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.Which person is considered to be the principal author of the U.S. Constitution?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Richard Henry Lee
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. James Madison - ANS :D
Government by the people and the separation of powers are the main principles of which founding document?
A. Bill of Rights
B. U.S. Constitution
C. Mayflower Compact
D. Northwest Ordinances - ANS :B
Use the excerpt below, from the Thirteenth Amendment, to answer the question that follows.
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Source: National Archives
and Records Administration
Which of the following contains a clause that may have served as an inspiration for the above language?
A. Declaration of Independence
B. Articles of Confederation
C. Northwest Ordinances
D. Federalist Papers - ANS :C
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The Mayflower Compact includes a pledge to ensure that all citizens look out for the general good of the colony.
Based on this, what impact has the Mayflower Compact had on modern understanding of the purpose of
government in the United States?
A. The government should protect the property of influential citizens.
B. The government should provide equal protection under the law.
C. The government should advance the goals of the elite.
D. The government should establish religious unity - ANS :B
At the Constitutional Convention, there was a major debate between large states and small states about
representation in the new Congress. This debate was resolved by the Great Compromise. What was the result of this
compromise?
A. The number of citizens in a state would determine how many seats that state had in Congress, but slaves and
other noncitizens would not be counted for this purpose.
B. Congress would have two houses, one in which state representation was based on population and one in which all
states had equal representation.
C. The number of seats each state would have in both houses of Congress would be based on the state's population.
D. Congress would be made up of two houses in which all states had an equal number of representatives in each
house. - ANS :B
Which of the following reflects the most important consequence of the Watergate break-in?
A. legalization of capital punishment
B. creation of levees around coastal cities
C. resignation of the president of the United States
D. integration of surveillance technology in society - ANS :C
Which legislation reflects federal efforts to regulate transportation?
A. Interstate Commerce Act
B. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
C. Bland-Allison Act D.
Pendleton Act - ANS :A
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The U.S. Supreme Court enabled which government practices to continue in its ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A. prohibiting monopoly formation
B. segregating public facilities
C. establishing immigration quotas
D. regulating financial markets - ANS :B
Which of the following statements regarding the Monroe Doctrine is accurate?
A. The Monroe Doctrine prohibited future European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
B. Debates over the Monroe Doctrine heightened sectional divisions in the United States.
C. The United States used the Monroe Doctrine to justify the annexation of overseas territories.
D. Great Britain's opposition to the Monroe Doctrine was a major cause of the War of 1812. - ANS :A
By what process were eighteen-year-olds fully granted the right to vote?
A. resolution of Congress
B. voter initiative
C. Supreme Court decision
D. constitutional amendment - ANS :D
Use the passage below, taken from a presidential nomination speech, to answer the question that follows.
"What do the people of America want more than anything else? To my mind, they want two things: work, . . . and
with work, a reasonable measure of security . . ." Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Based on the passage, which government program would the speaker support?
A. Great Society
B. Fair Deal
C. New Deal
D. Brain Trust - ANS :c
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In order to attract investment and business and reduce expenses, a state legislature proposes passing a law that
removes the need for certain federal regulatory features relating to office and factory environments.
Which legislative action would most likely cause the U.S. Supreme Court to decide that this violated the Supremacy
Clause?
A. Pendleton Act
B. Fair Housing Act
C. Social Security Act
D. Occupational Safety and Health Act - ANS :D
Which justice wrote that "Our Constitution is color blind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens"?
Question 2 options:
a)
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
b)
John Harlan
c)
Earl Warren
d)
Rodger Tawney
John Harlan
Which case established that "separate but equal" facilities for different races did not violate the Constitution?
Question 3 options:
a)
Brown v Board of Education
b)
Loving v Virginia
c)
Dread Scott v Sandford
d)
Plessy v Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson
In United States v Virginia, the Court said
Question 4 options:
a)
Bans on same sex marriage were constitutional.
b)
The Equal Protection Clause doesn't apply to women, as women could not vote when the Amendment was passed.
c)
Interracial marriage was permitted under the Constitution.
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