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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. Some say the government of the U.S. is one in which the people are responsible for self-governing, or what Cullop calls what?
(a) Independence.
(b) Confederation.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Republic.

2. The new Constitution required that which federal branch of government would be responsible for making laws?
(a) Attorney General.
(b) Legislative.
(c) Executive.
(d) Judicial.

3. The return of a fugitive by one authority to another is the definition of what?
(a) Extrication.
(b) Extradition.
(c) Explication.
(d) Extortion.

4. The arrest, confiscation, or taking one's belongings best describes what term?
(a) Sneezers.
(b) Assessment.
(c) Analysis.
(d) Seizure.

5. Amendment 25, Section 2 (1967) stipulates if there is a vacancy in the office of Vice President, who fills the vacancy?
(a) Speaker of the House.
(b) President designates.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) President nominates, Congress confirms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Any powers not denied them by the Constitution, and that are not the exclusive powers of the U.S. government, are whose?

2. Amendment 18, Section 3 (1919) provided the states a period of how long to ratify this amendment, after that time it could not have been adopted?

3. The President is afforded the ability to set up a Cabinet of advisers including how many members?

4. All revenue bills must originate where?

5. What is the length of a term for a member of the House of Representatives?

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