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