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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. Amendment 25, Section 2 (1967) stipulates if there is a vacancy in the office of Vice President, who fills the vacancy?
(a) President designates.
(b) Speaker of the House.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) President nominates, Congress confirms.

2. Amendment 21 does what?
(a) Repeals Amendment 18.
(b) Changes Article 2, Section 1.
(c) Changes Article I.
(d) Changes Article 3, Section 2.

3. Article V addresses amending the Constitution in which two steps?
(a) Proposed, accepted.
(b) Ratified, signed.
(c) Proposed, ratified.
(d) Offered, endorsed.

4. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state may deny any person, under its government, what?
(a) Right to be read "Miranda Warning" upon arrest.
(b) Right to be read "Miranda Warning" prior to questioning.
(c) Equal protection of the law.
(d) Equal wages for equal labor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The main body of the Constitution is separated into how many blocks, known as Articles?

2. Which section of Article IV deals with admission of new states?

3. What type of democracy is that in which the people handle government matters on their own behalf?

4. According to Amendment 17 (1913), when a state has a Senate vacancy, who can make a temporary appointment?

5. Each house of Congress keeps a journal of what it does day to day, and each morning Congress is in session these are published where?

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