Question

American Government A Final: Check my answers? The questions with an asterisk next to them are my answers.

Answer 1

1. American revolutionary leaders were deeply influenced by this man's writings. (2 points)
Richard Nixon
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
John Locke*
Karl Marx
2. Signed by the Pilgrims in 1620, this item was the first American government document. (2 points)
Constitution
Mayflower Compact*
Petition of Rights
Magna Carta
3. This concept is the basis of the Constitution. (2 points)
popular sovereignty*
Supreme Court justice
Congressional powers
executive privilege
4. These powers belong to both the national and the state governments. (2 points)
reserved powers
delegated powers
concurrent powers*
implied powers
5. Civil laws that are passed by state legislatures are called (2 points)
sunshine laws.
sunset laws.
civil suits.
public acts.*
6. This stops a filibuster. (2 points)
caucus
gerrymander
closed rule
cloture*
7. The presiding officer of the House is the (2 points)
Speaker.*
majority whip.
majority leader.
Senate leader.
8. This presidential power was granted by Congress to help control spending but would require a constitutional amendment. (2 points)
censure*
pocket veto
line-item veto
gerrymander
9. Most of the work on tax laws takes place in the (2 points)
executive offices.
hearings.
Senate Appropriations Committee.
House Ways and Means Committee.*
10. These are the key power centers in Congress. (2 points)
hearings
committees*
sessions
caucuses
11. The commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces is the (2 points)
national security advisor.
president.*
attorney general.
secretary of defense.
12. Civil servants who work for the federal government are known as (2 points)
procurement specialists.
executive workers.
bureaucrats.*
whistleblowers.
13. Congress has two major tools to influence decision making in federal agencies: (2 points)
new legislation and the budget.*
DEA and the FBI.
lobbying and election money.
contact with the people and the president.
14. This is an example of an iron triangle. (2 points)
president, Senate, House of Representatives
executive, legislative, judicial branches
federal agency, client group, congressional committee*
president, vice president, cabinet
15. The right of the president to refuse to testify before Congress or a court is called (2 points)
executive privilege.*
executive mandate.
executive orders.
de facto.
16. This is a friend of the Supreme Court. (2 points)
litigant
petit jury
amicus curiae*
appellate
17. Most of the Supreme Court's cases come (2 points)
by amicus curiae.
through presidential appointment.
through Congressional hearings.
as appeals from lower courts.*
18. This is the Senate's control over the Supreme Court. (2 points)
override power
amendment power
confirmation power*
veto power
19. The decision in this case gave the Supreme Court judicial review. (2 points)
Slaughterhouse Case
Marbury v. Madison*
McCulloch v. Maryland
Plessy v. Ferguson
20. “The general government ought . . . to possess the means of preserving the peace and tranquility of the union. . . . The encroachments of some states, on the rights of others, and of all on those of the confederacy, and are incontestible [cannot be denied] proofs of the weakness and imperfection of that system.”
—William Davie, 1787


In this quote, William Davie, a legislator from North Carolina, is expressing his opinion of the (2 points)
Declaration of Independence.
Articles of Confederation.
Northwest Ordinance.
U.S. Constitution.*