Chapters 2-4 Review
American Government
Name: ___________________________
Date: ______________ Period: _______
Answer the following questions:
1. What was the major flaw of the Articles of Confederation?
2. Why was The Federalist written?
3. What was the major concern of the Anti-federalists and what did they demand added to the
Constitution?
4. What document lists the wrongs done to the colonists by the British?
5. What were smaller states most concerned about during the framing of the Constitution and how was this
issue resolved?
6. What two compromises helped settle disputes between the North and the South?
a.
b.
7. What is the most used method of formal amendment?
8. What principle of the Constitution is evident in all four formal methods of amendment?
9. What is the only way a constitutional amendment can be changed?
10. Other than the formal amendment process, what are five other ways to change the Constitution?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
11. How did the President's Cabinet come into use?
12. Is the constitution worded in specific or vague terms?
13. What court case established the principle of judicial review?
14. What things does the First Amendment address?
15. What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause and are there any exceptions?
16. What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
17. If a state law is in conflict with a federal law, which one takes precedence (must be obeyed)?
18. Who/what is considered the “umpire” of the federal system?
19. What court case reinforces the validity of implied powers?
20. What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause and what are its most common exceptions?
Determine if each of the powers is a delegated, concurrent, or reserved power.
21. borrow money
22. regulate foreign trade
23. coin money
24. establish public schools
25. taxation
26. passing laws
Define the following terms:
27. Royal colonies
28.
Proprietary colonies
29.
Charter colonies
30.
Popular sovereignty
31.
Separation of powers
32.
Checks and balances
33.
Judicial Review
34.
Federalism
35.
Interstate compacts
36.
Delegated powers
37.
Expressed power
38.
Implied powers
39.
Inherent powers
40.
Concurrent powers
41.
Reserved powers
42.
Extradition
43.
Enabling act