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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 absence of an executive committee.
C lack of ability to conduct foreign policy.
D one-vote-per-state system.
E lack of provision for a president of the United States.
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 executive review
D judicial review
E legislative ratification
Question #4
A the Constitution.
B simply an amendment of the Mayflower Compact.
C simply an amendment of the Articles of Confederation.
D the result of the Great Compromise.
E a way for large states to grab power.
Question #5
A limit the power of local governments.
B establish a system of courts below the Supreme Court.
C override presidential vetoes.
D levy income taxes.
E regulate the media.
Question #6
A interpretation, custom, and usage.
B the formal amendment process.
C Presidential action.
D Congressional legislation.
E Supreme Court decisions.
Question #7
A the colonists acquired crucial political experience.
B the colonists passed the Pennsylvania Frame of Government, which foreshadowed our modern Constitution.
C the colonists exercised a large measure of self-government.
D Louisiana was established as the last of the thirteen colonies.
E the colonists developed a concept of limited government.
Question #8
A limited the power of women in the colonies.
B protected the colonists from other foreign governments.
C imposed some form of public authority on the colonists.
D protected the colonists from England.
E imposed religious order on the colonies.
Question #9
A constitution
B confederation
C carte
D social contract
E unitary govenrment
Question #10
A a majority of the popular vote.
B a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress.
C approval of the legislatures in two-thirds of the states.
D presidential approval.
E a positive vote in three-fourths of the legislatures of the various states.
