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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Elections give all citizens the opportunity to make their voices known, and to choose the official that would do what?
(a) Best represent their political party.
(b) Best represent their hometown.
(c) Best represent their state.
(d) Best represent their interests.

3. If force is necessary to see that a U.S. law is carried out, the Congress has the power to add what to the U.S. military forces?
(a) Any police, firefighters.
(b) Any police.
(c) State police.
(d) National Guard.

4. What do the states that make up the U.S. constitute?
(a) A community.
(b) A symposium.
(c) A confederation.
(d) A federation.

5. What is one check on the President held by the Congress?
(a) May propose Constitutional amendments affecting office of President.
(b) May refuse to give its consent to approve a Presidential election.
(c) May override the President's veto by 51% vote in both houses.
(d) May bring suits or issue orders against public officers.

6. Some say the American government is one in which elected officials act on behalf of the people, or what Cullop says is the definition of what?
(a) Confederation.
(b) Republic.
(c) Independence.
(d) Democracy.

7. Section 1 of Article I outlines that Congress is comprised of how many bodies of delegates from each state?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

8. What is known as congressional immunity protects all members from being arrested while attending a session of their house, or while going to or from it, except for what?
(a) Treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
(b) Treason, violent felony, or breach of promise.
(c) Murder, arson, or armed robbery.
(d) Treason, violent felony, or breach of peace.

9. Whom was the final draft of the Constitution written by?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Gouverneur Morris.
(d) John Jay.

10. What is one check on the Congress held by the Supreme Court?
(a) May veto bills of Congress.
(b) May call special sessions of Congress.
(c) May veto bills of Congress.
(d) May declare laws Congress passes and President signs, unconstitutional.

11. The Congress separated into the House of Representatives and the Senate is the result of a dispute termed what?
(a) "The Great Compromise".
(b) "The Great Conflict".
(c) "The Great Dispute".
(d) "The Great Debate".

12. Article II addresses the executive branch and includes how many sections?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

13. The first major document of the U.S. government was the Declaration of Independence which was signed in what year?
(a) 1777.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1778.

14. When Cullop states the U.S. has a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," whom is he quoting?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) George Washington.

15. 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. What is a court-martial?

2. The new Constitution required that which federal branch of government would be responsible for making laws?

3. What is one check on the Supreme Court held by the Congress?

4. Article V addresses amending the Constitution in which two steps?

5. The U.S. government is currently located where?

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