Ch.3 The Constitution

The main purpose of the Bill of Rights is to

• protect individual freedom

• create a system of laws

• organized the national government

• maintain order

The power of the President to enter agreements with foreign leaders or governments is an example of which of the following?

• Executive Agreement

• Presidential Tradition

• Legislative Action

• Judicial Interpretation

This branch of government is the final authority on the U.S. Constitution

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

• None of the Above

The Founders provided this section of the U.S. Constitution for a changing nation

• Elastic Clause

• Bill of Rights

• Preamble

• Legislative Branch

The 1803 landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison established the principle of

• Judicial Review

• Separation of Power

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

Which of the following factors led to the passage of the 22nd amendment limiting the President to two terms?

• Franklin Roosevelt's stay in office

• Unclear rules for presidential succession

• Unlimited power of the electoral college

• George Washington's popularity

In the Preamble, what does the phrase "form a more perfect union" mean?

• Strengthen relationships among the states and be as perfect as possible

• Protect liberties won in the American Revolution

• Maintain order within the country

• Provide laws that are fair

Critics accused President Franklin Roosevelt of trying to change the constitutional balance of power when he

• Proposed expanding the size of the Supreme Court

• Appointed a friend to the Supreme Court

• Refused to obey a decision of the Supreme Court

• Replaced five retiring Supreme Court Justices

What did the Framers want to achieve by establishing the principle of federalism in the Constitution?

• Distribution of state and national powers

• Limitations on the rights of states

• Supremacy of state governments

• Supremacy of the national government

The system of checks and balances gives whom the power to ratify treaties and confirm presidential appointments?

• Congress

• President

• Supreme Court

• Courts