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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A a flu pandemic killed over 10,000 Americans in the spring of 1784.
B “radical” forces representing small farmers, artisans, and shopkeepers began to exert control over a number of state governments.
C a series of slave revolts swept through the southern states and overthrew a number of local governments in the summer of 1783.
D royal land-, office-, and patent holders began to exert control over a number of state governments.
Question #2
A prohibited from coining money or entering into treaties with other nations.
B prohibited from coining money but are allowed to enter into treaties with other nations.
C allowed to coin money and enter into treaties with other nations.
D prohibited from entering into treaties with other nations but allowed to coin money.
Question #3
A The federal government must be much more powerful than state governments.
B Slavery is an evil institution that should be abolished.
C Power must be used to balance power.
D Citizens should vote directly on the laws.
Question #4
A believed that the United States should enter into a confederation with Britain and Canada.
B supported the Constitution because it created a strong national government.
C opposed the Constitution because they wanted a weaker central government.
D opposed the Constitution because it did not create a strong enough central government.
Question #5
A amendments to the Constitution must be ratified within four years of being proposed.
B amendments to the Constitution must be ratified within twenty years of being proposed.
C amendments to the Constitution must be ratified within ten years of being proposed.
D amendments to the Constitution can be ratified many decades after being proposed.
Question #6
A
B Liberty is the absence of government.
C Government promotes liberty by maintaining order.
D Liberty is less important than social and economic equality.
E The framers feared that democracy and equality could undermine individual liberty.
Question #7
A 20
B 37
C 10
D 27
Question #8
A Nationalists
B Antifederalists
C Federalists
D Whigs
Question #9
A preventing government from collecting revenue through taxation.
B adding a bill of rights to the Constitution.
C decreasing the powers of the executive branch, especially those of the vice president.
D providing Congress with a larger grant of powers.
Question #10
A John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson
B Charles Beard, Daniel Shays, and Paul Revere
C James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton
D James Madison, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
Question #11
A opposed the Constitution because they wanted a weaker national government.
B opposed the Constitution because it did not create a strong enough central government.
C opposed the Constitution because it did not provide women with the right to vote.
D supported the Constitution because it contained a strong national government.
Question #12
A set at seven in Article III of the Constitution.
B determined by the president.
C determined by Congress.
D set at nine in Article III of the Constitution.
Question #13
A convene Congress in special session
B veto congressional enactments
C appoint the Speaker of the House of Representatives
D grant pardons and reprieves
Question #14
A promote economic equality among all citizens.
B end the slave trade.
C create a replica of the British political system.
D prevent the new government from abusing its power.
Question #15
A the Department of Commerce
B the Department of Justice
C the Solicitor General
D the Supreme Court
Question #16
A citizens should vote directly on which rights should be protected.
B such a list would limit economic development.
C since the federal government was already limited to its expressed powers, further protection of citizens was not needed.
D such a list would make government too weak to protect national security.
Question #17
A end slavery in the United States.
B promote economic development and protect property from radical state legislatures.
C eliminate state and local governments.
D guarantee economic equality for all citizens.
Question #18
A the courts to decide on the constitutionality of actions taken by the other branches of government.
B the states to review the constitutionality of federal actions and laws.
C Congress to review the decisions of the federal courts.
D the courts to review and edit pieces of legislation before they are voted on in Congress.
Question #19
A the Treasury Department
B the House of Representatives
C the Senate
D the president
Question #20
A The president under the Articles of Confederation could appoint judges for the federal judiciary without approval from Congress.
B The president under the Articles of Confederation could declare war without approval from the Congress.
C The president under the Articles of Confederation was the official chosen by the Congress to preside over its sessions, not the chief executive of the national government.
D The president under the Articles of Confederation could veto any laws passed by the Congress.
Question #21
A reinforce the unity of the New England merchants and the southern planters.
B transfer power from the Senate majority leader to the vice president.
C increase public support for the establishment of a national bank.
D exacerbate tensions between the New England merchants and the southern planters.
Question #22
A 90% of the country’s enslaved population lived in in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
B 90% of the country’s enslaved population lived in New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Delaware.
C the country’s enslaved population was evenly distribution across the 13 states.
D 90% of the country’s enslaved population lived in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida.
Question #23
A large states; small states
B northern states; southern states
C Catholics; Protestants
D the wealthy; the poor
Question #24
A Representatives to Congress would be appointed by the state legislatures.
B Representation would be equal for each state.
C Representation would be proportionate to the share of taxes paid by each state to the federal government.
D Representation would be based on population.
Question #25
A Virginia
B New Hampshire
C New Jersey
D Marshall
Question #26
A the Boston Massacre
B Shays’s Rebellion
C the Constitutional Convention
D the Boston Tea Party
Question #27
A None of the states sent delegates.
B More than half of the states sent delegates.
C All of the states sent delegates.
D Less than half of the states sent delegates.
Question #28
A did nothing because the government had no powers allowing them to intervene.
B filed a lawsuit against the state in the Supreme Court.
C passed a law making all such future redistributions illegal.
D issued an injunction to return the land to the original owners.
Question #29
A could be amended only with a majority vote of the Congress.
B could be amended only through a national constitutional convention in which three-fourths of state governors approved of all changes.
C included no provisions allowing for the addition of amendments.
D could be amended only with a unanimous vote of the Congress.
Question #30
A president
B states
C council of presidents
D courts
Question #31
A the United States Constitution
B the Articles of Confederation
C the Emancipation Proclamation
D the Magna Carta
Question #32
A a loose affiliation of small farmers and artisans that organized protests against British rule between 1770 and 1774.
