Government Final VMHS

The Stamp Act was a

• Tax on commerce

• prohibition on all unofficial mail

• Claw permitting the Crown to open mail

• tax on sugar, molasses, and other commodities

How many electors does the states of Arizona, Texas, and Michigan have?

• 49

• 54

• 65

• 67

The United States first written constitution was called the

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

This philosophical view articulated in the Declaration of Independence was most heavily influenced by the work of

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Alexis de Tocqueville

• John Locke

• Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu

What did the New Jersey plan propose for Copngress?

• Representation would be equal for each state

• Representation would be based on population

• representation would be proportional to the share of taxes paid by each state to the federal government

• representation to Congress would be appointed by the state legislatures

Bicameralism is a constitutional principle that represents the division of

• the national government into two branches

• the powers of the executive branch between two individuals: the president and the vice president

• Congress into two chambers

• the federal court system into two levels: the Supreme Court and the appellate courts

The president's power to veto a bill passed by Congress is a good example of

• separation of powers

• federalism

• checks and balances

• civil liberties

The three branches of government created by the Constitution are

• constitutional, elected, and appointed

• executive, legislative, and judicial

• federal, state, and local

• military, courts, and bureaucracy

The system of shared powers, divided between a central government and the state governments, is called

• the electoral college

• federalism

• checks and balances

• the separation of powers

The clause in the U.S. Constitution affirms that national laws and treaties are "the supreme Law of the Land"

• full faith and credit

• necessary and proper

• supremacy

• establishment