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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. What is one check on the President held by the Supreme Court?

2. Article III covers the judicial branch and includes how many sections?

3. What is a court-martial?

4. When Cullop states the U.S. has a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," whom is he quoting?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What right does Amendment 19 afford?

2. What were the three main issues that had to be agreed upon at the Constitutional Convention?

3. Do Americans live in a democracy or a republic?

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

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

6. What does Amendment 22 spell out?

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

8. What punishment may an official suffer subsequent to impeachment?

9. What does Amendment 9 arrange for?

10. What does Article IV spell out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the delegates resolve the problem of having the states maintain specific important powers while simultaneously establishing a strong federal government?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Three-Fifths Compromise? What did this result from? What amendment repeals this compromise?

Essay Topic 3

What is the jurisdiction of the federal courts?

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