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Article 1, of the constitutions refers to the? 1. Judaical branch 2.Executive branch 3.preamble 4.legislative branch 5.Bill of Rights
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Shays's Rebellion consisted of? 1.Bostonians throwing British tea into Boston Harbor. 2.Massachusetts residents protesting the national government's tax on liquor and a tax on voting rights. 3.Massachusetts residents protesting New Hampshire's import tax on their state's products. 4.farmers trying to prevent foreclosure on their property for high taxes levied to finance the state's wartime debt. 5.tobacco farmers protesting tariffs on their crops.
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The power of the president to veto laws is an example of? 1.implied powers. 2.the supremacy clause. 3.suffrage. 4.checks and balances. 5.the substantial powers clause.
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Among the most undemocratic features of the U.S. Constitution is the? 1.executive supremacy clause. 2.unicameral legislature. 3.state equality rule. 4.federal supremacy clause. 5.bicameral legislature.
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Originally, the Constitutional Convention's purpose was to? 1.file a formal tax protest with England. 2.adopt a new constitution. 3.raise money for a national army in order to stop Shay's Rebellion. 4.overturn articles amended by the Second Continental Congress. 5.revise the Articles of Confederation.
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The Supreme Court first declared that the courts have the power to overturn government acts that conflict with the Constitution in? 1.McCulloch v. Maryland 2.Dred Scott v. Sandford 3.Gideon v. Wainwright 4.Hamilton v. Burr 5.Marbury v. Madison.
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The fifty-five signatories of the Declarations of Independence were courageous in their actions because? 1. They wanted to make history 2. of their belief in free and fair elections 3. The Declaration gave them natural rights 4. They had personal insecurities that they overcame 5. Signing the Declaration was treason and punishable by hanging and drawing and quartering
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The notion that governmental authority springs from the consent of the governed is derived from? 1.the Bible. 2.British common law. 3.the U.S. Constitution. 4.a speech given by Thomas Jefferson. 5.social contract theory.
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The plan presented at the Constitutional Convention generally favored by large states was? 1.the Connecticut Compromise. 2.the New Jersey Plan. 3.the Three-fifths Compromise. 4.the Annapolis Compromise. 5.the Virginia Plan.
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The chief objective of the First Continental Congress was to? 1.restore peaceful relations between the colonies and Great Britain. 2.establish trade relations with foreign powers like France and Germany. 3.draft the U.S. Constitution. 4.decide how to deal with the issue of slavery. 5.select a commander for the Continental Army.
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The first fighting in the american Revolution happened in ___ in early 1775? 1.Massachusetts 2.Virginia 3.Georgia 4.Texas 5.New York
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The three-fifths compromise resolved the issue of? 1.representation of slaves. 2.appointments to the federal judiciary. 3.taxation of trade between states. 4.representation in the electoral college. 5.procedures for amending the constitution.
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Amendments to the constitution may be proposed by two-thirds votes in both the House and the Senate or by a? 1.A vote of a two-third of the population 2.Majority of the state legislatures 3 Presidential order 4.national conventions 5.supreme court opinions
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Federalist No. 10 and Federalist No. 51 each argue, from different angles, that the constitution combats? 1.excessive power in the executive. 2.tyranny of the majority. 3.attacks from foreign nations. 4.weakness of the states. 5.the problem of an uninvolved population.
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In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson's statement that "all men are created equal" is similar to which theorist's belief that government is based on the "consent of the governed"? 1.John Adams 2.John Locke 3.James Madison 4.Joseph Ellis 5.John Hancock
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One similarity between the Virginia Plan and the Jersey Plan was that both plans? 1.Provided for a plural executive. 2.Left unspecified how many people might compromise the executive 3.based representatives on state population 4.provided for a on state populations 5.provided for a legislature with two houses
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The Daughters of Liberty opposed British rule by? 1.organizing large public protest marches. 2.spinning their own cloth rather than buying imported British products. 3.dumping tea into Boston Harbor. 4.engaging in violent guerilla actions. 5.refusing to marry, date, or associate with British loyalists.
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The chief goal of the drafters of the Articles of Confederation was to? 1.create a system in which states would be represented on the basis of their population. 2.protect states' rights. 3.create a strong central authority to protect the states from foreign invasion. 4.reduce the power of the executive, who had come to be seen as too much like a monarch. 5.ensure that the judiciary had the ability to decide which laws were constitutional.
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The main positive results of the Annapolis Convention was? 1. Ending state-level export/import restrictions and tariffs 2. A call for a larger meeting of the states, with a broader mission 3. Revision of commercial arrangements among the states 4. amendments of the Article of Confederation 5. Finally paying debt owed to Revolutionary War veterans
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The original draft of the Declaration of Independence? 1.called for the end of slavery everywhere. 2.condemned slavery but did not call for its end. 3.did not mention slavery. 4.specified that slaves did not count as human beings. 5.condemned the king's support of the slave trade.
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The original procedure for selecting the vice president, under the electoral college, was? 1.the vice president would be selected by the Supreme Court. 2.the vice president would be selected by the Senate. 3.the vice president would be selected by the House. 4.the candidate with the next-greatest number of votes would become vice president. 5.the president would select a vice president after being elected.
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To amend the Articles of Confederation required a(n)? 1.agreement between the president and the legislature. 2.unanimous vote of the Confederation Congress. 3.opinion from the supreme court approving the amendment. 4.majority vote of the Confederation Congress. 5.majority vote among citizens of the colonies.
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A confederation can best be described as? 1.a government ruled by a dictator. 2.smaller units of government controlled by a larger government unit. 3.a loose association of independent states. 4.a government without a monarch. 5.a form of socialism.
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A major event that led to greater British taxation of American colonies was? 1. The growth of the american slave trade 2. the increased success of cotton as an American export 3. The Seven Year's War 4. the increased industrialization of the Northern colonies 5. The Feudalism Act
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Article I, Section 8 of the constitution articulates the principle of _________, granting Congress limited powers? 1.separation of powers 2.checks and balances 3.enumerated powers 4.judicial review 5.the bicameral legislature
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Article VI of the constitution contains provisions establishing? 1.the unitary executive and the supremacy clause. 2.the three-fifths compromise and the no religious test clause. 3.the supremacy clause and the no religious test clause. 4.separation of powers and checks and balances. 5.the commerce power and the full faith and credit clause.
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Federalist No. 10 and Federalist No.51 each argue, from different angles, that the constitution combats? 1. attacks from foreign nations 2. excessive power in the executive 3. tyranny of the majority 4. The problem of an uninvolved population 5. weakness of the states
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One result of the Second Continental Congress was? 1.A brief reconciliation with Britain 2.A plan for the Boston tea Party 3.The adoption of the Declarations of Independence 4.Increase in colonial taxes paid England 5.The decisions to create thirteen colonies
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The Bill of Rights consists of the first __________ amendments to the Constitution? 1.five 2.twenty-two 3.ten 4.fifteen 5.twenty
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Which document proclaimed, "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"? 1. Locke's second treatise of Gov 2. The Treaty of Lisbon 3. The Declaration of Independence 4. The Articles of confederation 5. The Constitution
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