American Government Final Exam Review

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American
Government Final
Exam Review
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A. House of Representatives
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B heritage
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C. patriotism
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D. capital punishment
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E. House of Commons
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F. freedom
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G. House of Lords
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H. Senate
___ the characteristics and traditions that have been handed down
to us by our ancestors
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B heritage
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A. House of Representatives
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B heritage
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C. patriotism
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D. capital punishment
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E. House of Commons
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F. freedom
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G. House of Lords
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H. Senate
___ a love for one’s country and loyalty to that country
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C. patriotism
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A. House of Representatives
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B heritage
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C. patriotism
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D. capital punishment
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E. House of Commons
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F. freedom
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G. House of Lords
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H. Senate
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___ the first foundational civil ordinance
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D. capital punishment
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A. House of Representatives
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B heritage
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C. patriotism
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D. capital punishment
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E. House of Commons
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F. freedom
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G. House of Lords
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H. Senate
___ according to Charles Shuman, the price of socialism
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F. freedom
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A. House of Representatives
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B heritage
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C. patriotism
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D. capital punishment
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E. House of Commons
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F. freedom
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G. House of Lords
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H. Senate
___ the upper house of Parliament
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G. House of Lords
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A. House of Representatives
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B heritage
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C. patriotism
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D. capital punishment
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E. House of Commons
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F. freedom
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G. House of Lords
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H. Senate
___ the lower house of Parliament
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E. House of Commons
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A. House of Representatives
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B heritage
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C. patriotism
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D. capital punishment
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E. House of Commons
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F. freedom
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G. House of Lords
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H. Senate
___ the upper house of Congress
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H. Senate
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A. House of Representatives
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B heritage
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C. patriotism
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D. capital punishment
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E. House of Commons
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F. freedom
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G. House of Lords
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H. Senate
___ the lower house of Congress
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A. House of Representatives
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A. caucus
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B. Cabinet
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C. executive orders
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D. bureaucracy
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E. electoral college
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F. plurality
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G. bill
___ a proposed new law
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G. bill
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A. caucus
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B. Cabinet
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C. executive orders
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D. bureaucracy
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E. electoral college
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F. plurality
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G. bill
___ a private meeting of political party members to decide on
policy or to choose candidates
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A. caucus
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A. caucus
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B. Cabinet
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C. executive orders
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D. bureaucracy
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E. electoral college
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F. plurality
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G. bill
___ a group of people elected by the citizens of each state in order
to elect a Presidential Candidate
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E. electoral college
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A. caucus
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B. Cabinet
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C. executive orders
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D. bureaucracy
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E. electoral college
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F. plurality
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G. bill
___ commands by the President which have the force of law
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C. executive orders
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A. caucus
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B. Cabinet
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C. executive orders
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D. bureaucracy
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E. electoral college
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F. plurality
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G. bill
___ a panel of advisors made up by the heads of the executive
departments
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B. Cabinet
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A. caucus
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B. Cabinet
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C. executive orders
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D. bureaucracy
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E. electoral college
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F. plurality
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G. bill
___ a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials
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D. bureaucracy
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A. caucus
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B. Cabinet
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C. executive orders
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D. bureaucracy
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E. electoral college
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F. plurality
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G. bill
___ the highest number of votes won, but less than a majority
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F. plurality
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What is inscribed above the head of the chief justice of the
Supreme Court?
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10 Commandments
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What word literally means “the people rule”?
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democracy
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What was the greatest influence on the English nation?
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Bible
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What became the model for the colonial legislatures and for the
U.S. Congress?
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Parliament
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What event had an immeasurable effect upon the unity of the
American colonies and helped prepare them for future political,
religious, and economic liberty?
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The Great Awakening
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What term refers to a temporary committee composed of members
of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise on a
bill?
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Conference Committee
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Which amendment allows a President to be elected to only two
terms and to serve for no more than 10 years?
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22nd Amendment
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What special group of judges presides over cases arising out of
government agency decisions?
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Administrative-law judges
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What is the most important symbol of any nation?
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national anthem
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national bird
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national flag
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national memorial
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national flag
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Who wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner”?
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Francis Bellamy
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Francis Scott Key
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Gourverneur Morris
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John F. Kennedy
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Francis Scott Key
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Who became the first black American to achieve the rank of fourstar general?
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John F. Kennedy
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Francis Scott Key
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Daniel “Chappie” James
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Strom Thurmond
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Daniel “Chappie” James

