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Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The
president
What are the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence called? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- the Preamble
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Senate
and House of Representatives
Which document was adopted by the newly independent United States to organize
the national government after declaring independence? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- the Articles of Confederation
Which two steps are required in order for someone to become Chief Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Nomination by the President,
confirmation by the Senate
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,What is the supreme law of the land? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The
Constitution
Which Supreme Court case established the precedent described in the opinion?
A. Bush v. Gore
B. Miranda v. Arizona
C. Marbury v. Madison
D. Dred Scott v. Sandford - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- C. Marbury v. Madison
Which document was adopted by the newly independent United States to organize
the national government after declaring independence? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- the Articles of Confederation
Which is a core theme of the Anti-Federalist Papers? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Government should support enumerated individual rights.
If both the U.S. President and the U.S. Vice President are unable to serve, who acts
as president? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- the Speaker of the House
What is popular sovereignty? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Rule by the people
What is the "rule of law"? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- No one is above the law
Which of the following pairs of cases impacted First Amendment rights? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Texas v. Johnson (1989) and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
(1988)
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,How did the U.S. Constitution resolve the dispute between slave and free states
over representation? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Three-Fifths Compromise
Which United States Supreme Court case focused on executive privilege? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- U.S. v. Nixon (1974)
Which of the following pairs of cases limited the rights of African Americans? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Dred Scott v. Sandford
(1857)
What is an example of judicial review? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The power of
the Supreme Court to find laws unconstitutional
Which of the following cases impacted interpretation of the Fourteenth
Amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Which phrase from a letter written by Sarah Grimké in 1837 is reflected in the
Fourteenth Amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- "I ask no favors for my sex.
I surrender not our claim to equality."
Which United States Supreme Court case focused on whether an enslaved person,
having lived in free territory, should be free? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Dred
Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Which United States Supreme Court decision resulted in reduced power for state
governments? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Roe v. Wade (1973)
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, What does the Constitution do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- sets up the
government
defines the government
protects basic rights of Americans
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the constitution. What are
these words? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- We the people
What is an ammendment? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- A change or addition to
the Constitution
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- The Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- speech
religion
assembly
press
petition the government
How many ammendments does the Constitution have? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- twenty-seven (27)
What did the Declaration of Independence do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
announced our independence (from Great Britain)
declared our independence (from Great Britain)
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