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Government. Final Review. Short Answer. The term _________________ means contrary to constitutional provision and so illegal, null and void, of no force and effect. Answer. Unconstitutional. Short Answer. What was the immediate cause of WWI?. Answer. The assignation of Archduke Ferdinand.

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  1. Government Final Review

  2. Short Answer • The term _________________ means contrary to constitutional provision and so illegal, null and void, of no force and effect

  3. Answer • Unconstitutional

  4. Short Answer • What was the immediate cause of WWI?

  5. Answer • The assignation of Archduke Ferdinand

  6. Fill in the Blank • Power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of the actions of the legislative and executive branches of government is called ____________

  7. Short Answer • What did the Shafer The Shafer Report recommend?

  8. Answer • To decriminalize drug use

  9. Answer • Judicial Review

  10. Fill in the Blank • The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called ______________

  11. Answer • Bill of Rights

  12. Short Answer • Which enlightenment Philosopher claimed that in nature man is a greedy, selfish violent being?

  13. Answer • Thomas Hobbes

  14. Short Answer • What four characteristics do most states have?

  15. Answer • Population • Sovereignty • Territory • Government

  16. Short Answer • According to Section 3 of Article 1, who is the President of the Senate? What, if any, restrictions does the Constitution place on his role in the Senate?

  17. Answer • President of the Senate, only allowed to vote in the case of a tie

  18. Short Answer • What did Professors Collins and Margo find concerning property values of homes owned by African Americans?

  19. Answer • the median value of black-owned homes dropped 14 percent to 20 percent, compared with cities that experienced little or no rioting, from 1960 to 1970. The median value of all central-city homes, regardless of owner, dropped 6 percent, to 10 percent

  20. Short Answer • According to Section 7 of Article 1, if the President vetoes a bill passed by both houses of Congress, the Congress can reconsider and override the veto by a vote of ____ of both houses.

  21. Answer • Two thirds

  22. Short Answer • How is the executive’s power checked by the legislature in terms of presidential appointments?

  23. Answer • Each senior officer in the military and government must be approved by advice and consent of the senate

  24. Short Answer • According to Section 2 of Article 2, what is the President’s primary military power?

  25. Answer • The president is Commander and Chief of the armed forces

  26. Short Answer • the only one to have been ratified by the method of the state ratifying convention.

  27. Short Answer • What three methods are used to classify governments?

  28. Answer • Who can participate in the governing process • The geographic distribution of the governmental power within the state • The relationship between the legislative (lawmaking) and the executive (law-executing) branches of the government

  29. Short Answer • When was the Kellogg-Briand pact signed and what was its purpose?

  30. Answer • The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928

  31. Short Answer • Which amendment ot the constitution gave women the right to vote in the United States?

  32. Answer • The 19th amendment ratified in 1919

  33. Short Answer • What are the two steps involved in removing a president from office?

  34. Answer • Impeachment • The House impeaches • The Senate holds the trial • The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court adjudicates the trial

  35. Short Answer • What is a pocket veto?

  36. Answer • When the president does not sign a bill and congress goers on recess before the 10 day period

  37. Short Answer • How long does the president have to sign a bill approved by congress?

  38. Answer • 10 days if he does not sign within the 10 days the bill becomes a law

  39. Short Answer • What was one of the unintended causes of the passage ratifying the 18th Amendment?

  40. Answer • Many men fresh from front lines positions joined the soon to explode bootlegging trade

  41. Short Answer • Which amendment to the Constitution holds that no one can be compelled to be a witness against himself?

  42. Answer • The Fifth Amendment

  43. Short Answer • List three rights guaranteed by the first amendment

  44. Short Answer • Which amendment to the constitution prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes?

  45. Answer • Third Amendment

  46. Short Answer • What is one group that is not allowed to vote in any of the 50 states

  47. Answer • The mentally ill

  48. Short Answer • What is a list of a precinct’s registered voters called

  49. Answer • Poll Book

  50. Short Answer • What is it called when a person is removed from the list of legal voters?

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