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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A About half and half the country trusting the government.
B Actually quite low, much less than half.
C None of these.
D Very high, well over half.
Question #2
A Was singularly responsible for his or her duties.
B Relied on Congressional approval or backing for foreign affairs.
C All of these
D Was a uniquely powerful individual.
Question #3
A A state refusing to give the right to vote to convicted felons.
B An employer paying you less than somebody else who does the same job.
C A corporation suing another corporation for breech of contract.
D The NSA tapping your telephones.
Question #4
A The average person would find the material as appealing to a “prurient” interest.
B The material lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
C The material describes sexual conduct in an offensive way
D All of these.
Question #5
A By violent means to end taxation without representation.
B By non-violent means to end slavery.
C By violent means to end slavery.
D By non-violent means to end taxation without representation
Question #6
A Letting the states get too much of the upper hand in terms of power.
B None of these.
C Creating conflicts between the state and federal governments.
D Not adequately protecting the rights of individuals.
Question #7
A Athenian republic
B Venetian republic
C Roman republic
D Republic of Genoa
Question #8
A All of these
B Legislation, or work through the Congress or states.
C Legalism, or work through the courts.
D Direct action, or take to the streets.
Question #9
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #10
A Specifically stated that states retained sovereignty and held all powers not specifically given to the national government.
B Specified that the federal government was sovereign over each state.
C Provided for a bicameral legislature
D Strengthened the national government.
Question #11
A The judiciary to review the constitutionality of legislation.
B The executive to review the legality of legislation.
C The judiciary to remove unfit Congressmen from office.
D The executive to nullify laws that do not meet with the meaning of the Constitution.
Question #12
A The right to refuse to incriminate oneself, that is not answer questions of the police or a prosecutor
B The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
C All of these
D The right to an attorney in case you are accused.
Question #13
A Form corporations where they can advocate for change.
B Move to states where there is less tension.
C Form social movements and interest groups to advocate for change.
D Refuse to vote periodically to demonstrate independence
Question #14
A Could not be made for ten years
B Could only be passed one at a time.
C Could not be used to block the ratification process.
D Could not be amendments for individual rights.
Question #15
A Jefferson.
B Madison.
C Montesquieu.
D Locke.
Question #16
A Ralph Waldo Emerson refusing to pay and encouraging others not to pay their taxes during the Mexican-American War.
B Mahatma Gandi protesting low wages with textile workers in England in 1931.
C All of these
D The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee organizing protest marches to oppose the Vietnam War.
Question #17
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #18
A None of these.
B His time as a member of the Virginia Assembly.
C His time as a professor at the University of Virginia.
D His time as governor of Virginia.
Question #19
A None of these
B Civil rights issues can not be resolved with Congressional legislation.
C Civil rights issues can only be resolved in the courts
D Executive orders are usually ineffective to resolve civil rights issues.
Question #20
A And many of those battles continue to today.
B But today things are relatively calm and each knows and respects the boundaries of the other.
C But today states and the federal government on dispute about abortion rights.
D But today the federal government is able to dictate to the states and they rarely battle back.
Question #21
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #22
A A “monster in politics.”
B A state having two sovereigns.
C A “state within a state.”
D All of these.
Question #23
A Each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a constituent in the apportionment of representation for the House.
B Three-fifths of the states had to ratify the Constitution.
C Three-fifths of the Congress was a quorum.
D Three-fifths of women would be counted during the national census.
Question #24
A Subject to the jurisdiction of state government with no separate powers.
B Subject to the jurisdiction of the federal 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 #25
A Happened in the midst of WWII, threatening the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
B Preceded the American Revolutionary War.
C Has been a common event in almost all of the wars that the US has fought.
D Followed the American Civil War
Question #26
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 #27
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #28
A All of these.
B Deport children born in the US to undocumented persons.
C Amend the 14the Amendment so that children born to the undocumented in the US can be deported.
D Deport people living in the US for decades.
Question #29
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #30
A None of these.
B Lost on every single proposal he made.
C Won on every single proposal he made.
D Won on some and lost on some of his proposals.
Question #31
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 #32
A A civil liberty deals with individuals rather than groups.
B All of these.
C A civil right guarantees that people from a group (race, sex, sexual identity, religioin) will not be discriminated against if they try to use their civil liberties.
D A civil liberty explains the freedom, while the civil right asserts that everyone is treated equally in the use of the freedom.
Question #33
A They favored states’ rights over the national government’s power.
B They favored strict interpretation of the Implied Powers Clause.
C They supported the French Revolution.
D None of these.
Question #34
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #35
A It provided a workable solution for claiming that the people had given their approval.
B It allowed taxes to be collected to support revolutionary armies when they were most in need.
C All of these.
D It empowered the legislatures.
Question #36
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #37
A The liberties and freedoms government is supposed to protect will not prevail.
B All of these.
C Our ongoing experiment in democracy will not function.
D Federalism is unlikely to work well.
Question #38
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #39
A Since the Abolition Movement just before the Civil War.
B Since the Progressive Era.
C Mostly in the last 50 years.
D Throughout the entire history of the nation.
Question #40
A Writing degrading words on the wall of a public bathroom.
B None of these.
C A Naxi shouting hateful slogans but in a peaceful demonstration.
D Calling a politician an “idiot” in a public forum.
Question #41
A Review.
B Abstain.
C Negative or negate.
D None of these.
Question #42
A The US Constitution is the law of the land.
B Any laws made that further the intent of the Constitution are protected by the clause.
C The US Constitution supersedes state law.
D All of these.
Question #43
A Reminded them of the New Jersey Plan.
B Was in direct conflict with Madison’s proposals.
C Would be divisive and favor federal interests over state interests.
D Would weaken the executive branch.
Question #44
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #45
A Voter ID laws in Wisconsin
B Florida’s method of counting votes in the 2000 presidential election
C The federal Defense of Marriage Act.
D Segregation of private schools in North Carolina.
Question #46
A Religion.
B All of these.
C Gender.
D National origin.
Question #47
A Grant the executive a limited veto over legislation with a two-thirds vote of the legislature needed to override it.
B Grant veto power to the judiciary on any laws passed by the legislature.
C Allow voters to hold a special election to override the law with a two-thirds vote.
D Divide the power between two houses so that the power is spread out.
Question #48
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #49
A Three amendments that passed in the five years after the Civil War that tried to reunify the nation and guarantee African Americans their civil rights.
B Two amendments passed before the Civil War that tried to restrict the rights of African Americans and led directly to the civil war conflict.
C The amendments that brought the South back into the Union on an equal footing with the northern states.
D The amendments throughout the latter half of the 19th century that both extended and then restricted the rights of African Americans.
Question #50
A FALSE
B TRUE