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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the 16th President of the United States?

2. Article II addresses the executive branch and includes how many sections?

3. The author stipulates that how many different kinds of democracy exist?

4. The Articles of Confederation was not the best plan for a number of reasons and fell by the wayside when?

5. What form of government is defined as representative?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other positions within the U.S. government may congressional members hold?

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

3. What are the significant dates associated between the calling of the Constitutional Convention and the acceptance of the Constitution by all thirteen states?

4. In what manner may the President request to be replaced by an acting President?

5. What is congressional immunity?

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

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

8. What right does Amendment 7 address?

9. How did the "Bill of Rights" come about?

10. What is the subject Article VI arranges for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the first plan of national government the U.S. operated under? What were the reasons it was unsuccessful?

Essay Topic 2

Ensuring that the government operates in the best interest of its entire people is whose responsibility? What are the various means this is accomplished?

Essay Topic 3

What are the six reasons identified in the Preamble for writing the Constitution? What is meant by each of these?

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