AMERICAN GOVERNMENT EXAM 2026 UPDATE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
necessary and proper clause - ANS-article 1, section 8; provides congress with the authority to
make all laws necessary and proper to carry out its expressed powers
inherent powers clause - ANS-powers constituted to the president that are not expressed in
the constitution but are inferred from it
bicameral - ANS-a legislative body having two branches (house and senate)
limited government - ANS-a principle of constitutional government; a government whose
powers are defined and limited by a constitution
tyranny - ANS-oppressive government that employs cruel and unjust use of power and
authority
feudalism - ANS-the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held
lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the
nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give
him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
divine right - ANS-The doctrine that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule and that
rebellion against them is a sin
intolerable acts (colonists)/ coercive acts (British) - ANS-1774; the American Patriots' name for
a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.
,They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large
tea shipment into Boston harbor; coercive acts; total blockade of boston harbor until paid for
tea; denied people of boston many necessary food items
boycott - ANS-withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or
person) as a punishment or protest
declaration of rights and resolves - ANS-First Continental Congress (also known as the
Declaration of Colonial Rights, or the Declaration of Rights), was a statement adopted by the
First Continental Congress on October 14, 1774, in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by
the British Parliament
enumerated powers clause - ANS-list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S.
Constitution that set forth the authority of Congress.; Congress may exercise the powers that
the Constitution grants it, subject to the individual rights listed in the Bill of Rights; the
Constitution expresses various other limitations on Congress, such as the one expressed by
the Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
national census - ANS-the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information
about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a
particular population; every 10 years
committee of unfinished business - ANS-proposed that a presidential term be for 4 years and
they could serve for more than one term
compulsory tithing - ANS-income tax paid to the church
extradition - ANS-the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime
, nullification - ANS-the act of cancelling something; south Carolina claimed states have the
rights to declare federal law void
WPA - ANS-Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects
Administration); the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing
millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects,
including the construction of public buildings and roads.
comity clause - ANS-article 4, section 2; (also known as the Privileges and Immunities Clause),
which ensures that "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and
Immunities of Citizens in the several States."
court packing plan - ANS-a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court
kingdom - ANS-a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen
great society - ANS-a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson
that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs
progressive federalism - ANS-Movement that gives state officials significant leeway in acting
on issues normally considered national in scope
Supported by Obama Administration
Allows states to be laboratories for the whole country
However, states are going in different directions
doctrine of incorporation - ANS-Barron v. Baltimore - Bill of Rights NOT apply to states
14th Amendment passed in 1868
Allgeyer v. Louisiana
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
necessary and proper clause - ANS-article 1, section 8; provides congress with the authority to
make all laws necessary and proper to carry out its expressed powers
inherent powers clause - ANS-powers constituted to the president that are not expressed in
the constitution but are inferred from it
bicameral - ANS-a legislative body having two branches (house and senate)
limited government - ANS-a principle of constitutional government; a government whose
powers are defined and limited by a constitution
tyranny - ANS-oppressive government that employs cruel and unjust use of power and
authority
feudalism - ANS-the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held
lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the
nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give
him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
divine right - ANS-The doctrine that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule and that
rebellion against them is a sin
intolerable acts (colonists)/ coercive acts (British) - ANS-1774; the American Patriots' name for
a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.
,They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large
tea shipment into Boston harbor; coercive acts; total blockade of boston harbor until paid for
tea; denied people of boston many necessary food items
boycott - ANS-withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or
person) as a punishment or protest
declaration of rights and resolves - ANS-First Continental Congress (also known as the
Declaration of Colonial Rights, or the Declaration of Rights), was a statement adopted by the
First Continental Congress on October 14, 1774, in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by
the British Parliament
enumerated powers clause - ANS-list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S.
Constitution that set forth the authority of Congress.; Congress may exercise the powers that
the Constitution grants it, subject to the individual rights listed in the Bill of Rights; the
Constitution expresses various other limitations on Congress, such as the one expressed by
the Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
national census - ANS-the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information
about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a
particular population; every 10 years
committee of unfinished business - ANS-proposed that a presidential term be for 4 years and
they could serve for more than one term
compulsory tithing - ANS-income tax paid to the church
extradition - ANS-the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime
, nullification - ANS-the act of cancelling something; south Carolina claimed states have the
rights to declare federal law void
WPA - ANS-Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects
Administration); the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing
millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects,
including the construction of public buildings and roads.
comity clause - ANS-article 4, section 2; (also known as the Privileges and Immunities Clause),
which ensures that "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and
Immunities of Citizens in the several States."
court packing plan - ANS-a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court
kingdom - ANS-a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen
great society - ANS-a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson
that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs
progressive federalism - ANS-Movement that gives state officials significant leeway in acting
on issues normally considered national in scope
Supported by Obama Administration
Allows states to be laboratories for the whole country
However, states are going in different directions
doctrine of incorporation - ANS-Barron v. Baltimore - Bill of Rights NOT apply to states
14th Amendment passed in 1868
Allgeyer v. Louisiana
