Ap gov unit 2 \"test\" PDF

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The Great Compromise resolved conflicts between big and small states by all of these EXCEPT! " a. The Senate has two members from each state! " b. The House allocates seats by population! " c. Representatives are elected by members of their districts! " d. Senators are elected citizens from their state! Enumerated powers include all of the following EXCEPT! " a. Power to tax! " b. Power to declare war! " c. Power to create a national Bank! " d. Power to regulate commerce! The House's debate format includes! " a. Unlimited time for debate for House leadership only! " b. Entitlement debate! " c. Cloture! " d. Filibuster! The process where the Senate can end debate with a 2/3s vote is called! " a. Cloture ! " b. Filibuster! " c. Discharge petition! " d. Ratification! All of the following are true about making war EXCEPT! " a. Congress has the power to declare war! " b. The president can send troops into combat! " c. Congress must ratify troops in combat within 90 days! " d. Pres can veto congressional rejection of troop deployment! Which Amendment broadened democracy by allowing citizens to directly elect senators?! " a. 6th! " b. 9th! " c. 14th! " d. 17th! Which model for public officials combines the main elements of two other models?! " a. Delegate model! " b. Trustee model! " c. Politico model! " d. Representative model! Every ten years the constitution requires that the census be taken.! " a. Redistricting! " b. Advice and consent! " c. 17th amendement! " d. Politico model! All of the following are senate powers EXCEPT! " a. It is possible for the Vice President to vote on bills! " b. Has the power to ratify treaties! " c. Has the power to pass articles of impeachment! " d. Has the power to declare war!

All of the following applies to the House EXCEPT! " a. Has more rules of procedure! " b. It has the power to initiate tax laws! " c. Members may not speak for more than an hour! " d. It has the power to stall a bill by calling for a hold! All of the following pertain to reapportionment EXCEPT! " a. Gerrymandering! " b. Fed 70! " c. Redistricting! " d. Baker v. Carr! All of the following are true of the impeachment process EXCEPT! " a. the standard for impeachment is "high crime or misdemeanor”! " b. The House can pass articles of impeachment! " c. The Senate holds the trial for impeachment! " d. The Supreme Court can overturn an impeachment conviction ! Presidential powers include all of the following EXCEPT! " a. Veto Legislation! " b. Veto spending portions of bills! " c. Issue executive agreements! " d. Authorize troop deployment! Executive orders do all of the following EXCEPT! " a. Allows the president to carry out the law! " b. Allows the president to administer the government! " c. Allows the president to direct the bureaucracy! " d. Allows the president to veto acts of Congress ! Congress oversees the bureaucracy in all of these ways EXCEPT! " a. Congress can hold committee hearings! " b. Congress can investigate mismanagement! " c. Congress can issue a congressional order to the bureaucracy! " d. Congress must authorize spending in Appropriations Bills ! All of the following pertain to government agencies EXCEPT! " a. Compliance mentoring! " b. Iron triangles! " c. Issue networks! " d. Stare decisis ! Where judges strike down laws or reverse public policy is called! " a. Judicial restraint! " b. Judicial activism! " c. Binding precedent! " d. Stare decisis ! When an appellate court considers a case from another appellate district, that case is! " a. Binding precedent! " b. Persuasive precedent! " c. Stare decisis! " d. Judicial review !

The president and congress can limit the Supreme Court's power in all of these ways EXCEPT! " a. Senate Judiciary hearings over judicial appointments! " b. The full Senate votes to confirm justices! " c. Litmus tests are given to potential Supreme Court justices! " d. Congress controls the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction ! All of the following pertain to Constitutional Amendments Except! " a. An Amendment changes the language of the Constitution! " b. An Amendment must be approved by a 2/3 vote of Congress! " c. An Amendment must be ratified by a 3/4ths vote of the States! " d. An Amendment must be held to be constitutional by the S. Ct. ! All of the following are enumerated powers of congress EXCEPT! " a. Power to tax! " b. Power to create the banking system! " c. Power to regulate commerce! " d. Power to coin money ! All of the following are consistent with the War powers Act EXCEPT! " a. Pres must tell cong. w/in 60 days he sent troops into combat! " b. Congress must take action within 90 days of troop deployment! " c. A 45 day extension is possible! " d. Pres must withdraw troops if congress does not approve. ! If the ends are legitimate under the Constitution, congress must have the means to do it.! " a. Marbury v Madison! " b. McCulloch v Maryland! " c. Gibbons v Ogden! " d. Shaw v Reno ! A single, energetic executive is best, avoiding dividing gov. into factions.! " a. Fed 51! " b. Fed 70! " c. Fed 78! " d. Marbury v Madison ! Defends checks and balances to prevent the tyranny of too much power for any office! " a. Fed 51! " b. Fed 70! " c. Fed 78! " d. Marbury v Madison ! Gives the Supreme Court the final say as to what the language of the Constitution means. "" " a. Fed 51! " b. Fed 70! " c. Fed 78! " d. Marbury v Madison ! The importance of giving judges life tenure to maintain an independent judiciary ! " a. Article 1! " b. Article 2! " c. Fed 10! " d. Fed 78 !

Congress does not have the power to outlaw guns in school under the commerce clause.! " a. US v Lopez! " b. Baker v Carr! " c. Shaw v Reno ! " d. Schenck v US! Court held that states must be reapportioned to roughly one person-one vote.! " a. Brown v Board of Ed! " b. Baker v Carr! " c. Shaw v Reno! " d. Marbury v Madison ! Overturned Plessey v. Ferguson! " a. Shaw v Reno! " b. Brown v Board of Ed! " c. Schench v US! " d. Tinker v Des Moines ! Redistricting to create a black majority district violates the equal protection clause! " a. Shaw v Reno! " b. Brown v Board of Ed! " c. Schench v US! " d. Tinker v Des Moines ! Upheld 1st Am. rights for Students to symbolically protest war by wearing black armbands! " a. Shaw v Reno! " b. Brown v Board of Ed! " c. Schench v US! " d. Tinker v Des Moines ! An Iron Triangle is the relationship between three of the following. Which is not included?! " a. Congressional committees ! " b. Agencies! " c. Interest groups! " d. Media outlets!...