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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Any powers not denied them by the Constitution, and that are not the exclusive powers of the U.S. government, are whose?
(a) Municipalities.
(b) Individuals.
(c) Counties.
(d) States and people.

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

3. Congress was given the power to do away with Section 3 of Amendment 14, concerning certain supporters of the Confederacy, by a 2/3 vote, and did so in what year?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1898.

4. "Death, as a punishment for a crime, is not considered cruel or unusual as long as " what?
(a) "Treason, death, or serious bodily harm is involved in the crime".
(b) "Treason, death, rape, or serious bodily harm is involved in the crime".
(c) "Death, rape, or serious bodily harm isinvolved in the crime".
(d) "There is no long physical suffering involved".

5. Amendment 18 was repealed in what year, ending the period encompassing the 1920s known as Prohibition?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Amendment 15, Section 1 (1870) stipulates the right of U.S. citizens to vote cannot be taken away for which of the following reasons?

3. Amendment 20, Section 1 (1933) stipulates the terms of the President and the Vice President end at noon on which dates of the year such terms end respectively?

4. Amendment 24 (1964) prohibits denial of the right to vote because of what?

5. What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

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