ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
.(4)establishment of the 3 branches of government - ANSWER-1) Montesquieu 3 branches of government
2) New Jersey Plan (which has 2 reps and was not based on population
3) Virginia plan- based on population gave the advantage to larger states.
4) Great Compromise (2 senators and House of Rep based on population. It also included the 3/5th
compromise.
.10th Amendment - ANSWER-Powers Reserved to the States
.11th Amendment - ANSWER-One State cannot be sued by another state and can not hear any suits brought
against a state
.12th Amendment - ANSWER-Election of President and Vice President
.13th - ANSWER-abolished slavery
.14th Amendment - ANSWER-Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal
protection of the laws
.15th Amendment (1870) - ANSWER-States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.
.1840's in California - ANSWER-Mexico has found it difficult to retain control over their colony. Immigrants
, that migrated from the United States were demanding home rule. In the late 1845 and early 1846, American
Frémont and an army of scouts and soldiers crossed the sierras to conduct land survey. In June 14, 1846,
Americans near Sonoma, in Northern California, took up arms seized Mexico's ruling governor, and declared
California an independent republic. And painted an image of a grizzly bear and a single star. The major cause
of the war with Mexico was Amercia's view of "manifest Destiny" its desire to increase its borders across the
North American continent.
.18th Amendment - ANSWER-Prohibition of alcohol
.19th - ANSWER-Women's suffrage
.1st Amendment - ANSWER-Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
.21st Amendment - ANSWER-Repeal of Prohibition
.22nd Amendment - ANSWER-Limits the president to two terms.
.23rd Amendment - ANSWER-Gives Washington DC electoral college votes as if it were a state (DC still has no
representation in Congress)
.24th Amendment - ANSWER-Abolishes poll taxes
.25th Amendment - ANSWER-Presidential Succession; Vice Presidential Vacancy; Presidential Inability
.26th Amendment - ANSWER-lowered the voting age to 18
.2nd Amendment - ANSWER-Right to bear arms
.3rd Amendment - ANSWER-No quartering of soldiers