1. NORTH CAROLINA
CIVICS MIDTERM REVIEW
Instructions :
1. Number from 1 – 73.
2. Select your answer and write it down on a blank piece of paper.

2. Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) James Madison
D) Ben Franklin

3. What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
A) Revise the Constitution B)
Revise the Articles of Confederation
C) Revise the Mayflower Compact
D) Revise the Declaration of Independence

4. The 13 original state governments had all of the following, except:
A) Monarchs
B) Bill of Rights
C) Legislative Branches
D) Executive Branches

5. Which of the following men first stated, “All men are created equal”:
A) George Washington B)
Jean Jacque Rousseau
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) John Locke

6. What fraction of states holding Constitutional Convention are needed for ratification of an amendment?
A) 2/3
B) 3/5
C) 3/4
D) 1/2

7. Which of the following creates the budget for the Federal Government:
A) Legislative Branch
B) Executive Branch
C) Judicial Branch
D) State Legislatures

8. Which of the following elects the President:
A) Citizens
B) Electoral College
C) State Legislators
D) State Governors

9. Which of the following statements is best defined as, “people equals power”:
A) Popular Sovereignty
B) Natural Rights
C) Citizenship
D) Expressed Powers

10. Congressional power of 2/3 Override is an example of which of the following:
A) Popular Sovereignty
B) Representative Democracy
C) Federalism
D) Checks and Balances

11. Which Article of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch?
A) Article I
B) Article II
C) Article III
D) Article VII

12. Which states opposed the Virginia Plan?
A) Large States
B) All States
C) Small States
D) No States

13. The United States has which of the following political systems:
A) One-party system
B) Two-party system
C) Three-party system
D) Multi-party system

14. Federalism is best described as________ of government powers between Federal and State government.
A) Representation
B) Sharing
C) Sections
D) Divisions

15. Which of the following gives Congress it’s Implied powers?
A) Presidential Clause
B) Federalism
C) Supreme Court
D) None of the above

16. The power to coin money is an example of an:
A) Reserved power
B) Concurrent Power
C) Delegated power
D) None of the Above

17. Which of the following is not a requirement to be a member of Congress:
A) 30 years old
B) State Resident
C) Native-born citizen
D) District Resident

18. What best describes the governments power to tax?
A) Reserved power
B) Enumerated power
C) Concurrent power
D) Implied power

19. Which of the following is not a Reserved Power?
A) power to establish schools
B) power to issue licenses
C) power to regulate interstate commerce
D) none of the above

20. The Great Compromise dealt with which of the following:
A) Structure of Congress
B) Slave trade
C) Counting population
D) Choosing the President

21. What was the cause of “Shay’s Rebellion”?
A) High taxes
B) Unequal representation
C) Freedom of Speech
D) Right to bear arms

22. Which of the following is the earliest known written legal code?
A) Magna Carta
B) Mayflower Compact
C) Hammurabi’s Code
D) US Constitution

23. Which of the following was not created during the Constitutional Convention?
A) Bicameral legislature
B) Bill of rights
C) Judicial Branch
D) Executive Branch

24. The “Necessary and Proper Clause” gives Congress which of the following powers?
A) Expressed powers
B) Concurrent powers
C) Implied powers
D) Reserved powers

25. Which of the following refers to putting a person on trial for the same crime twice?
A) Due process of law
B) Eminent Domain
C) Suffrage
D) Double Jeopardy

26. The first political parties in the United States formed during the:
A) early colonial period
B) debate over the Constitution
C) Revolutionary War
D) Civil War Era

27. Which of the following compromises dealt with representation in the national Congress?
A) Electoral College
B) Great
C) 3/5
D) Both B + C

28. Congressional “franking privileges” are related to which of the following :
A) Postal services
B) Gerrymandering
C) Filibusters
D) Seniority

29. What is the minimum age to be a member of Congress?
D) 30

30. What is needed to end a Senate “filibuster” ?
A) a vote of impeachment
B) a vote of censure
C) a vote confidence
D) a vote of cloture

31. Which of the following is not a requirement to be a member of the House of Representatives:
A) college graduate
B) 25 years old
C) naturalized citizen
D) resident of district

32. Which of the following can come up with an idea for a legislative bill?
A) A member of Congress
B) The President
C) a citizen
D) all of the above

33. The leader of the House of Representatives is called the:
A) president pro tempore
B) majority leader
C) speaker of the house
D) chairman of the chamber

34. When a congressional committee pigeonholes a bill, it
A) sends it to the floor
B) amends it
C) sets it aside
D) creates it

35. The House of Representative has all of the following powers, except the power to
A) introduce legislative bills
B) approval of presidential appointments
C) introduce appropriations bills
D) vote to declare war

36. The Basic source of all political power in the United States is the
A) Constitution of the United States
B) local government: town, city or county
C) Congress of the United States
D) people of the states

37. The U.S. government has the power to draft people into the armed forces. This is an example of
A) delegated power
B) expresses powers
C) inherent powers
D) implied powers

38. When a state confiscates private property for public purposes, the state is exercising the right of
A) popular sovereignty
B) eminent domain
C) general welfare
D) police power

