CLEP: American Government - Ultimate Test Questions with answers 2023

CLEP: American Government - Ultimate Test Questions with answers 2023NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement; signed by US, Canada and Mexico in 1993. Tariff rates are falling or disappearing ICC 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 A) 2 The states in the US system of government enjoy _________ powers. A) delegated B) reserved C) only concurrent D) no particular grant of of constitutional 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 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 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 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 B) Georgia and Kentucky The Congress does MOST of its legislative work in __________ committees. A) standing B) joint C) conference D) select A) standing Each Court of Appeals has __________ judges. A) one B) three C) six D) nine B) three In the U.S. House of Representatives, Puerto Rico has __________ representative(s). A) no B) one C) two D) only a nonvoting 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 B) appellate Treaties are ratified by the __________. A) Secretary of State B) Senate C) House of Representatives D) President B) Senate How many Congressmen does each state send to the House of Representatives? A) two B) four C) six D) A number in proportion to the population of the state D) a number in proportion to the population of the state