Magruder's Ch 3 The Constitution Question Preview (ID: 53174)


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What limit does the Constitution place on the ability of the U.S. government to add new States to the Union?
a) An area must be a U.S. territory for at least 15 years and have a written constitution before it can apply for statehood.
b) The Supreme Court must approve the proposed constitution of any new State before it can be accepted.
c) Congress cannot take territory from an existing State to create a new State without the permission of the state legislature.
d) The President cannot become involved in any way with the decision to accept a new State into the Union.

States that joined the Union after the original 13 colonies
a) immediately received the same congressional status and constitutional rights as the original States.
b) were instructed to model their governments on the governments of those original States.
c) were required to wait for 15 years before they could elect Senators to represent their State.
d) agreed to a follow a common set of local laws and polices established by the Northwest Ordinance.

Local governments get their authority from
a) the State governments.
b) the local citizens.
c) the cooperation of the Federal and State governments.
d) the Federal Government.

An explicitly denied power is a power banned outright by the Constitution. An implicitly denied power is a power banned, but not directly mentioned in the Constitution. Which of the following powers is implicitly denied to the Federal Government?
a) Establish marriage and divorce laws
b) Levy taxes on imports
c) Acquire territory
d) Regulate immigration

Tariffs are taxes on foreign imports. In our federal system, the power to levy tariffs is a power
a) assumed by the Federal Government.
b) denied to the Federal Government and reserved to the States.
c) granted exclusively to the Federal Government by the Constitution.
d) shared by both the State and Federal Government concurrently.

To which amendment in the Bill of Rights are gun protests related?
a) 2nd Amendment
b) 1st Amendment
c) 3rd Amendment
d) 5th Amendment

Which of the following is an example of checks and balances at work?
a) A bill passed by the House is vetoed by the Senate.
b) The Federal Government passes a law that overrides similar laws in several States.
c) Congress removes from the bench a federal judge who has accepted a bribe.
d) The people choose not to re-elect a President whose policies they dislike.

The principle of popular sovereignty is based on the belief that
a) the government must be run by officials who are appointed to office by their predecessors.
b) the people do not have to obey any laws with which they disagree.
c) the government gets its power from the people and can exist only with their consent.
d) the people have the authority to declare any federal or State law unconstitutional by voting on it.

Which of the following is NOT a check available to the legislative branch?
a) creating a new federal district court
b) declaring an executive act to be unconstitutional
c) rejecting a treaty
d) passing a bill that has been rejected by the President

The existence of the federal district courts is evidence of which of the following?
a) the process of amending the Constitution
b) the way that basic legislation has added to the meaning of the Constitution
c) the way that executive agreements have added to the basic structure of the Federal Government
d) the functioning of the U.S. federal system of government

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