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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: The Constitution of the United States, Part VI: Know Your Q's and A's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amendment 21 does what?
(a) Changes Article 3, Section 2.
(b) Changes Article 2, Section 1.
(c) Repeals Amendment 18.
(d) Changes Article I.

2. What is an assembly?
(a) An amount of money put up to ensure appearance at trial.
(b) A gathering of people.
(c) To appear similar to someone or something else.
(d) An appearance in court.

3. One of the amendments included in the Bill of Rights is the freedom from unusually high what?
(a) Fees.
(b) There is no such freedom.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Bail.

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

5. Where are cases between a state and a foreign country, or citizens or subjects of a foreign country, tried?
(a) Municipal court.
(b) Federal court.
(c) County court.
(d) State court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amendment 12 (1804) also address the importance of?

2. Drafting the Constitution was a difficult task, and there had to be how many main compromises in order to arrive at a final decision?

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

4. Some say the American government is one in which elected officials act on behalf of the people, or what Cullop says is the definition of what?

5. How many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention?

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