When compared with the U.S. Constitution, most American state constitutions
A) are longer and more detailed.
B) are shorter and less specific.
C) vary greatly in text and subjects.
D) have been amended less frequently.
E) provide more enumerated protections.
The key principle argued in the case Marbury v. Madison was
A) judicial review.
B) the application of the elastic clause to the federal government.
C) national supremacy.
D) the application of the necessary and proper clause.
E) slavery.
The last seventeen amendments to the Constitution fall into three main categories: they make public policy, they correct deficiencies in the government's structure or they
A) demonstrate debt-relief.
B) promote equality.
C) designate land holdings.
D) organize militia.
E) implement taxation.
The Supreme Court first declared that the courts have the power to overturn government acts that conflict with the Constitution in
A) Marbury v. Madison.
B) McCulloch v. Maryland.
C) Gideon v. Wainwright.
D) Dred Scott v. Sandford.
E) Hamilton v. Burr.
Which amendments were the only ones to limit the activities of individuals?
A) the Nineteenth and Twenty-Second Amendments
B) the Thirteenth and Eighteenth Amendments
C) the Tenth and Thirteenth Amendments
D) the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
E) the First and Eighth Amendments
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