Federalists V. Antifederalists
Which of the following was a huge reason the Antifederalists refused to ratify (approve) the Constitution?
A) No Bill of Rights
B) No Amendment process
C) No Senate
A) No Bill of Rights
This is the term that describes the legislative branch's power to charge government officials with a crime to have them removed.
A) Pardon
B) Officiate
C) Impeach
C) Impeach
Who has the authority to begin the amendment process?.
A) Congress
B) The president
C) The supreme court
A) Congress
Article II lays out the framework and details for this branch of government.
A) Legislative Branch
B) Executive Branch
C) Judicial Branch
B) The Executive Branch
Article III of the Constitution lays out the framework and details for this branch of government.
A) Legislative Branch
B) Executive Branch
C) Judicial Branch
C) Judicial branch
Which group would likely say, "This Constitution will bring us together as a nation!" ?
A) Loyalists
B) Federalists
C) Antifederalists
B) Federalists
The president has the power to nominate justices to this branch of government in order to make sure they don't choose their own members.
A) Legislative
B) Executive
C) Judicial
C) Judicial Branch
In the legislative branch/congress each state has different amounts of US representatives based on...
A) State test scores
B) Population
C) Region size
B) Population
Creating treaties, appointing supreme court justices, commanding the military, and granting pardons are all powers belonging to the President.
A) Expressed Powers
B) Enumerated Powers
C) Implied Powers
A) Expressed Powers
This is the hugely important role the Supreme Court has that gives the Judicial Branch the power to monitor the other two branches and make sure they follow the Constitution.
A) Unconstitutional Ruling
B) Impeachment
C) Judicial Review
C) Judicial Review
What was the name of the government the founding fathers replaced at the Constitutional Convention because it was not working?
A) Articles of Confederation
B) Bill of Rights
C) Constitution
A) Articles of Confederation
If the executive branch does not approve of a bill created by congress, it has the power to do this.
A) Veto the Bill
B) Rewrite the Bill
C) Destroy the Bill
Veto the bill
Creating post offices, declaring war, regulating naturalization, and coining money are examples of this type of power that belongs to the legislative branch.
A) Expressed Powers
B) Implied Powers
C) Enumerated Powers
C) Enumerated Powers
These are laws or directives the president can pass without congress.
A) Billing Orders
B) Vetoed Orders
C) Executive Orders
C) Executive order
Supreme court justices do not choose who is selected to be on the Supreme Court; Which branch is responsible for nominating Supreme Court Justices?
A) Legislative Branch/Congress
B) Executive Branch/President
C) Judicial Branch/Supreme Court
B) The Executive Branch/President
The Antifederalists were worried people would lose their rights with the new Constitution, so they requested...
A) Self-Government
B) More time to ratify
C) Bill of Rights
C) Bill of Rights
The legislative branch has the power to check on the executive branch's power of supreme court nominations by having the ability to do this.
A) Choose their own justices if they don't like them
B) Approve/confirm supreme court nomination
C) Ban the justice from ever serving in government
B) Approve/confirm supreme court nominations
This is the fraction of congress that must agree to override a presidential veto.
A) 1/3
B) 2/3
C) 3/4
B) 2/3
The ability of the president to formally forgive others for federal crimes.
A) Subpoena
B) Pardon
C) Deem
B) Pardon
When a court hears a case for the first time, and it is the FIRST court to hear that case.
A) Original Jurisdiction
B) Beginning Jurisdiction
C) Able Jurisdiction
A) Original Jurisdiction
To convince the Antifederalists to ratify the Constitution, the Federalists wrote...
A) The Magna Carta
B) The Federalist Papers
C) Constitutional Convention
B) The Federalist Papers.
This is the primary reason why the United States government has checks and balances.
A) To prevent the different branches of government from having too much power.
B) To allow the president the most power since he/she is the executive
C) Allow all branches of government to use all the power they want
B) To prevent the different branches of government from having too much power.
The "Elastic Clause" expands the amount of powers given to congress. What are these powers called?
A) Implied Powers
B) Judicial Powers
C) Denied Powers
A) Implied Powers
Which of the following is NOT an expressed power or responsibility of the president?
A) Commander in chief of the military
B) Determine and rule laws unconstitutional
C) Appoint supreme court justices
B) Determine and rule laws unconstitutional
If a court case is appealed, or, heard again in another court, it is referred to as THIS type of Jurisdiction.
A) Generic Jurisdiction
B) Appellate Jurisdiction
C) Supreme Jurisdiction
B) Appellate Jurisdiction