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| After a proposed Constitution was written, it was submitted to the states for ratification. This ratifiction was opposed by some states because:(1.5) |
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| a: The Constitution contained no bill of rights. |
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| Under the terms of the Proposed Constitution, the new government was to become operative if a certain number of states ratified. This number was:(1.5,1.7) |
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| a: How many states ratified #9 |
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| The raficiation process was completed and the Constition went into effect: (1.5) |
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| b: The Constitution went into effect in 1788. |
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| The United Stated Constitution, as original adopted: (1.6) |
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| c: was originally adopted and was divided into seven major portions or articles. |
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| Articles 1 of the United States Constitution. (1.6) |
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| a: Article 1 grants Congress the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce. |
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| Article 11 of the Unitted States Constitution. (1.6) |
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| a: Article 11 Establishes the power of the President |
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| The first three articles of the Constitution are commonly referred to as the_______: (1.6) |
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| c: The first three articles are the separation of poweres artricles. |
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| ......Under our Constitution, what, if anything, can be done to get rid of an unpopular Supreme Court decision interpreting the Constitution? (1.6,1.7) |
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| c:To get rid of a unpopular Supreme Court decision interpreting the Constitution can be annulled by a constitution amendment proposed by two-third vote in both houses of Congrress and ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures. |
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| The Constitution directly established the Supreme Court and granted Congress the power to establish judicial tribuanals inferior to the Supreme Court. Under the federal judiciary system established by Congress. (1.6, 1.16) |
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| a: Under the federal judiciary system established by Congress the federal criminal trials are held in federal district courts |
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| Which of the following activities is least likely to be subject to federal control under the commerce clause? ((1.9) |
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| c: Domestic violence is the least to federal control under the commerce clause. |
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| Congress has enacted crime legislation such as the Motor Vehicle Theft Act under one of the powers delegated under Article 1.8. That provision is the: (1.9) |
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| a: Article 1,8 is the power to regulate intestate and foreign commerce |
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| Article 1,10 of the Constitution prohibits the states from exercising certain powers. Under this section, states are prohibited from: (1.10) |
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| Article 1,10 is entering into treaties, alliances or confederations. |
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| In 1994, Jones commited an armed robbvery. In 1996, the Kentucky legislature enacted a lowa increasing the punishment for armed robbery from 15 to 20 years in prison. Six month later, Jones was captured, tried, convicted, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. (1.10) |
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| B: Sentencing Jones to 20 years violates the Fourteeth Amendment |
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| Which of the following constitutional provision prevents state legislatures from enacting laws that declare individual citizens guily of crimes and confiscating their property?(1.10) |
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| a: Article 1,10 prohibition against bills of attainder. |
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| The constitutional division of power the federal government and the states is accomplished in which of the following ways? (1.8,1.11) |
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| b: Throught the combined effects of Article 1,8; Article 1,9;; and the Tenth Amendment. |
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| Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the constitutionl division of power between the federal governmnet and the states? (1.8,1.11) |
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| b: The federal government is a govenment of enumerated powers and can exercise only the powers that have been delegated. |
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| Under our federal sytem of government, states have primary authority to: (1.11) |
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| d: None of the following(above); Enact bankruptcy laws, punish counterfeiting & enact post facto laws |
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| The Bills of Rights:(1.12) |
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| c: Was proposed by the First Congress to fulfill pleades made to the states to secure raticiationof the Constitution. |
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| The right to be indicated by a grand jury before being tried for a capitol or otherwise infamous crime is: ((1.12) |
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| b: Guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment |
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| Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures is guaranteed by the: (1.12) |
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| The right to trial by jury in criminal cases is: (1.12) |
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| d: Made binding on the states through incorporation in to the Fourteenth Amendemnt |
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| The due process clause, which limits the actions of state governments and state agents, is a part of the: (1.12) |
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| The fourteenth Amendment is the source of several differenct constitutional provisions. These portections include all but which of the followings: (1.13) |
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| b: Impose an affirmative duty on the state govenments to protect the lives, liberty, and property citizens. |
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| THe fourtheenth Amendment due process clause dows all butr which of the following? (1.13) |
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| c: Prohibits the states from treating people differently beacuse of their race, gender, or national origin except in the most extraordinary circumstances. |
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