Civic Literacy Final Review Part 2

What refers to powers given to state governments but not to the national government?

• separation of powers
• reserved powers
• expressed powers
• checks and balances

What selection best represents the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president?

• The Senate
• The House of Representatives
• The electoral college
• the federalists

Which group believed the COnstitution should provide protection for certain basic liberties?

• Anti-Federalists
• Whigs
• Abolitionists
• Liberals

What are the first amendments to the Constitution known as?

• Articles of Confederation
• Great Compromise
• Constitutional Convention
• Bill of Rights

Which selection is best defined as the principle that governmental power lies with the people?

• separation of powers
• the rule of law
• popular sovreignty
• federalism

What keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• checks and balances
• federalism
• supremacy of the Constitution
• rule of law

Which idea could most likely be found in the fifth amendment to the Constitution?

• The right to vote can be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
• Citizens are not protected from unreasonable search and seizures
• A person judged not guilty cannot be placed in double jeopardy or put on trial again for the same crime
• People are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

What did the nineteenth amendment do?

• it guaranteed equal pay for equal work
• it extended civil liberties to African Americans
• it extended suffrage to women
• it provided civil rights to Latinos

Which choice is best defined as the president's power to issue a rule or command that has the force of law?

• economic sanction
• amnesty order
• executive order
• execution order

According to the War Powers Act, who must the president notify immediately when troops are sent into battle?

• the Pentagon
• Congress
• the attorney general
• the public