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

Short Answer Questions

1. Amendment 14, Section 2 (1868) states that if any state takes away the right to vote from individuals meeting which of the following requirements, the number of representatives for that state may be reduced in proportion to those persons not allowed to vote?

2. Any powers not denied them by the Constitution, and that are not the exclusive powers of the U.S. government, are whose?

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?

4. The people may keep and bear arms for which two purposes?

5. Amendment 13, Section 2 (1865) stipulates Congress has the power to enforce this article by what means?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why should Americans study their Constitution? What does Cullop believe are the consequences of being ignorant of it?

Essay Topic 3

Why are the first ten amendments of the Constitution called the Bill of Rights?

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