Exam 13: The Remaining Amendments and a Return to the Constitution

Although the Third Amendment has never been subjected to Supreme Court review, it holds historical relevance and stands for the general principle that government is to leave people alone without compelling cause.

In 1819, in the case of _________________, the Court made its strongest assertion of the government's broad national power when it held that Congress had the authority to establish a national bank pursuant to the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.

The concept behind the Tenth Amendment was important enough that it was the only Amendment agreed on by all the states recommending a Bill of Rights.

The Constitution has included an __________________, stating that Congress has the power to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out its enumerated powers.

With the exception of specific instances in which Congress specified a seven-year limit, all other Amendments become inoperative unless they are ratified within how many years of the proposal?

The concept of balanced government was so important to all the states recommending a Bill of Rights that the only Amendment they agreed upon was the:

The Constitution gives Congress the power to make laws to carry out its enumerated powers through the:

Tenth Amendment has been referred to, on occasion, as the forgotten amendment in the Bill of Rights, because it is seldom used as a basis for Supreme Court decisions.

Discuss the concept of federalism and how it is embodied in the Tenth Amendment.

Of the 27 Amendments currently in existence, all have been proposed by Congress, none by a ____________________.

Powers retained by the states are referred to as _____________________.

Which Amendment was designed in response to fear of a national government with too much power, which was, at the time, considered to be the greatest threat to liberty?

Who opposed an enumerated Bill of Rights?

The Ninth Amendment deals with the concept of:

When Congress enacted the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, a person knowingly possessing a firearm in an area the person knows to be a school zone was made a federal offense

In ex parte Young (1908), the Court held that a state cannot act unconstitutionally, but a state official (as an individual) can act unconstitutionally.

The Seventh Amendment addresses the circumstances in which an individual (not the government or a criminal defendant) is entitled to a ________________ jury trial.

The Fourteenth Amendment:

The Third Amendment:

The significance of the Thirteenth Amendment is found is its ability to _________________.