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What is an executive order?
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b) A power reserved for the states
c) A directive, rule, or regulation issued by the President that has the force of law
a) A power granted to the Federal government
d) A power denied to both the Federal and State governments
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Which of these BEST describes the term enumerated powers?
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Powers shared by Federal and State governments.
Powers denied to the Federal government.
Powers given to only the Federal government.
Powers reserved for the States.
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What is an executive order?
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Which of these BEST describes the term enumerated powers?
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Powers of the Federal government that are suggested by the enumerated powers but are not expressly written in the Constitution are called:
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Which power is an example of a Judicial Check over the Legislative Branch?
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Which power is an example of a Judicial Check over the Executive?
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What is the highest legal authority in the United States government?
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Which power is an example of an Executive check over the Judicial Branch?
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The power to tax, enforce laws, and establish courts are shared between the States and the Federal Governments, therefore they are considered what type of powers?
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Reserved powers, such as the power to create a school system, belong to which level of government?
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What are three examples of powers DENIED to both states and the federal government?
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Which power is an example of an Executive check over the Legislative Branch?
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Which power is an example of an Legislative branch check over the Executive Branch?
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Which of these is a power that is the responsibility of ONLY the national government?
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Which of these is a power that is the responsibility of ONLY state governments?
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What is the purpose of the Elastic Clause?
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Why did the framers of the Constitution grant the House of Representatives the most "power of the purse"?
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Which power is an example of an Legislative branch check over the Judicial Branch?
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The hatred for the Quartering Act, passed by Parliament to affect the British colonies in North America, can be seen in which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
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Which is the correct order of events that led to increased civil rights and liberties in the United States?
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The right of the people to express their political views is protected in our government by
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What is the primary purpose of the First Amendment to the Constitution?
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Amendments 15, 19, and 26 all deal with suffrage. Suffrage is
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Even though citizens have specific rights which the government may not take away, these rights may have certain limits. Which of these might be an example of these limits?
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The 19th Amendment
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The 19th Amendment and the 26th Amendment were both designed to
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Civil disobedience, such as picketing and protesting, is protected by what Constitutional Amendment?
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The Constitutional amendment that prohibits denying voting rights to people based on race or color is the
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What is the purpose of the United States Bill of Rights?
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According the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, citizens of the United States are BOTH
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The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which war?
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A person accused of a crime was sentenced to life in prison after being denied the right to a jury trial. In that situation, which constitutional principle was violated?
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The use of "poll taxes" as a means of racial discrimination was MOST effectively stopped by which of these methods?
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"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." - The Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
What is the purpose of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
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Which Amendment prevents the government from charging excessive bails or fines AND from overseeing cruel and unusual punishment?
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# 4,5,6,7,8. All of these Amendments deal with which issue?
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· double jeopardy prohibited
· right to be heard by a Grand Jury
· no self-incrimination
All of these are part of which Amendment?
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Which BEST explains why the U.S. government might consider placing limits on specific rights?
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The Fourth Amendment would prevent which of these situations?
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Amendment XXVI
( Passed by Congress: March 23, 1971; Ratified by the States: July 1, 1971.)
Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2: The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Protestors demanded the passage of the 26th Amendment partly because of what event?
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"In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."
This is the text of what amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
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Which is untrue concerning the 5th Amendment?
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Which is untrue concerning the 6th Amendment?
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Which Amendment had the most direct relationship to the Civil Rights movement?