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Ch. 3 Test Review
U.S. Constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In the Preamble to the Constitution, the Framers deliberately connected the new government directly to the _______________. | people |
| The purpose of the Preamble is to______________ | state the goals of our people; state the purposes of government |
| The main body of the Constitution is made up of _________ articles. | seven |
| Article I deals with the __________. | legislative branch |
| Article II deals with the ___________. | executive branch |
| Article III deals with the ___________. | judicial branch |
| Article IV deals with the __________. | relations among the states and between the states and federal government |
| Article V deals with the ________. | amendment process (how to change the Constitution) |
| Article VI deals with the _________ | supremacy of the national government, public debts, and oaths of office. |
| Article VII deals with the _________. | ratification process of the Constitution |
| This amendment guarantees the right to organize state militias and to bear arms | 2nd Amendment |
| This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure by government officials. | 4th Amendment |
| This amendment prohibits self-incrimination and guarantees other rights of accused persons. | 5th Amendment |
| This amendment prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment. | 8th Amendment |
| This amendment guarantees the right to a trial by jury in most civil cases. | 7th Amendment |
| This amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial by jury in criminal cases and right to a lawyer. | 6th Amendment |
| This amendment guarantees freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, and right to assemble peaceably, and to petition the government. | 1st Amendment |
| This amendment prohibits the quartering of troops in one’s house without the consent of the owner. | 3rd Amendment |
| This amendment states that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or the people. | 10th Amendment |
| This amendment states that the people have rights other than those explicitly expressed in the Constitution. | 9th Amendment |
| Which article is often considered the most important article? | Article I |
| Over the years, _____ amendments have been added to the Constitution. | 27 |
| The Bill of Rights refers to_________________. | the first 10 Amendments |
| The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments apply primarily to the rights of_________. | African Americans |
| The _____ amendment lowered the voting age to eighteen. | 26th |
| The _____ amendment gave women the right to vote. | 19th |
| The first nine amendments to the Constitution support the principle of ____________ ______. | limited government |
| John Marshall is chiefly responsible for which constitutional principle? _____________ | judicial review |
| The Constitution was written in the year ______ and went into effect in ______ , making it the _________ constitution still in operation. | 1787; 1789; oldest |
| This Constitutional principle states that courts have the power to decide whether a law or executive action is constitutional. | judicial review |
| This Constitutional principle states that government is given the power to do only certain things. | limited government |
| This Constitutional principle states that both the ruler and the people ruled are equally bound to the law. | rule of law |
| This Constitutional principle states that each branch of government exercises a check on the power of the other two | checks and balances |
| This Constitutional principle states that the people hold the supreme power to govern. | popular sovereignty |
| This Constitutional principle states that power is divide among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. | separation of powers |
| This Constitutional principle states the Constitution is the supreme law of the United States. | constitutional supremacy |
| Congress set a __________ year limit for some proposed amendments to be ratified. | seven |
| What are the two ways an amendment can be proposed? | 1. By a 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress 2. By a national convention called at the request of the legislatures of 2/3 of the states |
| What are the two ways an amendment can be ratified? | 1. Approval by the legislatures of 3/4, or 38, of the states 2. By approval of ratifying conventions called by Congress by 3/4 of the states |
| Most changes to the Constitution have been through (formal/ informal)_____________ changes. | informal |
| True or False: Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. | True |
| True or False: According to court decisions, no president, including President Trump, can take away birthright citizenship through an executive order. | True |
| Before the passage of the 14th Amendment in 1868, what peoples were explicitly denied American citizenship? | African American, Asian Americans , Indigenous peoples and anyone not considered "White" |
| True or False: The 14th Amendment prohibits state governments from passing laws that deny equal rights or due process to people on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, or national origin. | TRUE |
| True or False: The 14th Amendment prohibits state governments from passing laws that deny equal rights or due process to people on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, or national origin. | True |
| True or False: The 14th Amendment says that no state shall, “deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This means that undocumented immigrants and non-citizens, too, have Constitutional rights. | True |
| What was The Three-Fifths Compromise? | it determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation |
| True or False: The Constitution’s 3/5 Clause helped slaveholders advance their interests on the national stage by giving them more representation and power in Congress than they would have if the enslaved were not counted at all. | True |
| True or False: Even before Oregon became a state, it outlawed slavery | True |
| True or False: Peter Burnett's "lash law" was a proposal to whip free Black people who refused to leave Oregon, but the law was deemed too harsh and was never enforced. | True |
| True or False: According to Burnett, who later became the first U.S. governor of California, "The object (of the "lash law") is to keep clear of that most troublesome class of population [Blacks]. | True |
| True or False: The Territorial Legislature of Oregon passed a second exclusion law that stated “it shall not be lawful for any negro or mulatto to enter into, or reside” in Oregon, with exceptions made for those who were already in the territory. | True |
| True or False: Oregon voters approved a Black exclusion clause that incorporated into the Oregon Bill of Rights that prohibited Blacks from being in the state, owning property, and making contracts. | True |
| The racist language in Oregon's original state constitution was removed in what year? | 2002 |
| Although the exclusion laws were not generally enforced, they had their intended effect of discouraging Black settlers, even up to today, as Oregon's Black population is still only about ____% . | 2 |
| True or False: Oregon ratified the Federal Equal Rights Amendment in February 1973, but it did not get the necessary votes to pass and become part of the U.S. Constitution. _ | True |
| True or False: In November 2014, Oregon voters added its own version of the ERA to our state constitution with more than two-thirds approval. | True |
| True or False: The U.S. Bill of Rights prohibits the FEDERAL (national) government from taking away our basic rights. | True |
| True or False: The Oregon Bill of Rights prohibits the STATE government from taking away our basic rights. | True |
| The Bill of Rights are usually called a “charter of negative liberties” because __________. | They are rights we already have that cannot be taken away by the government. |
| You have basic rights, such as the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" because you __________________. | breathe |
| The rights of which “minorities” were the founding fathers concerned about when wrestling about who should get the right to vote? | property owners |
| In the Constitution, the founding fathers left the details of voting and elections to whom? | the states |
| how did leaving the details about who can vote to the states affect the voting rights of minorities? | many states passed laws prohibiting women and peoples of color from voting |
| By about 1860, who had become enfranchised (gained the right to vote? | all white males over the age of 21 |
| True or False: Residents of several US territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands don't have the right to vote in federal elections. | True |
| True or False: The Indian Citizenship Act was passed in 1924, giving Native Americans full citizenship, but many states still disenfranchised (denied the right to vote) them at the polls. | True |
| True or False: For much of American history, Native Americans and Asian-Americans were often denied citizenship by the federal government, meaning they could not vote on account of them not being recognized as citizens. | True |
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