In what form of government does the ruler exercise unlimited
authority and usually inherit his position?
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totalitarian dictatorship
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constitutional monarchy
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absolute monarchy
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direct democracy
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absolute monarchy
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What word means literally “to rule by oneself”?
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democracy
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theocracy
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dictatorship
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autocracy
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autocracy
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In what form of government does the ruler maintain absolute control
of all aspects of a society through coercion and subjection of the
individual to the state?
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direct democracy
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totalitarian dictatorship
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absolute monarchy
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socialism
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totalitarian dictatorship
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Which of the following does not pertain to Communism

denial of creation
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denial of evolution
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denial of God
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denial of man
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denial of evolution

Who was the member of Parliament that supported the American
colonists?
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Edmund Burke
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Richard Henry Lee
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Simon de Montfort
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William Blackstone
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Edmund Burke
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Who was responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence?
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Richard Henry Lee
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Gouverneur Morris
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Francis Bellamy
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Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
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Which of the following became America's first national constitution
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Mayflower Compact
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Declaration of Independence
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Articles of Confederation
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U.S. Constitution
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Articles of Confederation
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Who presided as chairman of the Constitutional Convention?
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Benjamin Franklin
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George Washington
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James Madison
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Alexander Hamilton
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George Washington
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In which article of the Constitution is the Constitution described as
the “supreme law of the land”?
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Article I
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Article VII
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Article III
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Article VI
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Article VI
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In which article of the Constitution is the judicial branch established?
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Article II
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Article V
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Article I
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Article III
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Article III
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Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?
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president of the Senate
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Speaker of the House
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president pro tempore
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majority floor leader
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president pro tempore
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Which of the following is not part of the process of how a bill
becomes a law?
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discussed in a public hearing
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vetoed by a committee
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assigned to a committee
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approved by a committee
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vetoed by a committee
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What kind of representative votes according to his personal
judgment rather than the views of his constituency?
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trustee
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career civil servant
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federalist
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delegate
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trustee
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What powers are given explicitly to Congress by the Constitution?
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regulatory
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expressed
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implied
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executive
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expressed
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Which of the following is not a constitutional qualification for the
office of President
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natural-born citizen
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U.S. resident for at least 14 years
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member of Congress
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at least 35 years old
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member of Congress
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Which of the following is not a primary role of the President?
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commander in chief
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chief of staff
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chief legislator
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chief of state
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chief of staff
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What kind of government agency has a single function and reports
directly to the President?
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executive department
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regulatory agency
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independent commission
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executive agency

executive agency
True/False

A form of government in which God Himself rules personally or
through chosen representatives is called a theocracy.
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True
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a charter is a non-codified form of law based on long-accepted
customs and traditions.
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False (Common Law)
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the Stamp Act Congress was the first representative assembly in the
colonies.
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False (House of Burgesses)
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Edmund Burke wrote a famous work on the laws of England that
explained the concepts of natural law and revealed law.
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False (William Blackstone)
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Gouverneur Morris wrote the final draft of the Constitution.
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True
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The Three-Fifths Compromise combined the Virginia and New Jersey
Plans in establishing the national legislature.
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False (The Connecticut Compromise)
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Federalism refers to the division of power between the national and
state governments.
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True
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To filibuster is to draw voting district boundaries so as to purposely
favor the party in power.
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False (gerrymander)
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Only the President may introduce revenue and appropriations bills in
Congress.
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False (House of Representatives)
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The inauguration ceremony for the Presidency is on the Tuesday
following the first Monday in November of every fourth year.
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False (General Election Day)
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As Chief Executive, the President has the power to appoint justices
to the Supreme Court.
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True

Government corporations have been created to regulate specific
areas of American life.
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False (Regulatory agencies)
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A. Magna Carta
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B. English Bill of Rights
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C. Mayflower Compact
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D. Prohibitory Act
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E. Article I
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F. Article IV

G. Confederacy
established the legislative branch

E. Article I


A. Magna Carta
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B. English Bill of Rights

C. Mayflower Compact

D. Prohibitory Act

E. Article I

F. Article IV

G. Confederacy
describes relationship between states and central government

F. Article IV
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A. Magna Carta
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B. English Bill of Rights
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C. Mayflower Compact

D. Prohibitory Act

E. Article I

F. Article IV

G. Confederacy
placed the king under the law for the first time in English history

A. Magna Carta


A. Magna Carta

B. English Bill of Rights

C. Mayflower Compact

D. Prohibitory Act

E. Article I

F. Article IV

G. Confederacy
forerunner to the written constitution in America

C. Mayflower Compact
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
A. Magna Carta
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B. English Bill of Rights

