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Which of the following is NOT true about the U.S. Constitution?
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A It is the oldest written constitution stilled used by any country
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today.
B Its first 13 amendments make up the Bill of Rights document.
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C It is the shortest written constitution still used by any nation
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today.
D It replaced the Articles of Confederation after a period of 6
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years. B - It is not true about the U.S. Constitution that its first
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13 amendments make up the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights
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consists of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
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Furthermore, the U.S. Constitution is actually both the oldest (a) i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



and the shortest (c) written constitution stilled used by any
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country in the world today. The Constitution replaced the Articles
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of Confederation after a period of 6 years (d). The Articles of
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Confederation were ratified in 1781, and the Constitution was i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



ratified in 1787. i,- i,-




What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
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political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the
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Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the
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,federal Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) were unconstitutional. The
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resolutions argued that the states had the right and the duty to i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



declare unconstitutional acts of Congress that were not
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authorized by the Constitution. In doing so, they argued for i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



states' rights and strict constructionism of the Constitution. The
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 were written secretly
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by Vice President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison,
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respectively.


What was the Alien and Sedition Acts?
i,- The Alien and Sedition
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Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th
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United States Congress, and signed into law by President John
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Adams in 1798.[1] They made it harder for an immigrant to
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become a citizen (Naturalization Act), allowed the president to
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imprison and deport non-citizens who were deemed dangerous
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(Alien Friends Act) or who were from a hostile nation (Alien
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Enemies Act), and criminalized making false statements that were
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critical of the federal government (Sedition Act).
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Which Supreme Court ruling was the first to strike down a state
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law as unconstitutional?
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A Fletcher v. Peck
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B Marbury v. Madison
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C Martin v. Hunter's Lessee
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, D McCullough v. Maryland
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Court decision ever to strike down a state law as unconstitutional
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was Fletcher v. Peck (1810). The Ruling mandated that the State of
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Georgia could repeal a corrupt land grant previously made. In the
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1803 case Marbury v. Madison (b), the Supreme Court ruled that
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it could strike down acts of Congress if it deemed them
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unconstitutional. In the 1816 case of Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (c), i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



the Supreme Court ruled that Federal courts may review decisions
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by State courts if they are based on Federal law or the
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Constitution. In the 1819 case of McCullough v. Maryland (d) the i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



Supreme Court ruled that Maryland could not levy tax on the
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Federal bank because state governments cannot impede
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Which of the following statements is correct regarding U.S.
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A Democrat and Republican have been the main parties since
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1787
B The Democratic Party was first established in 1854
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C The Republican Party was first established in 1824
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D None of these statements are correct
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statements is correct regarding the U.S. political parties. The i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



democratic and Republican Parties have not been the two main i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



parties since 1787 (a); instead, these parties have been the two
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main parties since the General Election of 1856. 1787 was the
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year that the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The Democratic Party
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