So the federal government can contact them in case of a military draft
What do American men 18 years or older have to register with the Selective Service?
100
Th law is unconstituational
On what grounds can a federal court strike down a state or federal law?
100
It showed Americans the weaknesses of the Confederation government.
What was the significance of Shays's Rebellion?
100
Foreign-born people whose parents are not citizens must move to the U.S.
Which of the following is required for a person ot become a U.S. citizen?
100
They established the first national government of the United States.
What was the significance of the Articles of Confederation?
200
The greastest number of pople in a society
According to the idea of majority rule, whose decisions make policy for everyone?
200
Congress is the legislative branch, which makes the nation's laws
What is the function of Congress in the federal government?
200
It is based on a system of checks and balances.
What does the fact that the Constitution allows for the removal of a president from office show about American government?
200
Americans feared that a strong central government might take away the rights that states had granted to individuals.
Why did James Madison promise to add a bill of rights to the Constitution?
200
The creation of governments with limited power
What characteristic of most state constitutions created during the American Revolution strongly influenced the ideas behind the American government?
300
It's the standard that places limitations on laws and legal proceedings in an effort to guarantee fairness and justice.
What is "due process of law"?
300
It created a bicameral legislature, where in one house state population deteremined the number of representives and in the other the number of representatives were equal.
How did the Great Compromise resolve the debate over state representation in the federal government?
300
To enforce them
What is the job of the executive branch in relation to the nation's laws?
300
It divides the powers of government so that no one branch can pose a threat to popular rights.
What is the doctrine of separation of powers?
300
a stronger central government
Following Shay's Rebellion, most Americans called for establishing...
400
It ensured the protection of individual rights so that the abuses listed in the Declaration of Independence would be illegal.
How did the Bill of Rights, added to the Constitution in 1791 use the ideas introduced in the Declaration of Independence?
400
It showed that it was important to limit the powers of government.
How did the Magna Carta influence American leaders when they were considering the structure of their government?
400
Double Jeopardy
The Fifth amendment protects anyone found not guilty in a criminal trial from being tried again form the same crime. What is the name for this protection?
400
to define the rights and freedoms of citizens clearly
What was the main reason the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution?
400
No person could be forced to attend church or to pay for a church with taxes.
Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statutes for Religious Freedom declared that.....
500
two-thirds
What proportion of both houses of Congress must vote in favor of a bill in order to override a president's veto?
500
They serve on juries
How do citizens accept responsibility for protecting others' Sinth Amendment rights?
500
To inerpret the law
What role does the Constitution assign to the judicial branch?
500
grounds for impeaching the President,Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States.
"Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors" are
500
The delegates debated over what would happen if there was a conflict between a state law and a federal law.
What was one of the major problems faced by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention?