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