Chapter 3 Review Test Questions – Flashcards
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Illegal;null and void; of no force and effect
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Unconstitutional
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A governmental system having basic political powers distributed among the three distinct and independent branches
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Separation of powers
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The power of the courts to decide whether government acts are constitutional
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Judicial review
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The President's rejection of an act of congress
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Veto
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The division of power between a central government and several regional governments
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Federalism
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Which of the following principles holds that government may do only those things that the people have given it power to do ?
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Limited government
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When James Madison wrote, "the accumulation of all powers...in the same hands...may be pronounced as the very definition of tyranny," he was arguing on behalf of which of the following constitutional principles ?
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Separation of powers
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People are the only source for governmental power
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The principle of popular sovereignty means that the
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Which of the following constitutional principles was devised as a compromise between a powerful central government and a loose confederation of states ?
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Federalism
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Which constitutional principles applies when the senate confirms or rejects the presidents appointee to run the Central Intelligence Agency ?
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Checks and balances
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Proposed by a two-thirds vote in each house of congress and ratified by three-fourths of the state legislature
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2 steps for the first method
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Proposed by congress and ratified by conventions
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2 steps for the second method
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Proposed a national convention and called by congress at the request of two-thirds of state legislature
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2 steps for the third method
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Proposed by a national convention and ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the state
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2 steps for the fourth method
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First ten amendments
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What is the bill of rights ?
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A formal agreement between 2 or more sovereign states
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Treaty
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A pact made by the president directly head of a foreign state .
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Executive agreement
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Custom that the senate wil not. approve a presidential appointment opposed by a majority party senator form the state in which the appointee would serve
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Senatorial courtesy
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15,000
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Nearly blank joint resolution calling for amendments that have been proposed since 1789
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200 years
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Constitution has been force for more than blank
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Government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
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Constitutionalism
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The legislative, executive and judicial powers of government are all gathered in the hands of a single agency
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Parliamentary system
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Draws its power from the people of the United States, and the people have given their government the power that it has through the constitution
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National government
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Concept that holds that government and its officers are always subject to the law
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Rule of law
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A change in, or addition to, a constitution or law
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Amendment
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Powers are distributed separated among the three distinct and independent branches of the government
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Presidential government
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Deals with mostly with the place of the states in American union and with their relationship with the national government and with one another
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Article IV
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Explains how formal amendments may be added to the document
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Article V
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Declares that the constitution is the nations supreme law
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Article VI
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Provided for the ratification of the constitution
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Article VII
