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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. To be a member of the House of Representatives for any state having more than two representatives, the individual must live in the district within the state he or she represents, except for which two states?

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

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

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

5. Some say the government of the U.S. is one in which the people are responsible for self-governing, or what Cullop calls what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What right does Amendment 7 address?

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

3. What does Amendment 26 accomplish?

4. Who gets credit for writing the Constitution?

5. What does Amendment 21 specify?

6. Why does the author believe everyone living in the United States should study the Constitution?

7. What does Amendment 22 spell out?

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

9. What does Amendment 11 change?

10. What is the branch of government that the authors of the Constitution detail in Article III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Great Compromise? What issues did it stem from?

Essay Topic 2

What article does Amendment 11 (1798) change? Why is this amendment significant?

Essay Topic 3

What are reasons that the Constitution of the U.S. is the oldest living written constitution in the world?

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