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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: The Constitution Explained.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Constitution stipulates senators must have been a U.S. citizen a minimum of 9 years, live in the state they represent, and what minimum age?
(a) 25.
(b) 21.
(c) 30.
(d) 18.

2. Cullop asserts which term for American government is correct?
(a) Independent republic.
(b) Republican democracy.
(c) Democratic confederation.
(d) Democratic republic.

3. In what year were the Articles of Confederation finally ratified?
(a) 1781.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1785.

4. The Congress separated into the House of Representatives and the Senate is the result of a dispute termed what?
(a) "The Great Compromise".
(b) "The Great Conflict".
(c) "The Great Debate".
(d) "The Great Dispute".

5. On what date did the Constitution go into effect?
(a) March 4, 1788.
(b) July 4, 1788.
(c) March 4, 1789.
(d) July 4, 1789.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elections give all citizens the opportunity to make their voices known, and to choose the official that would do what?

2. Under the Articles of Confederation, there would be what?

3. Which section of Article IV deals with admission of new states?

4. Cullop states the government in the U.S. is referred to by many different names, but by which two most frequently?

5. What is one check on the President held by the Supreme Court?

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