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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Amendments Since the Bill of Rights.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The government under the Articles of Confederation would be supervised by an assembly of people called a Congress, restricted in what fashion?
(a) Could not impose laws, or raise an army.
(b) Could not impose laws, raise an army, or introduce taxes.
(c) Could not raise an army, or introduce taxes.
(d) Could not impose laws, or introduce taxes.

3. How many changes have there been since the Constitution was ratified?
(a) 26.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

4. What do the states that make up the U.S. constitute?
(a) A community.
(b) A confederation.
(c) A federation.
(d) A symposium.

5. Any powers not denied them by the Constitution, and that are not the exclusive powers of the U.S. government, are whose?
(a) States and people.
(b) Counties.
(c) Individuals.
(d) Municipalities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amendment 17 (1913) stipulates that to vote for the senators from his state, a person must meet what qualifications?

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

3. What is involuntary servitude?

4. Article II addresses the executive branch and includes how many sections?

5. The arrest, confiscation, or taking one's belongings best describes what term?

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