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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: The Constitution Explained.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The U.S. is a group of individual states that afford certain specific duties and responsibilities to which government?
(a) Independent.
(b) State.
(c) United.
(d) Central.

2. What is a court-martial?
(a) Trial of elected federal officials held in the Supreme Court.
(b) Trial of civilian federal officials held under federal law.
(c) Trial of elected federal officials held under federal law.
(d) Military trial held under military law.

3. What form of government is defined as representative?
(a) Republican.
(b) Totalitarian.
(c) Parliamentary.
(d) Egalitarian.

4. In what year were the Articles of Confederation finally ratified?
(a) 1781.
(b) 1785.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1787.

5. Who was the 16th President of the United States?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) James Madison.
(d) John Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the states that make up the U.S. constitute?

2. The government under the Articles of Confederation would be supervised by an assembly of people called a Congress, restricted in what fashion?

3. The President is afforded the ability to set up a Cabinet of advisers including how many members?

4. Together the group in Philadelphia constructed the Constitution requiring a federal government comprised of which three branches?

5. The President has the power to appoint ambassadors with the approval of what group?

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