Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The ____ called for Congress to have a Senate and a House of
Representatives.
a. | Virginia Plan | c. | Great Compromise | b. | Three-Fifths Compromise | d. | New Jersey Plan |
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The form of government in which power is divided between the national government
and the states is called
a. | federalism. | c. | anarcho-syndicalism. | b. | nationalism. | d. | anti-federalism. |
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The middle part of the ____ states the six purposes of the government.
a. | Preamble | c. | amendments | b. | articles | d. | Bill of Rights |
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The powers and duties of the ____ include dealing with the leaders of other
countries.
a. | legislative branch | c. | industrial branch | b. | judicial branch | d. | executive
branch |
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5.
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The necessary and proper clause allows Congress to exercise
a. | wartime powers. | c. | unconstitutional powers. | b. | implied
powers. | d. | judicial
powers. |
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According to the ____, the law applies to everyone, even those who
govern.
a. | rule of law | c. | Bill of Rights | b. | Third Amendment | d. | First Amendment |
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What refers to powers given to state governments but not to the national
government?
a. | expressed powers | c. | separation of powers | b. | checks and balances | d. | reserved powers |
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What is the group of people named by each state legislature to select the
president and vice president?
a. | the Senate | c. | the House of Representatives | b. | the Electoral
College | d. | the
Federalists |
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What part of the Constitution deals with how the legislative branch will
work?
a. | Preamble | c. | Article I | b. | the First Amendment | d. | Bill of Rights |
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10.
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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the
a. | Great Compromise. | c. | Bill of Rights. | b. | Constitutional Convention. | d. | Articles of
Confederation. |
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____ is the notion that governmental power lies with the people.
a. | The rule of law | c. | Federalism | b. | Popular sovereignty | d. | Separation of
powers |
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What keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
a. | rule of law | c. | supremacy of the Constitution | b. | separation of
powers | d. | checks and
balances |
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____ are held by both state and federal governments.
a. | Concurrent powers | c. | Enumerated powers | b. | Expressed powers | d. | Reserved powers |
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____ is a crime that involves harming a person’s reputation by printing
lies about him or her.
a. | Suffrage | c. | Segregation | b. | Libel | d. | Slander |
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____ means that a person judged not guilty cannot be put on trial again for the
same crime.
a. | Due process | c. | Double jeopardy | b. | Suffrage | d. | Censorship |
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Which amendment states that an accused person is entitled to have a
lawyer?
a. | Fourth | c. | Sixth | b. | Fifth | d. | Eighth |
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When the Second Amendment was written, a ____ was a small, local army made up of
volunteer soldiers.
a. | militia | c. | grand jury | b. | police force | d. | posse |
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Many Southern states practiced ____, or the social separation of the
races.
a. | segregation | c. | integration | b. | discrimination | d. | racial
profiling |
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What encouraged the hiring and promoting of minorities and women in fields that
were traditionally closed to them?
a. | civil liberties | c. | Civil Rights Act | b. | affirmative action | d. | Equal Pay Act |
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Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group is called
what?
a. | affirmative action | c. | segregation | b. | racial profiling | d. | discrimination |
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The Nineteenth Amendment extended ____ to women.
a. | civil liberties | c. | equal pay | b. | suffrage | d. | civil rights |
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____ are the freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear
of unfair treatment.
a. | Censorship | c. | Due process rights | b. | Civil liberties | d. | Libel |
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The right to ____ means the right to express one’s ideas to the
government.
a. | petition | c. | eminent domain | b. | slander | d. | libel |
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Which amendment protects Americans “against unreasonable searches and
seizures”?
a. | Fourth | c. | Sixth | b. | Fifth | d. | Eighth |
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What is needed before a citizen can be put on trial for a serious federal
crime?
a. | eminent domain | c. | an indictment | b. | double jeopardy | d. | bail |
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The right of the government to take away private property for public use is
called
a. | due process. | c. | affirmative action. | b. | double jeopardy. | d. | eminent domain. |
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____ is the sum of money used as a security deposit to allow an accused person
to remain free until the trial.
a. | Eminent domain | c. | Due process | b. | Bail | d. | Scratch |
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The Twenty-fourth Amendment prevents Southern states from using ____ to keep
African Americans from voting.
a. | state laws | c. | poll taxes | b. | threats | d. | racial
profiling |
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____ believed in nonviolent resistance, or the peaceful protests of unfair
laws.
a. | The NAACP | c. | President Harry Truman | b. | The Urban
League | d. | Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., |
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The ____ Amendment protected the right of women to vote in all national and
state elections.
a. | Fifteenth | c. | Nineteenth | b. | Fourth | d. | Twenty-third |
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People from a representative’s district are called his or her
a. | cloture. | c. | constituents. | b. | lobbyists. | d. | representees. |
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32.
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The most powerful member of the House of Representatives is the
a. | majority leader. | c. | majority whip. | b. | President of the House. | d. | Speaker of the
House. |
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What is the term that is used when an official is formally accused of misconduct
in office?
a. | impeach | c. | cloture | b. | habeas corpus | d. | censure |
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34.
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Private groups hire ____ to influence government decision makers.
a. | lawyers | c. | clotures | b. | filibusters | d. | lobbyists |
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What is the tactic of delaying a vote until a bill’s sponsor withdraws the
measure?
a. | cloture | c. | filibustering | b. | gabling | d. | voice voting |
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If the president ignores a bill for 10 days and Congress is not in session, it
is a
a. | pocket veto. | c. | line item veto. | b. | filibuster. | d. | slate bill. |
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Having the ____ privilege allows Congress members to send mail without paying
postage.
a. | postal | c. | casework | b. | rider | d. | franking |
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Senators can end a filibuster by a three-fifths vote in favor of
a. | a roll-call vote. | c. | a voice vote. | b. | pigeonholing. | d. | cloture. |
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What is the indirect method we use to elect the president?
a. | Executive College | c. | Electoral College | b. | executive agreement | d. | electoral
agreement |
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Who follows the vice president in succession to the presidency?
a. | Speaker of the House | c. | attorney general | b. | secretary of state | d. | secretary of
defense |
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What is the most important role of the president?
a. | head diplomat | c. | chief of state | b. | Chief Executive | d. | economic leader |
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What is the basic goal of American foreign policy?
a. | national security | c. | trade sanctions | b. | treaty negotiation | d. | embargo
resolution |
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43.
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The president has the power to issue an ____, which is a rule or command that
has the force of law.
a. | executive order | c. | amnesty order | b. | economic sanction | d. | execution order |
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