InRoe v. Wade, Roe wants to get an abortion, even though Texas law forbids unless the woman's life is in danger. Which side would promote self-government, or does this meaning of liberty not apply to this case?

		Wade
		Roe
		Does not apply
		Roe if the fetus is not a person with rights, Wade if it is.

How does the Texas Constitution limit the power of the Texas Legislature?

		The Legislative branch only meets once every two years for the length of a college semester.
		The Legislative Power is divided among six people who are elected separately from one another.
		The Legislature cannot borrow money under any circumstances.
		The Legislative Power is divided between criminal and civil cases.

1^stAmendment of the U.S. Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...." What is the 1^stAmendment a list of?

		What the State governments cannot do
		What the State governments can do
		What the Federal government cannot do
		What the Federal government can do

Fehrenbach: "If ... the ideas ... expressed in Anglo-America concerning ... human rights had been dominant, it is not inconceivable to contemplate a United States still cramped behind the Alleghenies.... The white determination to preempt the land ... made war inevitable." Based on this passage, which of the following statements best describes the clash of the Indians and Scotch-Irish?

		There is no way to judge their actions, because there is no such thing as right and wrong.
		The Scotch-Irish committed injustice against the Indians.
		The Indians committed injustice against the Scotch-Irish
		There is no way to judge their actions, because the Indians and Scotch-Irish belonged to different cultures.

5 points

Article I.8 of the U.S. Constitution: "The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes...." What is Article I.8 a list of?

		What the Federal government can do
		What the Federal government cannot do
		What the State governments can do
		What the State governments cannot do

Fehrenbach: "Indian warfare buttressed the frontier people's moral case. It was based on stealth, treachery, guerilla tactics, and marked by ferocious cruelty to victims.... Captives of the Indians were normally mutilated, emasculated, and burnt alive." Based on this passage, which of the following statements best describes the clash of the Indians and Scotch-Irish?

		The Scotch-Irish committed injustice against the Indians.
		There is no way to judge their actions, because the Indians and Scotch-Irish belonged to different cultures.
		There is no way to judge their actions, because there is no such thing as right and wrong.
		The Indians committed injustice against the Scotch-Irish

Article I.10 of the U.S. Constitution: "No State shall ... coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts." What is Article I.10 a list of?

		What the State governments can do
		What the State governments cannot do
		What the Federal government cannot do
		What the Federal government can do

Question 8

InWickard v. Filburn, Filburn challenged a federal law that prohibited farmers from growing grain on their own land to feed their own animals. Which side promotes constitutionally limited government?

		Filburn because that would keep state governments within the limits of Article I.8.
		Filburn, because that would keep the federal government within the limits of Article I.8.
		Wickard, because that would keep state governments within the limits of Article I.8.
		Wickard, because that would keep the federal government within the limits of Article I.8.

Question 9

Fehrenbach: "The Scotch-Irish staked out small farms.... They were freedom-loving. They scorned to work for wages or to be tenant to another man." Based on this statement, what was the Scotch-Irish understanding of freedom?

		To make a decent wage and rent or borrow money to purchase a home.
		To be able to do whatever they want except hurt people.
		To be supported by an unlimited government
		To own their own land and to own the means of supporting themselves

Question 10

Alexander Hamilton:"The laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere, and when they depart from this sphere, they are no longer supreme or binding. In the same manner the states have certain independent powers, in which they are supreme."How does Hamilton define the powers of the federal government?

		The power of the federal government is limited and all other powers of government belong to the State governments.
		The powers of the federal government are not clearly defined and so it may do whatever it wants.
		The power of the State governments is limited and all other powers of government belong to the Federal government.
		The federal government has more power than the State governments

Question 11

Samuel Adams: "I am fully persuaded that the People of the United States being in different Climates--of different Education and Manners, and possest of different Habits & Feelings under one consolidated Governmt. can not long remain free, or indeed under any Kind of Governmt. but Despotism." Based on this statement, what is the purpose of self-government?

		To make sure that laws under which we live reflect our values
		To make sure that government provides for our basic needs
		To make sure that we are free to do whatever we want
		To prevent government from violating our basic rights

Question 12

"The object of a constitution is to restrain the government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals." Based on this statement, who has to obey constitutions?

		Governments and Individuals
		Individuals
		Tyrants and Criminals
		Governments

Fehrenbach: "The Scotch-Irish ... stamped their ethic ... across the whole region ... the remarkable Anglo-American culture of intense order without formal restraint." Based on this statement, what was the Scotch-Irish understanding of government?

		Life would not be possible without government.
		They thought that the government should spend and borrow in order to help the economy
		They wanted a strong, centralized unlimited government with minimum self-government
		They were not dependent on government, and had only limited use for it.

Question 14

The leaders of the Texas legislature are

		The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor
		The Speaker of the House and the Governor
		The Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader
		The Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor

Question 15

James Madison: "[The] jurisdiction [of the National Government] extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to the several States a residuary and inviolable sovereignty over all other objects." How does Madison define the powers of the federal government?

		The powers of the federal government are not clearly defined and so it may do whatever it wants.
		The power of the federal government is limited and all other powers of government belong to the State governments.
		The power of the State governments is limited and all other powers of government belong to the Federal government.
		The federal government has more power than the State governments

Question 16

Thomas Jefferson: "In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." What is Jefferson's main concern here?

		Government must guarantee an equal division of wealth
		People must learn to trust their representatives with power
		We must limit the power of government through a constitution.
		The common defense

Question 17

"Common sense taught that man needed the protection that the sovereign provided against one's fellow man; history taught that man needed protection from the sovereign as well. Liberties, in this sense, consisted in limitations upon the powers of the sovereign...." Based on this statement, why do we put limits on government?

		So that we can do what we want
		So that people will not harm us
		So that government will help us
		So that government will not harm us

Question 18

InHelvering v. Davis, Davis challenged a federal law that took money from younger people and gave it to older people. Which side promotes constitutionally limited government?

		Davis, because that would keep the federal government within the limits of Article I.8.
		Helvering, because that would keep the federal government within the limits of Article I.8.
		Helvering, because that would keep state governments within the limits of Article I.8.
		Davis, because that would keep state governments within the limits of Article I.8.

Question 19

Article I.9 of the U.S. Constitution: "No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State." What is Article I.9 a list of?

		What the Federal government cannot do
		What the Federal government can do
		What the State governments cannot do
		What the State governments can do

Question 20

InLawrence v. Texas, Lawrence wants to engage in homosexual sex, even though Texas law forbids it. Which side would promote self-government?

		Lawrence, because he has a right to behave as he chooses without outside interference.
		Lawrence, he is not hurting anyone or harming society
		Texas, because this law was made by the representatives of the people of Texas.
		Does not apply, because Lawrence was not imprisoned without trial.