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HIS 200 Final Exam with Answers (100/100 Points)

1. The Bible is important to the formation of constitution [choose all that apply].
2. The main purpose of the State Treaties Clause is to give the federal government power over what?
3. The Constitution is a document written by the people to tell the __________ what powers were being given to them.
4. What are the two primary approaches to interpreting the constitution?
5. What document can be thought of as America’s Birth Certificate?
6. One argument for interpreting the Constitution in a way that makes it fit current needs is that
7. Chief Justice John Marshall claimed that the Oaths Clause were the foundation for.
8. The Preamble stresses that ultimate political authority lies with the people, not the states, by starting with the phrase __________.
9. To become the plan for government for the United States, the Constitution had to be ratified by __________.
10. The Mayflower Compact was a document signed by the people of
11. Which Amendment changed the way in which senators are elected?
12. A “__________” is the minimum number of people required for a group to conduct business.
13. The Enumeration Clause is important because it provides for __________ __________ in the House of Representatives.
14. To fill certain federal jobs, the _________ nominates an individual, who then must be confirmed by the __________.
15. If members of Congress were not paid, there was a fear that [choose all that apply]
16. The ___________ Amendment modified the method of electing a president and vice president.
17. The Senate is made up of ________ Senators from each state.
18. The ________ presides over presidential impeachment trials.
19. A United States Representative is elected for a term of
20. Where does the impeachment process begin?
21. One of the vice president’s most important roles is to serve as president of the ___________.
22. Impeachment is the only constitutional way to remove a ____________.
23. The ______________ provides for the vice president to serve as president in the event of the president’s removal, death, resignation, or inability to serve. It authorizes Congress to establish a line of succession.
24. The number of electors from each state is determined by __________.
25. In the _________________ Clause, the president does not have authority that is explicitly granted to Congress. For example, he cannot declare war.
26. Under normal circumstances, a president will stay in office for a term of ________ years.
27. In Federalist No. 64, who argued that the threat of impeachment would encourage executive officers to perform their duties well?
28. While the legislative branch creates laws, the executive branch
29. As originally written, the Constitution provided that the vice president was
30. Presidents must be at least ________ years old to take office.
31. The highest appellate court in the nation is the United States __________ __________.
32. Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
33. Which political body has the power to determine how many judges make up the Supreme Court?
34. When courts use their decisions to add something to the Constitution or take something away from the Constitution, it is referred to as “______________ _____________.”
35. Justices of the Supreme Court are appointed by
36. Military matters are handled in
37. What is the current number of Supreme Court Justices?
38. The early Supreme Court operated on a restricted notion of judicial review, although it did not implement it until the case of
39. The Founders saw religion as important to maintaining free __________.
40. After the Slaughter-House Cases of 1873 gutted the Privileges or Immunities Clause, its protections were subsumed under the Equal Protection Clause and the __________.
41. The __________ Amendment clarified that the list of rights included in the Bill of Rights is not exhaustive.
42. The _________ _____________ ____________ emphasizes the fact that government has no authority to interfere with free exercise of religion.
43. The government must see all ______________ as equal in their status in civil society.
44. The language of the Equal Protection Clause protects __________.
45. According to Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptists, he believed that religion is a matter between
46. Where in the Constitution can you find the phrase “Wall of Separation”?
47. The _________________ Amendment clarifies that the people retain all rights beyond those expressly listed in the Bill of Rights.
48. Political theorists have attempted to expand the meaning of equality to include
49. An amendment to the Constitution is proposed by a ______________ vote in both houses of Congress or by two-thirds of the state legislatures petitioning Congress, which then calls a convention for proposing amendments.
50. The Bill of Rights consists of __________.