Penn HSD004 lesson 2 700109RR

Question

Question 1

1. Although it seemed quite important in 1788, Amendment _______, barring the quartering of soldiers in private homes, is outdated today.

A. V

B. IV

C. III

D. II

Question 2

2. The idea that people within a state can and should determine the laws within that state is referred to as

A. state sovereignty.

B. popular sovereignty.

C. abolitionism.

D. federalism.

Question 3

3. Senator Jon Tester of Montana was reelected in 2012. If he decides to run again when his current term expires, in what year will the election occur?

A. 2020

B. 2016

C. 2014

D. 2018

Question 4

4. Which of the following problems did Shays' Rebellion show about the Articles of Confederation?

A. There was too much federal regulation of interstate commerce.

B. The federal government imposed too many taxes on states.

C. There was no federal standing army.

D. States couldn't create their own tax laws.

Question 5

5. Choose the statement from the following choices that best describes the separation of powers.

A. Powers and duties of the United States government are divided among two branches of government.

B. Powers and duties of the United States government are divided among three branches of government.

C. Powers and duties of the United States government are chosen entirely by the President of the United States.

D. Powers and duties of the United States government are decided by a system of direct democracy.

Question 6

6. Which Article proclaims the Constitution as the highest law?

A. Fifth

B. Fourth

C. Seventh

D. Sixth

Question 7

7. The Federalist Papers were written by which future president?

A. James Madison

B. Alexander Hamilton

C. John Adams

D. John Jay

Question 8

8. Which part of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the government?

A. Amendment I

B. Article I

C. Article II

D. The Bill of Rights

Question 9

9. What Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?

A. Plessy v. Ferguson

B. Marbury v. Madison

C. Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. United States

D. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

Question 10

10. When you buy a U.S. government savings bond, you're doing so under the power given to Congress to

A. borrow money.

B. levy taxes.

C. regulate commerce.

D. print and coin money.

Question 11

11. For impeachment proceedings to begin, a president has to be accused of

A. not listening to Congress.

B. lying.

C. going to war.

D. a crime.

Question 12

12. The New Jersey plan called for

A. abandoning the Articles of Confederation.

B. a strong president.

C. the abolition of slavery.

D. equal representation for all states in the Congress.

Question 13

13. Under Article _______ of the Constitution, the laws of Congress and all treaties are the law of the land.

A. VII

B. VI

C. III

D. IV

14. An agreement to count slaves as three-fifths of a person was related to

A. the denial of African Americans the right to vote.

B. the way in which population would be counted in each state.

C. the creation of an upper and a lower house in Congress.

D. the number of Senators each state would have.

Question 15

15. The delegate who created the compromise for the Constitution was

A. Alexander Hamilton.

B. Roger Sherman.

C. William Paterson.

D. James Madison.

Question 16

16. The right to petition members of the government is contained in the _______ Amendment to the Constitution.

A. Fourth

B. Third

C. Second

D. First

Question 17

17. The number of electoral votes for a president is equal to

A. the number of representatives and senators from the state.

B. three-fifths of the total population of registered voters.

C. the number of members in state legislature.

D. three-fifths of the total population of residents.

Question 18

18. The two proposed plans for the Constitution agreed on

A. an elected judiciary.

B. having two houses of Congress.

C. having three branches of government.

D. having one president.

Question 19

19. You feel every citizen has the right to own a gun. If you argue for that right based on the Constitution, you're most likely to refer to

A. Amendment II.

B. Amendment VI.

C. Amendment I.

D. Amendment IV.

Question 20

20. John Quincy has been a citizen of the United States for 8 years. He is 27 years old. If John decides to run for Congress, what are his options?

A. He can't run for the House or the Senate for at least one more year.

B. He can run for the House, but not the Senate.

C. He won't ever be qualified to run for the Senate.

D. He can run for the Senate, but not the House.