
The court that first hears a case is said to have this type of jurisdiction.

101. Answer
Original jurisdiction

102. Question
A system of government that divides power between a central government and local governments.

103. Answer
Federal system

104. Question
What are the purposes of government outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution?

105. Answer Defending the nation against foreign enemies
Insuring order and domestic tranquility
Promoting the general welfare of the citizens

106. Question
What branch of government was the only one set up under the Articles of Confederation?

107. Answer
Legislative branch

108. Question
What proposal at the Constitutional Convention became the basis for the new plan of government?

109. Answer
Virginia Plan

110. Question
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

111. Answer
Because of the controversy over the ratification of Constitution

112. Question
What does the Bill of Rights protect?

113. Answer
The amendments guarantee such basic rights as freedom of expression and fair and equal treatment before the law.

114. Question
Which amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

115. Answer
The first ten amendments of the Constitution.

116. Question
Where were the basic constitutional rights of the people FIRST enumerated?

117. Answer
Bill of Rights

118. Question
The President’s power to veto an act of Congress is an example of this basic principle of government.

119. Answer
Checks and balances

120. Question
What are the basic checks that the president has on the power of Congress?

121. Answer Veto legislation Call a special session of Congress
Command of the military

122. Question
What are the basic checks that Congress has on the power of the president?

123. Answer
Impeach
Approve appointments
Override vetoes

124. Question
What checks does the Supreme Court have on Congress?

125. Answer
Declare a law passed by Congress unconstitutional

126. Question
Powers that may be exercised simultaneously by the National and the State governments are called ___________.

127. Answer
Concurrent powers

128. Question
What are expressed powers?

129. Answer
Those powers that are listed in the Constitution.

130. Question
What is federalism?

131. Answer
It divides power between a National Government and State governments.

132. Question
What was the ruling of the Supreme Court rule in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland based upon?

133. Answer
Supremacy Clause

134. Question
Why is gerrymandering considered to be unfair?

135. Answer
It creates voting district boundaries to decrease the voting strength of one of the two major political parties.

136. Question
How many Senators represent each state?

137. Answer
two

138. Question
How many members of the House of Representatives is each state guaranteed?

139. Answer
One seat in the House

140. Question
What is the term of office for the United States Senate?

141. Answer
Six years

142. Question
Who has the sole power to impeach the president or other government officials?

143. Answer
The House of Representatives

144. Question
What is the result of the Federal Government spending more money than it takes in?

145. Answer
Deficit financing (deficit spending)

146. Question
What is the largest source of federal government tax revenues?

147. Answer
Income taxes

148. Question
What is the difference between a treaty and an executive agreement?

149. Answer
The Senate must approve a treaty, but does not have a approve an executive agreement.

150. Question
What are the formal qualifications to be president of the United States?

151. Answer Must be at least 35 years old
Must be a “natural born Citizen” of the United States
Must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years

152. Question
What is the term of office for judges appointed to constitutional courts?

153. Answer
For life

154. Question
What did the Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison establish?

155. Answer
Judicial review

156. Question
Who selects federal judges?

157. Answer
The President

158. Question
What is the legislative branches check on the President’s power to appoint federal judges?

159. Answer
The Senate must confirm these nominations.

160. Question
What federal court has both original and appellate jurisdiction?

161. Answer
The Supreme Court

162. Question
What case did the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka overturn?

163. Answer
Plessy v. Ferguson

164. Question
What was the holding in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?

165. Answer
It held that segregation by race in public education is unconstitutional.
It struck down the separate-but-equal doctrine in education

166. Question
What does the 4th Amendment prohibit?

167. Answer
Unreasonable searches and seizures

168. Question
What is double jeopardy?

169. Answer
Protects a person from being tried twice for the same crime.

170. Question
What are the basic trial guarantees for person who is accused of a crime?

171. Answer
Trial within a reasonable time.
Trial by jury
Adequate defense

172. Question
What is the purpose of a filibuster?

173. Answer
To prevent action on a bill

174. Question
How can the president prevent a bill passed by Congress from becoming law?

175. Answer
Refuse to sign it and attach a veto message

176. Question
Who decides how and when bills reach the floor of the House of Representatives?

177. Answer
Rules Committee

178. Question
What is the main reason that Congress created committees?

179. Answer
To divide the workload

180. Question
Why did the Framers include the Necessary and Proper Clause in the Constitution?

181. Answer
To empower Congress to pass laws needed to carry out the expressed(enumerated) powers

182. Question
Treaties must be approved by a two-thirds vote of __________.

183. Answer
The Senate