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