C963 PRE-ASSESSMENT EXAM
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John Locke - ✔✔Contributor to the Enlightenment who identified liberty and property
as key aspects to our existence
Occupy Wall Street movement - ✔✔Advocates for correcting economic inequalities in
today's society
Articles of Confederation - ✔✔Outlined a government structure where Americans
wanted representation of states
Great Compromise - ✔✔Established a two-chamber Congress by merging the Virginia
Plan and New Jersey Plan
Three-Fifths Compromise - ✔✔Allowed slave states to count three-fifths of their
enslaved population for representation
Federalist argument - ✔✔Supports a strong national government for defense and
economic growth
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, Separation of powers and checks and balances - ✔✔Concepts referenced by James
Madison in Federalist, no. 51
House Rules Committee - ✔✔Determines rules for debate and schedules consideration
of bills in the U.S. House of Representatives
Twenty-Second Amendment - ✔✔Established term limits for the president
Executive agreements - ✔✔Establish agreements with foreign countries without
congressional approval
Executive privilege - ✔✔Allows a president to withhold confidential communication
from courts and the legislative branch
Marbury v. Madison - ✔✔Supreme Court decision that established the principle of
judicial review
14th Amendment - ✔✔Expanded the judiciary's power over states that applied laws
unfairly
Tenth Amendment - ✔✔Allows states to reserve powers not explicitly granted to the
national government
Gibbons v. Ogden - ✔✔Established a loose constructionist interpretation of the
commerce clause
Electoral College - ✔✔States award votes based on the popular vote winner in the state
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
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John Locke - ✔✔Contributor to the Enlightenment who identified liberty and property
as key aspects to our existence
Occupy Wall Street movement - ✔✔Advocates for correcting economic inequalities in
today's society
Articles of Confederation - ✔✔Outlined a government structure where Americans
wanted representation of states
Great Compromise - ✔✔Established a two-chamber Congress by merging the Virginia
Plan and New Jersey Plan
Three-Fifths Compromise - ✔✔Allowed slave states to count three-fifths of their
enslaved population for representation
Federalist argument - ✔✔Supports a strong national government for defense and
economic growth
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, Separation of powers and checks and balances - ✔✔Concepts referenced by James
Madison in Federalist, no. 51
House Rules Committee - ✔✔Determines rules for debate and schedules consideration
of bills in the U.S. House of Representatives
Twenty-Second Amendment - ✔✔Established term limits for the president
Executive agreements - ✔✔Establish agreements with foreign countries without
congressional approval
Executive privilege - ✔✔Allows a president to withhold confidential communication
from courts and the legislative branch
Marbury v. Madison - ✔✔Supreme Court decision that established the principle of
judicial review
14th Amendment - ✔✔Expanded the judiciary's power over states that applied laws
unfairly
Tenth Amendment - ✔✔Allows states to reserve powers not explicitly granted to the
national government
Gibbons v. Ogden - ✔✔Established a loose constructionist interpretation of the
commerce clause
Electoral College - ✔✔States award votes based on the popular vote winner in the state
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