This clause of the constitution establishes the fact that federal law supersedes state law.
What is the supremacy clause.
100
Which plan was presented at the Constitutional Convention and said that each state should have equal representation despite population:
a) Connecticut Compromise
b) New Jersey Plan
c) Virginia Plan
d) Faction Plan
What is the New Jersey Plan (B).
100
These right cannot be revoked under any circumstance.
What is inalienable rights.
100
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to appease which party.
What is the Anti-Federalists.
100
True or false: Protecting copyrights is a shared power between the national and state governments.
What is FALSE.
200
The founders put this clause into the constitution to make it a flexible document.
What is the elastic clause.
200
This plan called for representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan.
200
True or false: Enumerated powers are a type of powers that are explicitly listed in the Constitution.
What is TRUE.
200
Residents of the District of Columbia were allowed to vote in presidential elections after this amendment was ratified.
What is the 23rd amendment.
200
The earliest type of relationship established between the federal government and the states where the federal government's powers were defined as delegated and the state government's powers were reserved.
What is dual federalism.
300
The ___ ___ and ___ clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees established in one state will be binding in another state.
What is Full Faith and Credit.
300
This man symbolizes the head of the Federalist party.
Who is Alexander Hamilton.
300
What is the introductory sentence called in the Constitution?
A) Enumerated Powers
B) Implied Powers
C) The Preamble
D) Elastic Clause
What is the Preamble (C).
300
This is banned by the 5th amendment, where one cannot be tried twice in court for the same crime.
What is double jeopardy.
300
This type of federalism dominated during the Great Depression.
What is cooperative federalism
400
According to the supremacy clause, what three items make up the supreme law of the land?
What is the US constitution, the US laws, and US treaties.
400
True or False: During the writing of the Constitution, the United States was considered a confederation?
What is TRUE.
400
The Constitution states the powers of this branch of government in Article II.
What is the Executive Branch.
400
This amendment started the Prohibition era in the 1920s.
What is the 18th amendment.
400
This type of grant can only be used for a pre-determined specific purpose.
What are categorical grants.
500
The Foreign Commerce clause gives the power of regulating international trade to this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch.
500
He wrote the 1776 pamphlet Common Sense which encouraged colonists to reexamine the practicality of having overseas rule.
Who is Thomas Paine.
500
This state was the last to ratify the Constitution.
A) Rhode Island
B) New Hampshire
C) Maryland
D) South Carolina
What is Rhode Island (A).
500
The 22nd amendment says that:
A) alcohol is allowed to be sold again
B) women have the right to vote
C) Senators are elected by popular vote
D) Presidents are limited to two terms in office
What is presidents are limited to two terms in office (D).
500
This is a political theory first espoused by Richard Nixon and carried out by Ronald Reagan. It advocates the downsizing of the federal government and the devolution of power to the states.