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