Unit 2: The Constitution

Supporters of the Constitution called themselves

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists
• Constitutionalists
• Articles of Confederationalists

What clause allows Congress to make any law necessary to help carry out the powers given to the federal government listed by the Constitution?

• Necessary and Proper Clause
• Supremacy Clause
• Elastic Clause

What clause states that the Constitution and the federal laws take precedence over any conflicting state or local laws?

• Necessary and Proper Clause
• Supremacy Clause
• Elastic Clause

Who created 85 essays in support of ratification of the Constitution under the fake name 'Publius'?

• James Madison
• Alexander Hamilton
• John Jay
• All names listed.

Both the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists agreed on

• the need in avoiding a tyrannical government.
• the need for a Supreme Court.
• the need for elites to govern the nation.
• the need for executive power placed in a president.

The Founders wanted the government of the United States to be based on which principle?

• popular sovereignty
• monarchical sovereignty
• state sovereignty
• supremacy sovereignty

"We the People", Articles 1,2, and 3, "the States" are all examples of what fundamental idea behind the Constitution?

• popular sovereignty
• rule of law
• checks and balances
• separation of states

What principle(s) goes hand in hand with popular sovereignty?

• consent of the governed
• limited government
• rule of law
• separation of powers

Our republic uses which form of government?

• representative democracy
• constitutional monarchy
• autocracy
• democracy

Which Article of the Constitution establishes the Legislative Branch?

• Article I
• Article II
• Article III
• Article IV