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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: The Constitution of the United States, Part VI: Know Your Q's and A's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Twelve to twenty-three persons selected to decide if evidence against an accused person is sufficient for holding a trial, best defines which term?
(a) Grand jury.
(b) Evidence jury.
(c) Jury of prudence.
(d) Federal jury.

2. What is a court order compelling a witness to appear in court the definition of?
(a) Subpoena.
(b) Warrant.
(c) Proclamation.
(d) Warranty.

3. The President has the power to appoint ambassadors with the approval of what group?
(a) Congress.
(b) House of Representatives.
(c) Senate.
(d) Supreme Court.

4. Amendment 22 (1951) declares that a President may not serve more than two terms, but did not apply to which President who was in office when it was proposed?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Harry S. Truman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is among the freedoms in Amendment 1?

2. Amendment 18 was repealed in what year, ending the period encompassing the 1920s known as Prohibition?

3. When Cullop states the U.S. has a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," whom is he quoting?

4. Prior to ratification of Amendment 19 (1920), who was the matter it addressed left up to?

5. When are individuals elected to Congress?

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