C. Mayflower Compact

D. Prohibitory Act

E. Article I

F. Article IV

G. Confederacy
strictly limited the power of the English monarch after 1689

B. English Bill of Rights


A. Magna Carta

B. English Bill of Rights

C. Mayflower Compact

D. Prohibitory Act

E. Article I

F. Article IV

G. Confederacy
the central government is subordinate to the states

G. Confederacy


A. Magna Carta

B. English Bill of Rights

C. Mayflower Compact

D. Prohibitory Act

E. Article I

F. Article IV

G. Confederacy
cut off all trade between the America colonies and England and
removed the colonies from the King’s Protection”

D. Prohibitory Act

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A. Karl Marx

B. Henry II

C. Edward I

D. James Madison

E. “necessary and proper” clause

F. apportionment

G. veto

H. Office of Management and Budget
the “Father of the Constitution”

D. James Madison
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A. Karl Marx

B. Henry II

C. Edward I

D. James Madison

E. “necessary and proper” clause

F. apportionment

G. veto

H. Office of Management and Budget
largest organization within the Office of the President

H. Office of Management and Budget


A. Karl Marx

B. Henry II

C. Edward I

D. James Madison

E. “necessary and proper” clause

F. apportionment

G. veto

H. Office of Management and Budget
the proportional distribution of the congressional seats among the
states

F. apportionment


A. Karl Marx

B. Henry II

C. Edward I

D. James Madison

E. “necessary and proper” clause

F. apportionment

G. veto

H. Office of Management and Budget
laid the foundation for the right to trial by jury
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B. Henry II
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A. Karl Marx

B. Henry II

C. Edward I

D. James Madison

E. “necessary and proper” clause

F. apportionment

G. veto

H. Office of Management and Budget
rejection of a bill by the President

G. veto


A. Karl Marx

B. Henry II

C. Edward I

D. James Madison

E. “necessary and proper” clause

F. apportionment

G. veto

H. Office of Management and Budget
gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the
expressed and implied powers

E. “necessary and proper” clause


A. Karl Marx

B. Henry II

C. Edward I

D. James Madison

E. “necessary and proper” clause

F. apportionment

G. veto

H. Office of Management and Budget
convened the Model Parliament

C. Edward I

What act established the structure of the federal court system and
became the first bill ever introduced in the Senate?

Judiciary Act of 1789

What professional interest group has the most influence on the
President and his choice of federal judge?

American Bar Association

What are the most active of the federal judiciary courts?

United States District Courts

What rule states that evidence obtained illegally is not admissible in
a court of law?

Exclusionary Rule

What word refers to past decisions involving similar cases?

precedents


A. trial

B. trial jury

C. legislative courts

D. jurisdiction

E. grand jury

F. constitutional courts
___ the right of a court to hear and decide a case

D. jurisdiction


A. trial

B. trial jury

C. legislative courts

D. jurisdiction

E. grand jury

F. constitutional courts
courts created by Congress by its authority under Article III

F. constitutional courts


A. trial

B. trial jury

C. legislative courts

D. jurisdiction

E. grand jury

F. constitutional courts
an official examination of available evidence in a court of law

A. trial


A. trial

B. trial jury

C. legislative courts

D. jurisdiction

E. grand jury

F. constitutional courts
a jury assembled to determine whether there is sufficient evidence
against the accused to try a case

E. grand jury


A. trial

B. trial jury

C. legislative courts

D. jurisdiction

E. grand jury

F. constitutional courts
a jury that actually hears a case in court and decides upon a
verdict

B. trial jury

What is a statement of an individual citizen’s legal privileges?

Bill of rights

Name one of the documents which formed the historical
background to our Bill of Rights?

Massachusetts Body of Liberties

Or

English Bill of Rights

Or

Virginia Declaration of Right

Name the 4 freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment

Freedom of Religion

Freedom of speech

Freedom of the press

Freedom of assembly and redress of grievances

Name the two clauses found in the First Amendment that protect
freedom of religion

“establishment clause”

“free exercise clause”

What test has been used by the Supreme Court in establishment
clause cases, resulting in increased confusion in rulings on religion?

Lemon Test

What word means “to destroy another person’s reputation by false
speech?”

slander

What word means “to destroy another person’s reputation by false
writing?”

libel
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