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NAFTA - Correct Answers ✅North American Free Trade
Agreement; signed by US, Canada and Mexico in 1993. Tariff
rates are falling or disappearing
ICC - Correct Answers ✅Interstate Commerce Commission;
created in 1887 to regulate railroads that moved goods and
services between states
Each state sends __________ Senators to the United States
Senate.
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) a number in proportion to the population of the state -
Correct Answers ✅A) 2
The states in the US system of government enjoy _________
powers.
A) delegated
B) reserved
C) only concurrent
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D) no particular grant of of constitutional - Correct Answers
✅B) reserved
Each state has a number of electors in the Electoral College
equivalent to the number of __________.
A) Representatives in the House of Representatives
B) Senators and Representatives in Congress
C) it's state legislatures
D) delegates sent to the national party conventions - Correct
Answers ✅B) Senators and Representatives in Congress
The Supreme Court ruling rendering unconstitutional
segregation in the public schools was __________.
A) Plessey v. Ferguson
B) Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
C) White v. Texas
D) the Dred Scott case - Correct Answers ✅B) Brown v. the
Board of Education, Topeka
Just prior to the ratification of the 26th Amendment, MOST
states required a person to be 21 years of age to vote, but
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two states required that a person be only 18. These states
were __________.
A) Kansas and Nebraska
B) Georgia and Kentucky
C) Texas and Louisiana
D) Wyoming and Utah - Correct Answers ✅B) Georgia and
Kentucky
The Congress does MOST of its legislative work in __________
committees.
A) standing
B) joint
C) conference
D) select - Correct Answers ✅A) standing
Each Court of Appeals has __________ judges.
A) one
B) three
C) six
D) nine - Correct Answers ✅B) three
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In the U.S. House of Representatives, Puerto Rico has
__________ representative(s).
A) no
B) one
C) two
D) only a nonvoting - Correct Answers ✅D) only a
nonvoting
The Supreme Court has primarily __________ jurisdiction.
A) original
B) appellate
C) equal responsibility for original and appellate
D) none of the above - Correct Answers ✅B) appellate
Treaties are ratified by the __________.
A) Secretary of State
B) Senate
C) House of Representatives
Test Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest 2026)
NAFTA - Correct Answers ✅North American Free Trade
Agreement; signed by US, Canada and Mexico in 1993. Tariff
rates are falling or disappearing
ICC - Correct Answers ✅Interstate Commerce Commission;
created in 1887 to regulate railroads that moved goods and
services between states
Each state sends __________ Senators to the United States
Senate.
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) a number in proportion to the population of the state -
Correct Answers ✅A) 2
The states in the US system of government enjoy _________
powers.
A) delegated
B) reserved
C) only concurrent
,CLEP: American Government - Ultimate
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(Latest 2026)
D) no particular grant of of constitutional - Correct Answers
✅B) reserved
Each state has a number of electors in the Electoral College
equivalent to the number of __________.
A) Representatives in the House of Representatives
B) Senators and Representatives in Congress
C) it's state legislatures
D) delegates sent to the national party conventions - Correct
Answers ✅B) Senators and Representatives in Congress
The Supreme Court ruling rendering unconstitutional
segregation in the public schools was __________.
A) Plessey v. Ferguson
B) Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
C) White v. Texas
D) the Dred Scott case - Correct Answers ✅B) Brown v. the
Board of Education, Topeka
Just prior to the ratification of the 26th Amendment, MOST
states required a person to be 21 years of age to vote, but
,CLEP: American Government - Ultimate
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(Latest 2026)
two states required that a person be only 18. These states
were __________.
A) Kansas and Nebraska
B) Georgia and Kentucky
C) Texas and Louisiana
D) Wyoming and Utah - Correct Answers ✅B) Georgia and
Kentucky
The Congress does MOST of its legislative work in __________
committees.
A) standing
B) joint
C) conference
D) select - Correct Answers ✅A) standing
Each Court of Appeals has __________ judges.
A) one
B) three
C) six
D) nine - Correct Answers ✅B) three
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In the U.S. House of Representatives, Puerto Rico has
__________ representative(s).
A) no
B) one
C) two
D) only a nonvoting - Correct Answers ✅D) only a
nonvoting
The Supreme Court has primarily __________ jurisdiction.
A) original
B) appellate
C) equal responsibility for original and appellate
D) none of the above - Correct Answers ✅B) appellate
Treaties are ratified by the __________.
A) Secretary of State
B) Senate
C) House of Representatives
