Central Texas College

GOVT 2304

Quiz 4

Question 1)Shays’s Rebellion in 1786 was significant in part because it caused a nudge away from the Articles of Confederation and helped to inspire the Constitutional Convention. Why were the Massachusetts residents revolting?

 

a To secure free speech rights

.

b To secure freedom of religion rights

.

c To protest lengthy jail terms for minor

. infraction

 

d To prevent the state from seizing their

.  farms

 

e To secure voting rights

.

 

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a concurrent power?

 

a The power to borrow and

.  spend

 

b The power to make treaties

.

c The power to pass laws

.

d The power to tax

.

e All of the above are concurrent

.  powers

 

 

 

 

Question 3

The requirement that state courts enforce the civil judgments of other state courts and accept their public records as valid is known as

 

a the Supremacy clause.

.

b the full faith and credit clause.

.

c the extradition clause.

.

d a republican form of government.

.

e the equal privileges and

.  immunities clause.

 

 

• Question 4

• In a confederate form of government,

 

a power is shared between the national and state governments

.

b the central government has weak authority and smaller state

. governments wield great power

 

c Southern states assert dominance over their Northern counterparts

.

d the central government holds all control and power

.

e separation of powers keeps power balanced between various branches

.   of government

 

Question 5

The influence of Thomas Hobbes’s view of human nature and Baron de Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws is directly present in the Constitution in what system?

a Federalism

.

b The judicial system

.

c The system of checks and

.  balances

 

d Separation of powers

.

e The banking system

.

 

Question 6

This “elastic clause” played an important role in the McCulloch v. Maryland case and expands federal powers by granting the federal government all powers required to carry out the enumerated powers of Congress.

a Necessary and Proper

.  Clause

 

b Supremacy Clause

.

c Three-Fifth Clause

.

d Interstate commerce

.  clause

 

e None of the above

.

 

Question 7

This landmark Supreme Court case expanded the powers of the national government by finding the government had “implied” powers in addition to the enumerated powers found in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution

 

a Barron v.

. Baltimore

b Gibbons v. Ogden

.

c Baker v. Carr

.

d McCulloch v.

. Maryland

e Marbury v.

.  Madison

 

 

Question 8

What constitutional issue is at the center of the controversy in American politics over same- sex marriage?

 

a the Defense of Marriage Act

.

b the Extradition Clause

.

c the Supremacy Clause

.

d the Privileges and Immunities

.  Clause

 

e the Full Faith and Credit

.  Clause

 

Question 9

This Constitutional Amendment prevents the government from inflicting cruel and unusual punishment.

 

a The Tenth

.  Amendment

 

b The Eighth

.  Amendment

 

c The Ninth

.  Amendment

 

d The Eleventh

.   Amendment

 

e The Seventh

.   Amendment