1. Miss Butcher
Aim: How do we review the US constitution for the regents exam?
Do Now:
1. Have your review sheets and vocabulary on your desk to be graded
2. Why did the colonists decide to abandon the Articles of Confederation?
HW: As per website

2. Question 1
Which newspaper headline shows the operation of the system of checks and balances?
(1) “Senate Rejects President’s Choice of Supreme
Court Justice”
(2) “Florida To Gain Two Seats in the United
States House of Representatives”
(3) “Albany County Receives $4 Million from
Congress for Transportation Development”
(4) “New York State Rejects Federal Regulations
on Drug Testing” 1

3. Question 2 (1) judicial review (2) checks and balances
2. The change to the direct election of senators, the
lowering of the voting age to eighteen, and the
establishment of a two-term limit for presidents
are all examples of the use of
(1) judicial review
(2) checks and balances
(3) executive privilege
(4) the amendment process 4

4. Question 3 3. One reason the United States Constitution is
considered a flexible document is that it
(1) can be rewritten every ten years
(2) allows for the creation of a multiparty
political system
(3) gives the states the power to change federal
laws
(4) includes the elastic clause 4

5. Question 4
4. The due process clause in the 5th Amendment and the right to an attorney in the 6th Amendment were designed to
(1) protect freedom of expression
(2) assure that laws are properly enacted
(3) ensure fair treatment for those accused of
crimes
(4) provide for judicial review of laws 3

6. Question 5 5 • Congress proposes an amendment legalizing
an income tax.
• The Supreme Court rules that the income tax
is unconstitutional.
These events illustrate the use of
(1) delegated powers
(2) checks and balances
(3) judical legislation
(4) the unwritten constitution 2

7. Question 6 6. To avoid having too much power concentrated in
one branch of government, the framers of the constitution
established
(1) a bicameral national legislature
(2) division of power among different levels of
government
(3) the system of two political parties
(4) the system of checks and balances 4

8. Question 7
7. Which governmental action illustrates the system of checks and balances?
(1) a senator helping a governor solve a state
problem
(2) the president negotiating a trade agreement
with foreign diplomats
(3) the Senate ratifying a peace treaty
(4) Congress raising taxes to pay for federal
programs 3

9. Question 8 8. Which feature must a nation have to be
considered a democracy?
(1) a strong president
(2) citizen participation in government
(3) elected judges to conduct trials
(4) a set of laws 2

10. Question 9 9. The Supreme Court has the power to
(1) control the federal budget
(2) vote to end a tie in the Senate
(3) approve presidential appointments
(4) interpret the Constitution 4

11. Question 10
10. The framers of the United States Constitution included the concepts of federalism, checks and balances, and separation of powers in the document because they
(1) feared a government with unlimited power
(2) favored the poor over the rich
(3) wanted to increase the powers of the states
(4) hoped to expand the democratic process 1

12. Question 11
11. The power of judicial review allows the Supreme Court to
(1) repeal amendments to the Constitution
(2) determine the constitutionality of a law
(3) break tie votes in the electoral college
(4) impeach the president and other high-level
officials 2

13. Question 12
12. “. . . it is the opinion of this committee that a national government ought to be established consisting of a Supreme Legislature, Judiciary,
and Executive ”
— Resolution submitted by Edmund Randolph, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1787 In adopting this resolution, the framers of the Constitution showed their belief in the idea of
(1) judicial review
(2) an elastic clause
(3) States rights
(4) separation of powers 4

14. Question 13
13. To provide for change, the authors of the United States Constitution included the amendment process and the
(1) commerce clause
(2) elastic clause
(3) supremacy clause
(4) naturalization clause 2

15. Question 14
14. Judicial review gives the United States Supreme Court the power to
(1) declare state laws unconstitutional
(2) override a congressional veto
(3) impeach and remove the president from
office
(4) approve treaties with foreign nations 1

16. Question 15
15. The first amendment of the Constitution deals primarily with
(1) states’ rights
(2) property rights
(3) rights of the accused
(4) rights of self-expression 4

17. Question 16
16. Judicial review, as practiced by the federal courts, resulted directly from
(1) the decisions of colonial governors
(2) the Articles of Confederation
(3) the Bill of Rights
(4) a Supreme Court decision 4

18. Question 17 discourage criticism of government policies
17. The first amendment guarantee of freedom of speech was added to the United States Constitution primarily because its supporters believed it was essential to
discourage criticism of government policies
(2) ensure the functioning of democracy
(3) limit political debate in Congress
(4) encourage more candidates to run for office 2

19. Question 18
Federalism is a term used to define the division of power between the
(1) president and the vice president
(2) Senate and the House of Representatives
(3) national and state levels of government
(4) three branches of the federal government 3

20. Question 19
19. The United States Constitution requires that a national census be taken every ten years to
(1) provide the government with information
about voter registration
(2) establish a standard for setting income tax rates
(3) determine the number of members each state
has in the House of Representatives
(4) decide who can vote in presidential elections 3

21. Question 20
20. According to the United States Constitution, the president has the power to
(1) nominate federal judges
(2) declare war
(3) grant titles of nobility
(4) reverse Supreme Court decisions 1

22. Homework/ As per website
Complete review sheets 6-7
Complete the vocabulary (US History Regents Vocabulary 4-5)
View the PowerPoint presentations labeled Review 1 (11 PowerPoint presentations)