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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A land region belonging to a government is the definition of what?

2. Section 1 of Article I outlines that Congress is comprised of how many bodies of delegates from each state?

3. On what date did the Constitution go into effect?

4. The Constitution was ratified by what date?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amendment 25 detail?

2. How is the U.S. government set up so the majority rules?

3. What do Sections 6 and 7 of Article I cover?

4. How did the Constitution initially come to be amended?

5. How does the federal government get the power it has?

6. What is the reason this book's author believes there have been only 27 amendments to the Constitution in over 200 years?

7. What does Amendment 9 arrange for?

8. What are some provisions that Article II stipulates concerning the President's Cabinet?

9. What do the founding fathers lay out in Article V?

10. What does Amendment 21 specify?

(see the answer keys)

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