Ap Us Gov Chapter 2 & 3

Front 1

In creating a national government with a system of checks and balances, the Framers sought to ________.

Back 1

limit the ability of any branch of the national government to become too powerful

Front 2

The anti-Federalists opposed ratification of the proposed Constitution because ________.

Back 2

it did not include a bill of rights

Front 3

The Connecticut Compromise produced ________.

Back 3

two houses in Congress

Front 4

The Constitution contains ________ where each branch of the government has to obtain consent from the others for its actions.

Back 4

checks and balances

Front 5

The Constitution may be informally amended ________.

Back 5

through judicial interpretation

Front 6

The first method for proposing amendments to the Constitution—and the only one used so far—is ________.

Back 6

two-thirds approval vote of Congress

Front 7

The Founders believed that ________ would decide on the voting qualifications.

Back 7

the states

Front 8

The Framers strengthened the economic power of the national government by making the ________ the main economic policymaker.

Back 8

Congress

Front 9

The most common method for amending the Constitution has been approval by ________.

Back 9

Congress and the state legislatures

Front 10

The power to informally amend the Constitution by judicial interpretation is held by ________.

Back 10

the Supreme Court

Front 11

The publication of which of the following galvanized the colonists’ belief that reconciliation with Great Britain was impossible?

Back 11

Common Sense

Front 12

The United States’ first written constitution was known as the ________.

Back 12

Articles of Confederation

Front 13

The ________ Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.

Back 13

Twenty-sixth

Front 14

What was one objection the anti-Federalists made to the Constitution?

Back 14

It did not list rights, thereby restricting personal freedoms.

Front 15

When was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

Back 15

After the ratification of the Constitution, to fulfill a promise to anti-Federalists

Front 16

Which of the following is a method of ratification for a constitutional amendment?

Back 16

by three-fourths of the state legislatures

Front 17

Which of the following is an example of a power possessed by the president that acts as a check on Congress?

Back 17

Vetoing bills passed by Congress

Front 18

Which of the following is an example of an informal amendment to the Constitution?

Back 18

The presence of a two-party system in the United States

Front 19

Which of the following is generally true about the effect of constitutional amendments on the American political system?

Back 19

Amendments have made the country more democratic and expanded rights to excluded groups.

Front 20

Which of the following remains a compelling source for determining the intent of the Framers?

Back 20

The Federalist Papers

Front 21

A __________ grant is a large grant to a state by the federal government with only general spending guidelines.

Back 21

block

Front 22

Article VI of the U.S. Constitution establishes that federal law is __________ in conflicts between federal and state law.

Back 22

supreme

Front 23

In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court held that Congress has the power to regulate __________ activity.

Back 23

commercial

Front 24

In the 1980s and 1990s, the Republican party led the __________ “revolution,” which demanded that the national government return administrative authority to state governments.

Back 24

devolution

Front 25

In __________, powers are shared by the federal and state governments.

Back 25

cooperative federalism

Front 26

One benefit of the federal system is the ability of the states to operate as __________ for new ideas.

Back 26

laboratories

Front 27

The Constitution says that states are required to return a person charged with a crime in another state to that state for trial or imprisonment, a practice called __________.

Back 27

extradition

Front 28

The No Child Left Behind Act is an example of a(n) __________.

Back 28

unfunded mandate

Front 29

The principal basis for __________ is shared programs such as education and transportation that are mainly state responsibilities.

Back 29

cooperative federalism

Front 30

The __________ Amendment says that 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.

Back 30

Tenth

Front 31

What are the two types of powers given to the national government under the United States Constitution?

Back 31

enumerated; implied

Front 32

What is a mandate?

Back 32

An order from the federal government requiring the states to take a certain action.

Front 33

What was the first major Supreme Court decision to define the relationship between the federal and state governments?

Back 33

McCulloch v. Maryland

Front 34

Which clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another?

Back 34

Full Faith and Credit

Front 35

Which clause of the U.S. Constitution did the Supreme Court interpret in McCulloch v. Maryland?

Back 35

Necessary and proper

Front 36

Which of the following is a power specifically denied the states by the Constitution?

Back 36

regulating interstate commerce

Front 37

Which of the following is a shared power between states and the federal government?

Back 37

power to tax

Front 38

which of the following is an example of fiscal federalism?

Back 38

grants–in–aid

Front 39

Which type of federalism is characterized by a system of separate but distinct state and national governments?

Back 39

dual

Front 40

__________ grants typically allocate federal dollars based upon population.

Back 40

Categorical