39. The principle that the power to govern belongs to the people and is delegated by them to their elected officials is
A) popular sovereignty
B) separation of powers
C) federalism
D) national supremacy

40. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are important because they
A) provide for the abolishment of slavery
B) list the powers of Congress
C) guarantee basic individual rights
D) give blacks the right to vote

41. In the United States, a person being arrested must be informed of all but one of the following rights
A) right to remain silent
B) right to a trial by jury
C) right to an attorney
D) right to have an attorney provided if on can’t be afforded

42. “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment” is the
A) First Amendment
B) Eighth Amendment
C) Fourteenth Amendment
D) Nineteenth Amendment

43. The First Amendment to the U. S
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution includes all but on of the following rights. Select the one not found
A)right to worship as one pleases
B) right of peaceful assembly
C) right to bear arms
D) right to free speech

44. As a result of the 19th Amendment
A) more working women have high-paying jobs
B) about half of our senators are women
C) women have the right to vote
D) women were granted freedom of speech

45. “…No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws” is a brief description of the
A) First Amendment
B) Eight Amendment
C) Fourteenth Amendment
D) Nineteenth Amendment

46. “The right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures….” is a brief description of the
A) First Amendment
B) Fourth Amendment
C) Sixth Amendment
D) Eight Amendment

47. The system of checks and balances in the United States was designed to
A) reduce the power of state government
B) reduce the importance of political parties
C) prevent one branch of government from becoming too strong
D) equalize the powers of the state and national government

48. As Judicial leader, the President had all of the following powers, except:
A) grant amnesty
B) appoint judges
C) grant reprieves
D) veto verdicts

49. What percentage of Congress does it take to override a Presidential veto?
B) 3/4
C) 2/3
D) 3/5

50. Which of the following refers to dividing a state into odd-shaped districts?
A) constituents
B) gerrymandering
C) redistricting
D) census

51. Which of the following committees is temporary and formed to deal with a specific issue?
A) select committee
B) joint committee
C) conference committee
D) standing committee

52. What is the responsibility of a congressional committee?
A) propose bills
B) research and revise bills
C) pass bills into laws
D) work on interest of the members party

53. The entire House of Representatives is elected every:
A) two years
B) four years
C) five years
D) six years

54. Who has the power to elect the president if no candidate wins a majority in the presidential election?
A) the Senate
B) the House of Representatives
C) Both the House and the Senate
D) the Supreme Court

55. If the President wants to reject a bill while Congress is in session, he or she:
A) does nothing
B) uses a pocket veto
C) overrides the bill
D) uses a veto

56. Congress can do all of the following, except:
A) tax interstate commerce
B) raise taxes
C) borrow money
D) regulate immigration

57. The large network of government agencies and employees, is often referred to as a:
A) cloture
B) bureaucracy
C) quagmire
D) democracy

58. What is the most important job of the President?
A) deal with foreign countries
B) control the military
C) carry out laws passed by Congress
D) appoint federal judges

59. Today, the State of the Union address is a speech made to Congress:
A) annually
B) when the President takes office
C) when introducing the budget
D) during a national crisis

60. Which of the following prepares the budget for the President?
A) National Security Council
B) White house office staff
C) Council of Economic Advisers
D) Office of Management and Budget

61. The executive departments are known as the President’s:
A) council
B) advisory panel
C) cabinet
D) none of the above

62. The United States Postal Service is an example of a:
A) executive agency
B) regulatory commission
C) government corporation
D) executive department

63. Suffrage is
A) a condition of slavery
B) a search order
C) fair action by the government
D) the right to vote

64. A person guilty of slander has gone beyond the legal limits of his/her
A) right of assembly
B) right of free press
C) right of free speech
D) right of worship

65. This early American political party opposed a strong national government
A) Jeffersonian Republicans
B) Federalists
C) Anti-Federalist
D) American Independent

66. A series of taxes on newspapers, books, and documents that Americans were forced to pay to the British before the Revolutionary War was called this Act
A) intolerable or coercive
B) navigation
C) quartering
D) stamp

67. In 1776 what did Americans accuse the British Government of doing?
A) taxing them without their consent
B) quartering troops in their houses
C) failing to give prisoners a fair trial
D) all of the above

68. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress
A) had all powers necessary to conduct the government
B) did not have power to enforce the laws it made
C) restricted the powers of the states
D) created a system of checks and balances

69. Flexibility allows the U. S
Flexibility allows the U.S. Constitution to be a “living” document mainly by the
A) Preamble and the Bill of Rights
B) amendment process and the elastic clause
C) provisions for separation
D) system of checks and balances

70. A change in the U.S. Constitution is called
A) a tariff
B) a veto
C) an amendment
D) a filibuster

71. Presidential Cabinet, Supreme Court and ambassador choices must be approved by the
A) Senate
B) House
C) full Congress
D) State Governors

72. The federal government may do all of these EXCEPT
A) print and coin money
B) regulate interstate trade
C) combine state education districts
D) conduct foreign relations

73. A quorum in Congress is more than half of a group or a
A) majority
B) minority
C) maximum
D) minimum