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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A All of these
B Was based on long legal practices that were not necessarily written down.
C Rested on several historical documents.
D Was altered by each Parliament’s decisions about the interpretation of documents and practices.
Question #2
A Collective challenges by people with common interests, working with members of the political elite.
B An organized series of protests by people with common interests but not wishing to work with political elites.
C An unorganized collection of citizens fighting for a vague set of beliefs.
D Just another word for the activities of an interest group
Question #3
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #4
A Calling a politician an “idiot” in a public forum.
B None of these.
C Writing degrading words on the wall of a public bathroom.
D A Naxi shouting hateful slogans but in a peaceful demonstration.
Question #5
A The Bill of Rights permits the establishment of a state religion in certain special cases.
B Neither the federal nor the state government can dictate which religion people can observe.
C People can not be compelled to make pledges that contain religious expressions such as “God.”
D The Bill of Rights contains two separate limitations on religion.
Question #6
A Legalism, or work through the courts.
B Legislation, or work through the Congress or states.
C Direct action, or take to the streets.
D All of these
Question #7
A Was inferior to the British but could be made better if the British would allow it.
B Corrupted by British practices.
C Was superior to the British system of representation.
D None of these
Question #8
A Letting the states get too much of the upper hand in terms of power.
B Not adequately protecting the rights of individuals.
C None of these.
D Creating conflicts between the state and federal governments.
Question #9
A Instituted a formula which counted slaves as three-fifths of a non-slave
B Benefited small states.
C All of these.
D Was actually not a compromise but a series of wins and defeats.
Question #10
A Persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution.
B Persuade George Washington to become the president.
C Convince Americans that they should NOT accept federalism.
D Designate Boston as the location for the next federal convention.
Question #11
A All of these.
B Those that come from the Bill of Rights are considered as freedoms that the government cannot easily violate.
C Those that come from the Bill of Rights are considered as freedoms that the government cannot easily violate.
D They are tightly connected to the Americans’ reaction to dominating British colonial rule
Question #12
A Dependent on supporting laws passed by the Constitutional Convention.
B Superior to all three branches of government.
C None of these.
D Written and enacted by the legislature.
Question #13
A The US Constitution has the final say.
B The president has the final say.
C The Congress has the final say.
D The states have the final say.
Question #14
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #15
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #16
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #17
A All of these.
B Eventually, applied to legislative acts in general.
C Stated that the colonists had to obey Parliament “in all cases whatsoever.”
D Applied to matters of taxation.
Question #18
A Religion.
B All of these.
C National origin.
D Gender.
Question #19
A Montesquieu’s theory about the size of republics was correct but that the American republic could overcome the problem with adequate funds.
B The large and diverse population of America was an advantage, as it would bring ideological balance in a republican government.
C Montesquieu’s theory applied only to Italy.
D Montesquieu was correct that the most successful republic was a small one.
Question #20
A All of these
B Relied on Congressional approval or backing for foreign affairs.
C Was a uniquely powerful individual.
D Was singularly responsible for his or her duties.
Question #21
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #22
A The US Constitution supersedes state law.
B All of these.
C The US Constitution is the law of the land.
D Any laws made that further the intent of the Constitution are protected by the clause.
Question #23
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #24
A Liberty was best secured by keeping the branches as separate as possible.
B No branch could impinge on the power of the others.
C All of these.
D That there were three rigidly separate forms of government.
Question #25
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 #26
A It freed the slaves, but only in the rebellious southern states.
B It guaranteed the right to trial to African Americans.
C It extended 1st Amendment liberties to African Americans.
D It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States.
Question #27
A All of these.
B Three tiers of review for deciding whether citizenship was denied unconstitutionally.
C Three tiers of review for deciding whether due process of law was denied.
D Three tiers of review for deciding whether equal protection was denied.
Question #28
A The 4th Amendment.
B The 6th Amendment.
C All of these.
D The 5th Amendment.
Question #29
A The right to refuse to incriminate oneself, that is not answer questions of the police or a prosecutor.
B The right to an attorney in case you are accused.
C All of these.
D The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
Question #30
A The hostility of the states to the Constitution
B The development of national political parties.
C The return of Thomas Jefferson and his leadership of the Anti-federalists.
D The opposition of the British government to the foundation of the American republic.
Question #31
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #32
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #33
A The men who decided to amend the Articles of Confederation.
B The men who framed the copy of the Declaration of Independence at the Smithsonian.
C The men who outlined, debated, and authored the Constitution of the United States.
D The men who set up a plan to discredit Thomas Jefferson.
Question #34
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #35
A Did not believe in legislative supremacy.
B Complained that judges would challenge the will of the people’s directly elected representatives.
C Believed that the executive weaker should be weaker than the judiciary.
D None of these.
Question #36
A The British executive branch was a co-equal of the judiciary.
B The Americans divided many of the traditional British executive powers between their executive and their legislature.
C None of these.
D The British did not have a bicameral legislature.
Question #37
A Judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper.
B Congress makes any laws necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Constitution.
C President can do whatever is necessary and proper for the people.
D Executive and the legislature work together in a proper way to make necessary laws.
Question #38
A It ended slavery in the entire United States.
B None of these.
C It ended slavery in only the South.
D It passed Congress near the end of the Civil War but was not ratified for ten years.
Question #39
A How to prevent abuses by using the doctrine of separation of powers.
B The structure of the executive branch and its agencies.
C The make-up of the legislative committees in the House.
D The breakdown of the Supreme Court jurisdiction over certain areas.
Question #40
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #41
A Major themes in the common history of both the English people and the American colonists.
B New ideas in the English parliamentary system.
C None of these.
D Considered out-of-date notions by the Americans.
Question #42
A The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee organizing protest marches to oppose the Vietnam War.
B Ralph Waldo Emerson refusing to pay and encouraging others not to pay their taxes during the Mexican-American War
C Mahatma Gandhi protesting low wages with textile workers in England in 1931.
D All of these.
Question #43
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #44
A They favored states’ rights over the national government’s power.
B None of these.
C They supported the French Revolution.
D They favored strict interpretation of the Implied Powers Clause.
Question #45
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 #46
A Athenian republic
B Roman republic
C Republic of Genoa
D Venetian republic
Question #47
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #48
A A “state within a state.”
B A state having two sovereigns.
C A “monster in politics.”
D All of these.
Question #49
A They both have their foundations in amendments to the US Constitution.
B All of these.
C They were enacted at a time when national unity was a prized goal.
D They were enacted after wars on US territory.
Question #50
A FALSE
B TRUE