FCLE Final Review

"The right of all persons to be protected against actions by the government" is which element of the 14th amendment?

• Incorporation Doctrine

• Due Process

• Granting U.S. citizenship

• Equal Protection Clause

Answer explanation

Remember to think about those "legal steps" that must be taken to prevent the government from taking away your rights.

What is the significance of McCulloch v. Maryland?

• Established judicial review

• Established the necessary and proper clause

• Ended segregation in schools

• Established the right to bear arms

What is the system called that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches?

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Judicial Review

• Separation of Powers

How does the system of federalism limit government power?

• by giving only limited powers to the central government

• by allowing the national government to define its own powers

• by making the state governments superior to the national government

• by separating powers among the three branches of the national government

What is the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced?

• Rule of Law

• Judicial Review

• Separation of Powers

• Due Process

Which amendment reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states or the people?

• 10th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

What influence did Thomas Paine’s Common Sense (1776) have on the colonists?

• It reconciled them with King George III of England

• It established the framework for their later system of government

• It persuaded them to declare their independence from Great Britain

• It divided Northern and Southern colonists by calling for an end to slavery

What is the term for powers that are specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution?

• Federalism- Federal powers (expressed)

• Reserved powers

• Concurrent powers

• Implied powers

At the Constitutional Convention, there was a major debate between large states and small states about representation in the new Congress. This debate was resolved by the Great Compromise. What was the result of this compromise?

• The number of citizens in a state would determine how many seats that state had in Congress, but slaves and other noncitizens would not be counted for this purpose.

• Congress would have two houses, one in which state representation was based on population and one in which all states had equal representation.

• The number of seats each state would have in both houses of Congress would be based on the state's population.

• Congress would be made up of two houses in which all states had an equal number of representatives in each house.

Which of the following is an example of judicial review?

• The President issuing an executive order.

• Congress passing a new law.

• The Supreme Court declaring a law unconstitutional.

• A state governor signing a bill into law.