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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 lack of power to raise funds for the militia.
C absence of an executive committee.
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 the process of confirmation of federal judges by Congress.
C the power of the courts to declare federal or state laws and other acts of government unconstitutional.
D restricted to the Supreme Court in overturning decisions by lower courts
E not applicable to actions by state governments.
Question #3
A legislative ratification
B constitutional amendment
C executive review
D appeal
E judicial review
Question #4
A a way for large states to grab power.
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 the Constitution.
Question #5
A establish a system of courts below the Supreme Court.
B limit the power of local governments.
C override presidential vetoes.
D regulate the media.
E levy income taxes.
Question #6
A Supreme Court decisions.
B Congressional legislation.
C Presidential action.
D the formal amendment process.
E interpretation, custom, and usage.
Question #7
A the colonists acquired crucial political experience.
B the colonists developed a concept of limited government.
C Louisiana was established as the last of the thirteen colonies.
D the colonists exercised a large measure of self-government.
E the colonists passed the Pennsylvania Frame of Government, which foreshadowed our modern Constitution.
Question #8
A protected the colonists from other foreign governments.
B imposed some form of public authority on the colonists.
C protected the colonists from England.
D imposed religious order on the colonies.
E limited the power of women in the colonies.
Question #9
A constitution
B social contract
C unitary govenrment
D carte
E confederation
Question #10
A a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress.
B a majority of the popular vote.
C approval of the legislatures in two-thirds of the states.
D a positive vote in three-fourths of the legislatures of the various states.
E presidential approval.
