American Government Chapter 5 Test

vocab

100

A count of the population?

A- census

B- Elastic clause

C- appropriation

A- Census

200

Process by which a foreign person gains citizenship? 

A- quorum

B- Bicameral

C- Naturalization

C- Naturalization

300

Money set aside for a specific purpose. 

A- appropriation

B- Ex post facto

C- Franking

A- appropriation

400

A two house legislative system?

Bicameral

500

Right to sens official mail free of charge?

A- Ex post facto

B- Pocket veto

C- bicameral

D- franking privilege

D- franking privilege

AMENDMENTS

100

Rights of the accused?

A- 5th- 8th

B- 9th-10th

C- Frist

D- 4th

A- 5th- 8th

200

Freedom of expression?

first

300

No involuntary quartering of troops?

3rd amendment

400

No unreasonable searches and seizures.

4th

500

Rights of the people and the states

A-11TH-12TH

B-5TH-8TH

C-4TH 

D-9TH-10

D-9TH-10

CONGRESS

100

What fraction of both houses is required to propose an amendment?

2/3ds

200

What fraction of the states is required to ratify an amendment to the Constitution?

3/4ths

300

Congress may override a president's veto with a ________ vote in both houses.

2/3ds

400

The idea that a citizen can cannot be imprisoned, have property taken away, or sentenced to death without a fair trial is _______________.

due process

500

What is the only court specified in the Constitution?

Supreme Court

RANDOM

100

State militias can be calked into service by the US government. The modern militia is known as the _________.

A- National guard

B- Standing army

C- US Army

D- Navy

A- National guard

200

There are currently __________________ amendments to the Constitution.

27

300

Name for the idea that people are the ultimate source of their government's authority?

Popular sovereignty

400

What amendment limits the President to 2 terms in office?

22nd

500

System of government that establishes a division between national and state levels of government?

federalism

RANDOM

100

Formal introduction to the Constitution is the ___________.

Preamble

200

Each house keeps a journal of what it does each day. This is called?

Congressional record

300

Process of returning a criminal to the state where a crime was committed?

extradition

400

Topic of Article 5 of Constitution.

Amending the Constitution

500

Topic of article 3 of the Constitution?

Judicial Branch