Test 1

Question 1

enabling act

Answer 1

a congressional act directing the people of a US territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step toward admission to the Union

Question 2

amendment

Answer 2

a change in, or addition to a constitution or law

Question 3

delegated powers

Answer 3

those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National Government by the Constitution

Question 4

rule of law

Answer 4

concept that the government and its officers are always subject to the law

Question 5

Privileges & Immunities Clause

Answer 5

Constitution’s stipulation that all citizens are entitled to certain “privileges and immunities,” regardless of their State of residence

Question 6

separation of powers

Answer 6

basic principle of American system of government that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government

Question 7

exclusive powers

Answer 7

those powers which can be exercised by the National Government alone

Question 8

Bill of Rights

Answer 8

first ten amendments to the Constitution

Question 9

block grant

Answer 9

one type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly define area of public policy

Question 10

concurrent powers

Answer 10

those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise

Question 11

powers denied to states

Answer 11

• deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
• enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation
• print or coin money
• imprison, execute, or fine citizens before providing due process in the State’s judicial system.
• tax any of the agencies or functions of the National Government.

Question 12

implied powers

Answer 12

those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution

Question 13

federalism

Answer 13

a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments, like States

Question 14

Anti-Federalists

Answer 14

those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787–1788

Question 15

ratification process

Answer 15

formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty

Question 16

Article VI

Answer 16

national debts, supremacy of national law, and oaths of office

Question 17

categorical grants

Answer 17

one type of federal grants-in-aid; made for some specific, closely defined purpose

Question 18

McCulloch vs. Maryland

Answer 18

McCulloch refused to pay the tax on the Second Bank of the US so Maryland convicted him - significance of the role of Court as the umpire of the federal system

Question 19

expressed powers

Answer 19

those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out in the Constitution

Question 20

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Answer 20

Constitution’s requirement that each State accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State

Question 21

Article V

Answer 21

amending the Constitution

Question 22

Judiciary Act of 1789

Answer 22

created a Court of 6 justices

Question 23

executive agreement

Answer 23

a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which (unlike a treaty) does not require Senate consent

Question 24

limited government

Answer 24

basic principle of the American government stating that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away

Question 25

unwritten customs

Answer 25

as strong as written law & developed in our governmental system

Question 26

popular sovereignty

Answer 26

a government that exists only with the consent of the governed