Practice for the Final Exam
Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.
1) ______v.______(1819)
• The Second National Bank and the state of Maryland
Two elements:
• The Supremacy Clause
(Judicial Review of STATE activities)
• The “Necessary and Proper” clause
(A handy-dandy expansion of federal powers)
2) ______v.______(1803)
• "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each." — Chief Justice John Marshall
• The Birthright of Judicial Review
• Midnight appointments
• Give a little, get a lot!
3) ______v.______(1824)
• Steamships on the Great Lakes
• Established that the power to regulate interstate commerce was an exclusive national power
• Forbade states from enacting any legislation that would interfere with Congress's right to regulate commerce among the separate states.
4) ______v.______(1857)
• First invalidation of a Federal Statute since Judicial Review is established
• The Missouri Compromise of 1820 is unconstitutional; Congress cannot end slavery in the territories
• Oh by the way, slaves aren’t people, I mean citizens
Name the four constitutional principles we discussed in class:
5)
6)
7)
8)
The Top Ten Constitutional Provisions:
Commerce Clause
9 and 10) Article______Section______
Necessary and Proper Clause
11 and 12) Article______Section______
13 and 14) Full ______and ______Clause
Article IV
Guarantee Clause
15 and 16) Article______Section______
17)The ______Clause
Article VI
1st ten amendments are known as:
18) The ______of______
• 1st amendment
The first amendment provides for:
19) Freedom of ______:
20) The ______Clause
The Free Exercise Clause
Freedom of Expression:
21) Freedom of ______
Freedom of the Press
22) The Right to Peaceably ______
23) The Right to ______your Government for Redress
24) ______(what number?) amendment
—Right to bear arms
25) ______(what number?) amendment
Reserved powers
• 14th amendment
26) ______process
27) ______protection
Name the Supreme Court Justices:
28)
29)
30)
31)
32) (he’s the chief)
33)
34) (spelled “ou”)
35)
36) That’s our crew!
37) When does the Supreme Court’s session begin each year?
The ______in ______.
What are the three types of Law which we discussed in class?
38)
39)
40)
41) The process of previously elected officials returning to Capitol Hill as lobbyists is described as The ______syndrome. An example is Phil Gramm, former Senator from Texas, who “retired” in 2003 to a position at UBS Warburg for an annual salary of over $1 million!
42) Most of the profits in the media industry come from ______.
43) ______link citizens to government by organizing citizens with similar viewpoints on a specific policy area and presenting these views to (not necessarily elected) government officials.
44) ______, or PACs, are organizations set up by private groups to influence the political process by raising funds from their members.
45) ______groups, such as Swiftboat Veterans for Truth and America Coming Together are not regulated as PACs, and take their name from the chapter of the IRS code which establishes them.
46, 47, and 48) The guarantee of ______in the 5th and 14th amendments, and of equal protection in the ____th amendment allows the Supreme Court to incorporate other constitutional rights when limiting state governments in their actions against citizens. This is called the
Doctrine of ______.
49) ______v______(1896), was the case which upheld the 1890 Louisiana statute called the "Separate Car Act", which stated "that all railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in this state, shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white, and colored races…
50) In ______v______of ______of______, ______(1954), Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote: "We conclude that the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
Bonii: One point each
1) ______Constitution makes it ______government!
2) ______Congress: they work for ______!
3) Supreme Court Justices – they wear ______robes for ______!
4) Who said “I am afraid my country will expect too much of me”? ______
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