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4.1 Dividing Government Powers

Quiz by Mark Stegall

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  • Q1
    Which philosopher believed that dividing power between different parts of government was the best way to defend people's freedom?
    John Locke
    Adam Smith
    Baron de Montesquieu
    Thomas Hobbes
    30s
  • Q2
    Powers considered to be logical extensions of those powers specifically listed in the Constitution are called
    inherent powers
    implied powers
    reserved powers
    expressed powers
    30s
  • Q3
    Collecting taxes, building roads, borrowing money, regulating education and establishing courts are
    concurrent powers
    implied powers
    national powers
    state powers
    30s
  • Q4
    Why is Article VI of the Constitution called the supremacy clause?
    Because it states that state laws reign supreme over national laws
    Because it states that national laws reign supreme over state laws
    Because it states that the courts can decide whether a specific national or state law reigns supreme
    Because it states that state laws may replace the Constitution
    30s
  • Q5
    why is Article IV of the Constitution - often called the full faith and credit clause - important?
    It requires the national government to only recognize states with republican governments
    It grants the states any powers that are not specifically reserved for the national government
    It promotes cooperation between states and prevents states from discriminating against citizens from other states
    It prevents conflict between the national and state governments by denying specific powers to the states.
    30s
  • Q6
    Which power is not a power of the Federal Government
    Regulate commerce with foreign nations and between states
    Conduct foreign relations
    Raise armies, declare war, and make peace
    Conduct Elections
    30s
  • Q7
    Which power is exclusively a state power
    Ratify an amendment to the constitution
    Establish courts
    Build roads
    Charter bankes and corporations
    30s
  • Q8
    Expressed powers
    The powers that are not specifically granted to the federal government nor denied to the states that are reserved for the states.
    the powers assumed by the government that are not specifically listed in the Constitution
    those delegated powers of the Constitution that are assumed to belong to the national government because it is a sovereign state
    powers explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution
    30s
  • Q9
    inherent powers
    those delegated powers of the Constitution that are assumed to belong to the national government because it is a sovereign states
    the power that is shared by both the federal and state governments
    the powers that are not specifically granted to the federal government nor denied to the states that are reserved for the states
    the powers explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution
    30s
  • Q10
    Full faith and credit clause
    declares the Constitution is the supreme law of the land
    Declares the government cannot take actions that create an official religion
    declares that states cannot remove rights already given by the constitution
    the provision of the Constitution that requires each state to honor the public acts, offical records and judicial proceeding of every other state
    30s

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