B the British government’s lawmaking body for the colonies prior to 1776.
C the meeting arranged between British and colonial forces to negotiate the end of the Revolutionary War.
D a group of colonial delegates assembled in 1774 that called for a total boycott of all British goods.
Question #33
A John Adams
B John Hancock
C Paul Revere
D Samuel Adams
Question #34
A 50 British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
B 50 colonists were killed by British soldiers outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
C five colonists were killed by British soldiers outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
D five British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside of the seat of the colonial government in Boston.
Question #35
A The British ruled with a light hand and exerted a strong influence only in the largest colonial cities.
B The British ruled with a heavy hand and exerted a strong influence in every colonial town and city.
C The British ruled with a light hand and exerted almost no influence at all in any colonial town or city.
D The British ruled with a heavy hand in small towns but exerted no influence at all in the largest cities.
Question #36
A all White inhabitants of the state were allowed to vote.
B all inhabitants of the state were allowed to vote.
C all White male inhabitants of the state that owned property were allowed to vote.
D all White male inhabitants of the state were allowed to vote.
Question #37
A II.
B X.
C I.
D V.
Question #38
A While most amendment efforts failed because they attempted to address a specific public problem, successful amendments changed the structure or composition of government.
B There has never been a successful attempt to amend the Constitution through the formal procedure spelled out in Article V.
C All of the successful amendments address voting rights.
D While most amendment efforts have failed because they attempted to change the structure or composition of government, successful amendments addressed specific public policy problems.
Question #39
A democracy.
B economic equality.
C political equality.
D individual liberty.
Question #40
A more than 11,000
B fewer than 100
C fewer than 50
D between 1,000 and 1,500
Question #41
A the Ninth Amendment and the supremacy clause
B the supremacy clause and the elastic clause
C the Tenth Amendment and the supremacy clause
D the Tenth Amendment and the elastic clause
Question #42
A northern merchants.
B popular majority.
C king of Great Britain.
D landowning elite.
Question #43
A a series of essays that argued against the ratification of the Constitution.
B a series of pamphlets written by Thomas Paine in 1775 and 1776 advocating independence from Great
C a series of essays that argued for the ratification of the Constitution.
D the collected essays of French political philosopher Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu that argued for the separation of powers.
Question #44
A Congress has the power to eliminate the Supreme Court.
B Congress has the power to nominate and appoint judges to federal appellate courts.
C Congress has the power to create a system of federal courts below the Supreme Court.
D Congress has the power to nominate and appoint the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Question #45
A Senators have shorter terms than members of the House of Representatives.
B Senators are the only officials immune from impeachment.
C Senators are directly elected by the people.
D Senators were originally appointed by state legislatures.
Question #46
A outlawing government discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender.
B claiming that powers not explicitly delegated to the federal government were reserved for the states.
C asserting that the federal Constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
D prohibiting state governments from discriminating against citizens of other states in favor of their own citizens.
Question #47
A too many elections would be difficult for the states to run.
B this would make members of the Senate more responsive to the preferences of their constituents.
C this was a way to make the Senate resistant to popular pressure.
D the state legislatures would conspire with each other to elect a Senate dominated by a single party.
Question #48
A tyranny
B a mixed regime
C democracy
D a republic
Question #49
A U.S. vice president
B U.S. president
C U.S. representative
D U.S. senator
Question #50
A There was a unicameral legislature under the Articles of Confederation but there is a bicameral legislature under the Constitution.
B There was no federal court system under the Articles of Confederation but there is a federal court system headed by the Supreme Court under the Constitution.
C There was no president under the Articles of Confederation but there is a president placed in charge of the executive branch under the Constitution.
D Constitutional amendments had to be approved by three-quarters of state governments under the Articles of Confederation but only have to be approved by two-thirds of state governments under the Constitution.
Question #51
A force the British government to rescind the Tea Act.
B prevent the state of Massachusetts from foreclosing on the lands of debt-ridden farmers.
C invade New England by royalists from Canada.
D bring a Georgian slave revolt to Virginia.
Question #52
A slaveowning
B southern
C less-populous
D free
Question #53
A This form of ratification was intended to make it clear that the new government would be a national government and not a compact between the states.
B This form of ratification was the only one allowed by the existing provisions in the Articles of Confederation.
C This form of ratification was thought to be the only approach consistent with the founders’ definition of democracy.
D This form of ratification was designed to win approval for the new government from the international community.
Question #54
A the primary architect of the New Jersey Plan.
B one of the authors of the Federalist Papers.
C a former army captain who led a mob of farmers in a rebellion against the Massachusetts government.
D the primary architect of the Virginia Plan.
Question #55
A imposed large tariffs on luxury goods arriving on American lands through East Coast ports.
B established the principles of land surveying and landownership that governed America’s westward expansion.
C redistributed the property of British loyalists to small farmers who supported the revolution.
D provided 40 acres of free land to all immigrants from western and northern European countries.
Question #56
A laissez-faire capitalism would be the “supreme law of the land” in America.
B America was “first and foremost, a Christian nation.”
C slavery was a “morally unjust” institution that should be outlawed.
D there were “unalienable rights” that could not be abridged by governments.
Question #57
A 1791
B 1781
C 1763
D 1777
Question #58
A revocation of the Tea Act
B complete independence from Britain
C elimination of the British monarchy
D the end of the French and Indian War
Question #59
A John Adams
B Thomas Jefferson
C John Hancock
D Samuel Adams
Question #60
A southern planters.
B shopkeepers, artisans, laborers, and small farmers.
C New England merchants.
D royal office and patent holders.