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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A The US Constitution has the final say
B The states have the final say
C The Congress has the final say
D The president has the final say.
Question #2
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #3
A Civil rights issues can not be resolved with Congressional legislation
B None of these
C Executive orders are usually ineffective to resolve civil rights issues
D Civil rights issues can only be resolved in the courts.
Question #4
A Benefited small states.
B Instituted a formula which counted slaves as three-fifths of a non-slave
C Was actually not a compromise but a series of wins and defeats.
D All of these
Question #5
A The average person would find the material as appealing to a “prurient” interest
B The material describes sexual conduct in an offensive way.
C All of these.
D The material lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
Question #6
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #7
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #8
A The national government had the power to tax
B The national government could demand funds from the individual states to fund its operations.
C The national government had the power to raise troops.
D The national government had to rely on the individual states to raise troops.
Question #9
A Stated that the colonists had to obey Parliament “in all cases whatsoever
B All of these.
C Eventually, applied to legislative acts in general
D Applied to matters of taxation
Question #10
A All of these.
B The delegates understood that many of the vague terms in the Constitution would have to be worked out in the future
C Much of it was experimental
D It was a fairly complex system.
Question #11
A Designate Boston as the location for the next federal convention
B Persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution
C Persuade George Washington to become the president
D Convince Americans that they should NOT accept federalism.
Question #12
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #13
A Subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government with no separate powers
B Subject to the jurisdiction of state government with no separate powers
C An entirely separate level of government that is protected from encroachments or interference from state or federal governments
D All of these
Question #14
A Each level of government has powers to leverage against the others
B All of these
C Different responsibilities for each level of government.
D Levels of government that cover all the people living in the sovereign territory.
Question #15
A All of these.
B Three tiers of review for deciding whether citizenship was denied unconstitutionally
C Three tiers of review for deciding whether equal protection was denied
D Three tiers of review for deciding whether due process of law was denied.
Question #16
A All of these.
B Each state legislature contained “courtiers of popularity” who would actively oppose particular policies
C Experience proved that states would never uniformly comply with national requests
D Each state’s doubts about the others’ commitment to policies would slow down and clog the federal system.
Question #17
A Mostly in the last 50 years
B Since the Progressive Era
C Since the Abolition Movement just before the Civil War.
D Throughout the entire history of the nation.
Question #18
A Levying taxes
B Establishing and maintaining schools.
C Declaring war
D All of these
Question #19
A Social movements originated in response to the notion that there should be broader distributions of power.
B Social movements challenged divine right monarchies in the 18th century
C Social movements originated in western societies
D Social movements never attempted to address the issue of slavery.
Question #20
A The liberties and freedoms government is supposed to protect will not prevail
B Our ongoing experiment in democracy will not function
C All of these.
D Federalism is unlikely to work well.
Question #21
A Are only important in primary campaigns.
B Are important for federalism to function effectively.
C Are not a very effective way to reach the people
D Are nice but not essential to federalism or democracy
Question #22
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #23
A Congress makes any laws necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Constitution.
B President can do whatever is necessary and proper for the people.
C Judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper.
D Executive and the legislature work together in a proper way to make necessary laws
Question #24
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #25
A Any laws made that further the intent of the Constitution are protected by the clause
B The US Constitution supersedes state law.
C All of these
D The US Constitution is the law of the land.
Question #26
A The 15th Amendment
B All have been equally important
C The 13th Amendment
D The 14th Amendment.
Question #27
A The executive would have a Cabinet and have no role in nominating federal judges
B The executive would be a single individual and have the power of the veto over legislation.
C The executive would have the power of the veto and would have no role in nominating federal judges.
D None of these.
Question #28
A Montesquieu’s theory about the size of republics was correct but that the American republic could overcome the problem with adequate funds
B Montesquieu’s theory applied only to Italy.
C Montesquieu was correct that the most successful republic was a small one
D The large and diverse population of America was an advantage, as it would bring ideological balance in a republican government
Question #29
A It is lying about a person in public media
B It is lying about another person.
C It is telling something untrue about persons in public media that may result in harm to them or their reputations.
D It is telling the secrets of a person to the federal government.
Question #30
A Delay or block legislation.
B Compromise.
C Move bills to the front of the legislative calendar
D Ease the effects of gridlock
Question #31
A New ideas in the English parliamentary system
B Major themes in the common history of both the English people and the American colonists.
C . Considered out-of-date notions by the Americans.
D None of these
Question #32
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #33
A None of these
B Founded on pure fact
C Actually myths.
D Best accepted and not questioned.
Question #34
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #35
A People can not be compelled to make pledges that contain religious expressions such as “God.”
B Neither the federal nor the state government can dictate which religion people can observe.
C The Bill of Rights contains two separate limitations on religion.
D The Bill of Rights permits the establishment of a state religion in certain special cases
Question #36
A The executive to review the legality of legislation
B The judiciary to remove unfit Congressmen from office.
C The judiciary to review the constitutionality of legislation.
D The executive to nullify laws that do not meet with the meaning of the Constitution
Question #37
A Politically disparaging words, libel, and obscenity
B Obscenity, fighting words, and politically disparaging words.
C Fighting words, obscenity, and libel
D Libel, politically disparaging words, and fighting words
Question #38
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #39
A Negative or negate.
B Abstain
C None of these.
D Review.
Question #40
A Lawyers in residence at Parliament to decide how Parliament’s laws would be implemented in the colonies.
B Actual representatives of their own choosing in Parliament or in the colonies.
C Colonial governors who could veto any laws.
D Fewer taxes, and they really did not care about representation
Question #41
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #42
A Segregation of private schools in North Carolina
B Voter ID laws in Wisconsin.
C The federal Defense of Marriage Act.
D Florida’s method of counting votes in the 2000 presidential election.
Question #43
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #44
A It has provided an effective check on unilateral power whether at the federal or state level.
B It has effectively satisfied the Founding Fathers’ desire for greater centralization of powers in the national government
C It has satisfied all people at the local level that their government is completely responding to their needs.
D It has completely eliminated discrimination against various groups of people
Question #45
A The Same-Sex Marriage Movement
B The founding of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
C The Right-to-Life Movement.
D Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
Question #46
A It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States.
B It freed the slaves, but only in the rebellious southern states
C It extended 1st Amendment liberties to African Americans.
D It guaranteed the right to trial to African Americans
Question #47
A None of these.
B They did not like the fact that there was not a written British Constitution that they could cite to protect their interests.
C They were fine with Parliament determining what was law, they just wanted their own representatives in London.
D They liked the fact that Parliament could act quickly on matters, but they did not like the members of Parliament.
Question #48
A None of these.
B About half and half the country trusting the government.
C Actually quite low, much less than half.
D Very high, well over half.
Question #49
A Has been a common event in almost all of the wars that the US has fought
B Preceded the American Revolutionary War.
C Followed the American Civil War
D Happened in the midst of WWII, threatening the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Question #50
A All of these
B The 4th Amendment
C The 5th Amendment.
D The 6th Amendment.