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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one check on the President held by the Congress?
(a) May refuse to give its consent to approve a Presidential election.
(b) May bring suits or issue orders against public officers.
(c) May propose Constitutional amendments affecting office of President.
(d) May override the President's veto by 51% vote in both houses.

2. The Constitution was ratified by what date?
(a) July 4, 1789.
(b) March 2, 1789.
(c) July 4, 1788.
(d) July 2, 1788.

3. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was introduced in what year?
(a) 1779.
(b) 1777.
(c) 1783.
(d) 1781.

4. When Cullop states the U.S. has a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," whom is he quoting?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

5. To be a member of the House of Representatives for any state having more than two representatives, the individual must live in the district within the state he or she represents, except for which two states?
(a) North Dakota, Nevada.
(b) Arizona, Utah.
(c) New Mexico, North Dakota.
(d) New Mexico, Nevada.

6. 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?
(a) Republic.
(b) Confederation.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Independence.

7. The author stipulates that how many different kinds of democracy exist?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

8. Together the group in Philadelphia constructed the Constitution requiring a federal government comprised of which three branches?
(a) Executive, legislative, and judicial.
(b) President, Senate, and House of Representatives.
(c) Democratic, Republican, and Whig.
(d) Democratic, Republican, and Independent.

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

10. What is one check on the Congress held by the President?
(a) May appoint Supreme Court justices for 10-year terms.
(b) May veto bills of Congress with Supreme Court majority approval.
(c) May adjourn Congress at will.
(d) May withhold information from Congress.

11. What form of government is defined as representative?
(a) Totalitarian.
(b) Parliamentary.
(c) Republican.
(d) Egalitarian.

12. What is one check on the President held by the Supreme Court?
(a) Controls all spending of money in U.S. government.
(b) May bring suits or issue court orders against public officers.
(c) May override President's veto by 2/3 vote.
(d) May refuse to give its consent to approve a Presidential election.

13. Article V addresses amending the Constitution in which two steps?
(a) Proposed, ratified.
(b) Offered, endorsed.
(c) Proposed, accepted.
(d) Ratified, signed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of democracy is that in which the people handle government matters on their own behalf?

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

3. What type of democracy is one in which the people elect officials in order to represent them in all aspects of government?

4. Cullop states that the Constitution is meaningless unless who enforces it?

5. What type of government does the U.S. have?

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