
American Government Mid-Term
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A love for one's country and a loyalty to that country?
The characteristics and traditions that have been handed down by our ancestors?
According to Charles Shuman, the price of socialism?
Powers given explicitly to Congress by the Constitution?
Gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers?
The proportional distribution of congressional seats among the states?
A proposed new law?
The highest number of votes won, but less than a majority?
Presidential rejection of a bill?
Past decisions involving similar court cases?
The armed citizenry?
The power to veto part of a bill without rejecting an entire bill?
An election in which voters approve or reject a proposed amendment?
The process whereby a person changes citizenship from one country to another?
The secret ballot?
What verse says, "Righteousness exalteth a nation : but sin is a reproach to any people"?
What verse promises success and prosperity to the person who meditates upon and obeys God's Word?
What is the first foundational civil ordinance?
What term refers to a private meeting of political party members to decide on policy or to choose candidates?
What kind of commands by the President have the force of law?
What term describes a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials?
Who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"?
In what form of government does the ruler exercise unlimited authority and usually inherits his position?
In what form of government does the ruler maintain absolute control of all aspects of society through coercion and subjection of the individual to the sate?
What term means a crime so serious that it is punishable by death?
Which of the following became America's first national constitution?
Who presided as chairman of the Constitutional Convention?
Name one member of Parliament who supported the American colonists.
Who wrote the final draft of the U. S. Constitution?
Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?
What document placed the king under the law for the first time in English history?
Who formulated the basic ideas of Communism?
Who laid the foundation for the right to trial by jury?
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
In what kind of government system is the central government subordinate to the states?
What document was the forerunner to the written constitution in American?
What document strictly limited the power of the English monarch after 1689?
Which Supreme Court case asserted the right of judicial review?
Who was the chief justice who ruled in Marbury v. Madison?
What term describes a statement of an individual citizen's legal privileges?
What term refers to an instance in which the Supreme Court goes beyond the Constitution to change societal behavior by interpreting the Constitution to mean what the justices want it to mean?
The U.S. Supreme Court is the most active level of the federal judiciary courts.
A writ of certiorari is a brief that is filed by individuals who are not parties in a particular case but still have an interest in the case's outcome.
The chief justice under whom the Supreme Court adopted the philosophy of judicial activism was William Rehnquist.
Judicial restraint refers to when the Supreme Court interprets and applies the Constitution according to the original understanding of those who wrote and ratified it.
Welfare refers to monies the national government give to state or local governments for some designated purpose.
Who was responsible for the final draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Which of the following became America's first national constitution?
A board of supervisors is the most common type of county board.
Judicial review refers to the right of the Supreme Court to declare a law, or action based upon that law, unconstitutional.
Louisiana is the only state to have a unicameral legislature.
Federalism refers to the division of power among the governments within a nation.
The Supreme Court's ruling in Gibbons v. Ogden gave a broader interpretation of Congress' power to regulate commerce.
Extradition refers to when a federal law supersedes or overrides a similar state law.
The Supreme Court case of MCulloch v. Maryland established the doctrine of implied powers.
The state office of lieutenant governor can be compared to that of Vice President.
A justice of peace court is generally a court of last resort within a state.
Which the Article or Amendment declares the Constitution to be the "supreme law of the land"?
Which Article or Amendment established the executive branch?
Which Article or Amendment prohibited the production, sale, or transport of alcoholic beverages?
Which Article or Amendment reserves powers not delegated to the national government for the states and the people?
Which Article or Amendment established the legislative branch?
Which Article or Amendment provided for the direct election of senators?
Which Article or Amendment protects against unreasonable and unlawful searches without a warrant?
Which Article or Amendment establishes the process for amending the Constitution?
Which Article or Amendment
Which Article or Amendment guarantees a "speedy and public trial" in criminal cases?
Which Article or Amendment provided for a federal income tax?
Which Article or Amendment established the judicial branch.
Which Article or Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms?
Which Article or Amendment forbids cruel and unusual punishments?
Which Article or Amendment outlines the relationship among the states and between the national government and the states?