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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What length of term do members of the Senate serve?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 2 years.

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

3. The federal government is based on the concept that it should benefit the majority, which means what?
(a) There invariably will be people in the minority who are indifferent.
(b) There invariably will be people in the minority who are unhappy.
(c) There invariably will be people in the majority who are unhappy.
(d) There invariably will be people in the minority who are happy.

4. The President is afforded the ability to set up a Cabinet of advisers including how many members?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

5. What is the Constitution a contract between?
(a) United States government, England.
(b) Federal government, local governments.
(c) American people, federal government.
(d) Federal government, state governments.

6. What is known as congressional immunity protects all members from being arrested while attending a session of their house, or while going to or from it, except for what?
(a) Treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
(b) Murder, arson, or armed robbery.
(c) Treason, violent felony, or breach of promise.
(d) Treason, violent felony, or breach of peace.

7. The President has the power to appoint ambassadors with the approval of what group?
(a) Senate.
(b) House of Representatives.
(c) Supreme Court.
(d) Congress.

8. How did people eventually refer to this initial document?
(a) ACPU.
(b) Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) Constitution.
(d) Articles of Confederation.

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

10. Under the Articles of Confederation, there would be what?
(a) No central power, executive, or judiciary.
(b) A central power and executive, but no judiciary.
(c) A central power, but no executive or judiciary.
(d) A central power, executive, and judiciary.

11. The Articles of Confederation was not the best plan for a number of reasons and fell by the wayside when?
(a) 1783.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1789.

12. Today the Constitution is separated into how many parts?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 26.
(d) 10.

13. The Constitution would also call for what to ensure the branches would have equal power?
(a) A system of balanced measures.
(b) A system of weights and balances.
(c) A system of equal balances.
(d) A system of checks and balances.

14. What does Part I: Introduction to the Constitution begin by defining?
(a) Oath of Office.
(b) Articles of Confederation.
(c) Constitutional government.
(d) Declaration of Independence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one check on the Congress held by the President?

2. Article V addresses amending the Constitution in which two steps?

3. The U.S. is a group of individual states that afford certain specific duties and responsibilities to which government?

4. If a person's preferred candidate is not elected, there will be another election in which that candidate has what option?

5. In what year were the Articles of Confederation finally ratified?

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