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