unit 2

Question 1

_______ is a rule of citizenship involving to whom one is born.

Answer 1

Jus sanguinis

Question 2

According to the ____, Congress could not pass any legislation against the slave trade for 20 years.

Answer 2

Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

Question 3

Article IV defines limits to the powers reserved to the states while ______ established the supremacy of the Constitution.

Answer 3

Article VI

Question 4

The _____ is the introduction to the Constitution.

Answer 4

Preamble

Question 5

due process in legal proceedings

Answer 5

Fifth Amendment

Question 6

freedom of expression, press, religion, petition, and assembly

Answer 6

First Amendment

Question 7

male African Americans’ right to vote

Answer 7

Fifteenth Amendment

Question 8

defined citizenship by expanding it to all persons naturalized or born in the United States

Answer 8

Fourteenth Amendment

Question 9

abolished slavery

Answer 9

Thirteenth Amendment

Question 10

reserved powers to the state

Answer 10

Tenth Amendment

Question 11

women’s right to vote

Answer 11

Nineteenth Amendment

Question 12

The duties, responsibilities, and powers of the legislature are outlined in _______.

Answer 12

Article I

Question 13

The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution are referred to as the _________.

Answer 13

Bill of Rights

Question 14

The ____ called for a bicameral Congress with equal representation in the upper house and representation by population in the lower house.

Answer 14

Great Compromise

Question 15

The voluntary surrendering of citizenship is _______.

Answer 15

expatriation

Question 16

The ___ called for a unicameral Congress similar to the one under the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 16

New Jersey Plan

Question 17

The 1882 Chinese ______ Act prohibited Chinese immigrants from entering the United States.

Answer 17

Exclusion

Question 18

____ is remembered as the father of the Constitution and a major supporter of the Bill of Rights.

Answer 18

James Madison

Question 19

Which answer is NOT a part of the Constitution?

Answer 19

list of grievances

Question 20

Fearing a strong central government, the ____ opposed the ratification of the Constitution.

Answer 20

Anti-Federalists

Question 21

_____ is a system of government that divides power between two sovereign entities.

Answer 21

Federalism

Question 22

The ____ based representation on state population and monetary support.

Answer 22

Virginia Plan

Question 23

Which rule was applied in order for the Constitution to be approved?

Answer 23

It had to receive approval from three-fourths (nine) of the states.

Question 24

___________ provides for the methods by which formal changes can be made in the Constitution.

Answer 24

Article V

Question 25

The government is not allowed to endorse or form a national religion, or interfere in citizens’ religious beliefs and practices.

Answer 25

establishment clause

Question 26

This First Amendment clause protects the rights of citizens to assemble peacefully and to petition the government for change.

Answer 26

free exercise clause

Question 27

Congress has implied powers that it can use to carry out its expressed powers.

Answer 27

necessary and proper clause

Question 28

This ensures that a person’s rights to life, liberty, and property are not infringed upon during legal proceedings.

Answer 28

due process clause

Question 29

This clause affirms that the Constitution is the highest law in the United States.

Answer 29

supremacy clause

Question 30

established that the government could impose reasonable limits on free speech if those words could pose a clear and present danger to the country

Answer 30

Schenck v. United States

Question 31

overturned the separate but equal doctrine established by an earlier decision

Answer 31

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 32

established the separate but equal doctrine that shaped segregation laws for decades afterwards

Answer 32

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 33

established that the Supreme Court interpretations can informally amend the Constitution

Answer 33

Marbury v. Madison

Question 34

affirmed right to legal representation as part of procedural due process

Answer 34

Miranda v. Arizona

Question 35

denied citizenship to enslaved people but was later overturned by the Thirteenth Amendment

Answer 35

Dred Scott v. Sandford