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Which of the following is an example of a civil liberty stated in the U.S. Constitution?
freedom of speech
Colonial protesters of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act rallied around which slogan?
“No taxation without representation.”
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Which amendment preserves a strong role for the states in the American federal republic?
Tenth
What is the significance of the Bill of Rights?
It ensured certain rights and liberties to the people.
The form of federal assistance called ________ provides money to state governments with no strings attached.
unfunded mandates
Antifederalists bitterly attacked which two parts of the Constitution as unlimited and dangerous grants of power to the national government?
the supremacy clause and the elastic clause
Devolution describes a process through which _____.
the federal government is downsized by delegating the implementation of programs to state and local governments
The United States’ first written constitution was called the
Articles of Confederation
A government that is not constrained by legal limits and also seeks to eliminate any challenges to its authority is known as a(n) ________ government.
totalitarian
What is the process by which the Supreme Court has expanded specific parts of the Bill of Rights to protect citizens against state actions?
selective incorporation
________ compels state governments to obey costly federal regulations but does not reimburse those costs.
An unfunded mandate
The Boston Tea Party was largely a response to the
British government’s decision to grant the East India Company a monopoly on the export of tea from Britain.
The majority decision in Griswold v. Connecticut argued that the right of privacy fits into a “zone of privacy” created by the
Third, Fourth, and Fifth amendments.
What are the Federalist Papers?
a series of essays that argued for the ratification of the Constitution.
The size of the Supreme Court is
determined by Congress.
How do civil liberties differ from civil rights?
While civil rights define what government must do to ensure people are treated equally under the law, civil liberties define actions that government cannot take in order to uphold individual freedom.
Which of the following is an example of social justice?
Black Lives Matter protestors organize and march to raise awareness about issues in policing and law enforcement and seek policy changes.
Which of the following describes a system of government in which the populace selects representatives who play a significant role in governmental decision making?
representative democracy
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) most impacted
the right to privacy.
In the debates over ratification, which label was given to those who thought the powers of the federal government should be “confined to certain defined national objects” so that it did not “swallow up all the power of the state governments”?
Antifederalists
The _____ is the concluding paragraph of Article I Section VIII of the Constitution — also known as the necessary and proper clause — which provides Congress with the authority to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out its enumerated power.
elastic clause
The Secure Communities program, launched in 2008 under President Bush and expanded under President Obama, caused tensions between the federal governments and state governments because it
required state and local authorities to check the fingerprints of people being booked into jail against a Homeland Security database.
Which of the following statements best describes British rule of the American colonies during the first half of the eighteenth century?
The British ruled with a light hand and exerted a strong influence only in the largest colonial cities.
Which of the following statements best describes the deportation policies of President Obama and President Trump?
President Obama considered only those convicted of felonies or multiple misdemeanors as deportation priorities while President Trump also prioritized the deportation of those convicted of minor crimes.