Ch 3 Gov

Amendment

An ______ to the constitution, both written and unwritten, can be made in one of two basic ways.

Executive agreement

A pact made by the President, using the process of ______, carries the same force of law as a treaty.

Rule of Law

Dictators may operate outside the _______, but under the Constitution the government and its officers myst obey it.

Popular Sovereignty

It is the people who are the only source of governmental power in a system of _____.

constitutionalism

Governments that obey the fundamental law of the land are abiding by the principle of ______.

Unconstitutional

In the United States, any governmental action that denies someone fair and equal treatment under the law may be declared ________.

Checks and balances

The system of ____ helps keep one branch of government from dominating the actions of the others.

Separation of Powers

The Constitution provides for the ____ by creating three distinct branches of government: legislative, executive and judicial.

Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments, which provide the protections of basic individual rights and liberties, are called the ______.

formal amendment

Changes to the written provisions of the Constitution may be made only through the process of _____.

With the words, "We the People," the Constitution establishes its authority on the basis of

Popular sovereignty

The President's power to veto an act of Congress is an example of

checks and balances

The framers reconcile the need for an effective central government with a respect for State governments by creating a system of

federalism

Which statement about the Bill of Rights is NOT true?

The amendments were ratified at the same time as the constitution

Which of the following accounts for the ability of the constitution to endure for more than 200 years.

built-in provisions for accommodating change

According to Article V of the Constitution, no amendment may

deprive a state of its equal representation in the Senate.

The informal amendment process

keeps the Constitution responsive and up to date.

The Bill of Rights guarantees all of the following EXCEPT

the right of women to vote

The President's cabinet is an example of informal amendment by

unwritten custom

In most cases involving judicial review, the courts have

found the governmental actions in question to be constitutional.

According to Article V of the Constitution, no amendment may

deprive a State of its equal representation in the Senate.

The Bill of Rights guarantees all of the following EXCEPT

the right of women to vote

Which of the following is mentioned by the Constitution and its amendments?

succession of Vice President to presidency

Which of the following is NOT an example of the checks and balances system?

The President makes an executive agreement

When there is a separation of powers,

power is distributed among three independent branches of government

Which of the following is NOT true of the Constitution?

It has not been changed in 50 years.

Each of the four methods of formal amendment

demonstrates the principle of federalism

Congress can informally amend the constitution by

all of the above

One criticism of the formal amendment process is that

State legislatures, rather than convention delegates elected by the people, often ratify amendments

Which of the following was formally amended to the constitution

prohibition of alcoholic beverages

Which of the following statements about informal amendments is TRUE?

Some have been proposed and ratified as formal amendments.

Which of the following amendments was ratified FIRST?

the amendment guaranteeing freedom of speech.

Which of the consitutional principles listed was Madison describing and defending in the quote below

federalism

at the present time, the number of formal amendments to the constiution is

27

the principle of popular sovereignty is based on the belief that

the government gets its power from the people and can only exist with their consent

based on the reasoning chief justice john marshall used in the excerpt below, what choices best describe the decisions he made in the Mcculloch v Maryland case?

he decided that federal law could not be challenged by state law

which of the following statements best describes the cause and effect of the 15th amendment

it was passed as a result of the unions victory in the civil war, and extended the right to vote to male african americans