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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A one-vote-per-state system.
B lack of ability to conduct foreign policy.
C absence of an executive committee.
D lack of provision for a president of the United States.
E lack of power to raise funds for the militia.
Question #2
A the power of the courts to declare federal or state laws and other acts of government unconstitutional.
B not applicable to actions by state governments.
C restricted to the Supreme Court in overturning decisions by lower courts
D the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress.
E a method by which the president can check the judiciary.
Question #3
A executive review
B legislative ratification
C judicial review
D constitutional amendment
E appeal
Question #4
A simply an amendment of the Mayflower Compact.
B a way for large states to grab power.
C the Constitution.
D the result of the Great Compromise.
E simply an amendment of the Articles of Confederation.
Question #5
A levy income taxes.
B regulate the media.
C limit the power of local governments.
D establish a system of courts below the Supreme Court.
E override presidential vetoes.
Question #6
A Presidential action.
B Congressional legislation.
C interpretation, custom, and usage.
D Supreme Court decisions.
E the formal amendment process.
Question #7
A the colonists passed the Pennsylvania Frame of Government, which foreshadowed our modern Constitution.
B the colonists exercised a large measure of self-government.
C Louisiana was established as the last of the thirteen colonies.
D the colonists acquired crucial political experience.
E the colonists developed a concept of limited government.
Question #8
A imposed religious order on the colonies.
B protected the colonists from other foreign governments.
C limited the power of women in the colonies.
D protected the colonists from England.
E imposed some form of public authority on the colonists.
Question #9
A confederation
B social contract
C carte
D constitution
E unitary govenrment
Question #10
A a positive vote in three-fourths of the legislatures of the various states.
B a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress.
C approval of the legislatures in two-thirds of the states.
D a majority of the popular vote.
E presidential approval.
