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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Amendments Since the Bill of Rights.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The U.S. is a group of individual states that afford certain specific duties and responsibilities to which government?
(a) State.
(b) United.
(c) Central.
(d) Independent.
2. Whom was the final draft of the Constitution written by?
(a) John Jay.
(b) Gouverneur Morris.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.
3. Article III covers the judicial branch and includes how many sections?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.
4. What type of democracy is one in which the people elect officials in order to represent them in all aspects of government?
(a) Direct.
(b) Federation.
(c) United.
(d) Indirect.
5. Inheritance, corporations, laws concerning education, marriage and divorce all are under the jurisdiction of what government?
(a) County.
(b) Municipal.
(c) State.
(d) Federal.
Short Answer Questions
1. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state may deny any person, under its government, what?
2. The President has the power to appoint ambassadors with the approval of what group?
3. The new Constitution required that which federal branch of government would be responsible for making laws?
4. Amendment 20, Section 1 (1933) stipulates the terms of senators and representatives end at noon on which dates of the year such terms end respectively?
5. Which is among the rights of an individual accused of crime?
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