AZC1 United States Constitution
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| According the Locke - when the government tramples over the lives liberties and estates of the people. | show 🗑
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| What is the Magna Carta? | show 🗑
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| show | The legislators.
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| show | The Magna Carta lists rights that were applicable only to noblemen - while the rights ennumerated in the Constitution apply to all citizens.
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| show | The ability to install a new legislature.
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| T/F The Declaration of Independence Includes ideas and principles found in John Locke's Second Treatise and details the ways in which the British government had violated principles found in the Magna Carta. | show 🗑
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| Colonists used the Magna Carta to justify their | show 🗑
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| show | John Locke would have likely supported the Declaration of Independence because the English government had violated its contract with the colonists.
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| show | Edward Coke
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| What does preamble mean? | show 🗑
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| show | TRUE
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| What does the phrase in order to form a more perfect Union refer to? | show 🗑
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| According to the Preamble - the purposes of the Constitution include which of the following? | show 🗑
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| show | TRUE
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| According to the Preamble - who ordained and established the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| show | States retain nearly all government powers except those specifically given to the Congress.
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| show | Are all purposes of the national government - as outlined in Article 3
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| How many votes in Congress did each state get? | show 🗑
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| show | Engage in war - mint their own money and engage in foreign trade
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| Article Thirteen explains the process for | show 🗑
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| Which of the following government roles were created by the Articles? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following was a problem that developed after the Articles were ratified? | show 🗑
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| show | Encourage southern states to support the new Constitution.
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| Which of the following individuals was instrumental in drafting the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| What was the Great Compromise? | show 🗑
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| James Madison felt that the new Constitution should be | show 🗑
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| show | When determining population - slaves would be counted in a ratio of 3 slaves for every 5 free men.
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| Which of the following statements is true of the Virginia Plan? | show 🗑
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| show | Gave Southern states control of the House but not the Senate.
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| show | Representation in Congress - how best to elect an executive officer - regulation of the importation of slaves
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| show | 1787 - 1788
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| show | John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
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| show | Democratic principles were best applied in an agrarian society.
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| show | Faction
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| show | The unequal distribution of property
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| show | A large republic
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| The Federal Farmer letters concede that | show 🗑
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| According to the Federal Farmer letters - who would suffer under the new Constitution? | show 🗑
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| show | The people.
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| The Federal Farmer proposes that _________ be added to the Constitution | show 🗑
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| show | A Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution
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| show | statement of purpose
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| show | The heading The Preamble does not appear in the Constitution.
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| What does the phrase in order to form a more perfect Union refer to? | show 🗑
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| show | To provide for common defense
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| show | Promote the general welfare
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| According to the Preamble - who ordained and established the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| According to Article 1 - individual states may not | show 🗑
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| show | States may each have 2 Senators and a number of Representatives proportional to the states’ population.
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| show | Article 1: Legislative Branch Article 2: Executive Branch Article 3: Judicial Branch Article 4: States Article 5: Amending the Constitution Article 6: Supremacy Article 7: Ratification of the Constitution
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| Federal courts have jurisdiction in which of the following situations? | show 🗑
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| According to Articles 2 and 3 - the President ______________________ but Congress _________________. | show 🗑
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| show | States must uphold the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.
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| show | Enforce and recognize the judgments of courts in any state.
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| Which of the following correctly describes the 2 processes for amending the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements is true of the rights found in the Bill of Rights? | show 🗑
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| show | The right to represent oneself in a court of law
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| The Right to Bear Arms is established in which amendment? | show 🗑
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| The 1st Amendment protects which of the following rights? | show 🗑
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| show | 18 and 21
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| show | Extends the right to vote to women.
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| The 15th Amendment explicitly guarantees all male citizens the right to ____________. | show 🗑
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| show | Allows states to deny former supporters of the Confederacy the right to vote or hold public office - details consequences if states deny male citizens over the age of 21 the right to vote - and guarantees that any person born in the United States is a cit
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| show | Direct election of Senators: Amendment 17
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| City governments are generally | show 🗑
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| show | Dual federalism.
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| Which of the following court cases demonstrates the ability of the federal government to become involved in state government affairs? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following are the essential features of a federal system? | show 🗑
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| What constitutional powers were at the center of the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v. Maryland? | show 🗑
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| show | Cooperative federalism
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| show | Create a standing army.
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| The number of seats each state is given in the House of Representatives | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is true of the role of the president? | show 🗑
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| show | Senators were elected by the state legislatures.
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| show | The President may veto any law passed by the legislature.
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| show | Tax exports from a single state.
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| The day-to-day work of the Executive branch is | show 🗑
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| After new legislation is written - it must _________ before it can become a law. | show 🗑
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| How does the Judical branch check the power of the Executive and Legislative branches? | show 🗑
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| show | The President must be a natural-born citizen.
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| What is a 'special court'? | show 🗑
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| show | A winner take all system of voting encourages the development of two major parties.
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| show | The media is an essential part of elections and government because media outlets can provide unbiased information about politicians and government actions.
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| A major difference between Presidential and Congressional elections is _________________. | show 🗑
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| The _____________ and ____________ are the earliest examples of factions or political parties in the United States. | show 🗑
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| Which of the following are the drawbacks of a two-party system? | show 🗑
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| T/F State legislatures meet in official conventions to nominate a candidate for President | show 🗑
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| T/F The number of electors from each state is equal to that state's representation in Congress. | show 🗑
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| T/F Electoral college membership is composed of the senators - governor - and attorney general of each state. | show 🗑
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| T/F The electoral college is composed of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans. | show 🗑
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| show | The electoral college makes it difficult for a third party or independent candidate to win the election - there is a possibility of faithless electors who refuse to cast a vote or vote contrary to their state's general election results - the electoral col
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| show | It's typically a winner-take-all system - in which the majority of states award all their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the popular vote.
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| If no candidate recieves a majority of the electoral votes - how is a President chosen? | show 🗑
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| show | Support for any one candidate must be distributed throughout the country in order for the candidate to win enough electoral votes.
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| show | TRUE
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| T/F The authors of the Constitution created the electoral college because it would have been nearly impossible for a single candidate to travel widely enough to earn a majority of votes. | show 🗑
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| show | TRUE
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| show | FALSE
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| The question of separate but equal was addressed in which cases? | show 🗑
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| show | The decision established the practice of judicial review - which allows the Supreme Court to strike down laws deemed unconstiutional.
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| show | Dred Scot vs. Sandford
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| Roe vs. Wade established that ____________. | show 🗑
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| show | The Separate Car Act violated the 14th amendment's guarantee of equal protection
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| show | Laws segregating schools by race
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| show | Serving as a juror
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| show | TRUE
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| T/F Citizens have an obligation in a participatory government to excerise their rights in a responsible fashion. | show 🗑
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| show | TRUE
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| Which of the following is a right of citizens found in the Constitution rather than in the amendments? Freedom of religion - Equal protection under the law - Habeus corpus - Right to vote regardless of age - gender or race | show 🗑
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| show | TRUE
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| The ability of Congress to pass laws protecting the writings and discoveries of citizens means that citizens have a right to _____________. | show 🗑
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| T/F Freedom to refuse miltary service is a right explicitly protected by the Constitution and the Amendments? | show 🗑
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| show | Anyone who is born in the United States and anyone who is born to a parent who is a US Citizen
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| Each of the following is a right or privilege guaranteed to all citizens whether natural born or naturalized except __________. Voting - equal protection under the law - the opportunity to become a Congressman - the opportunity to become the President | show 🗑
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| show | TRUE
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| T/F The following is a step in becoming a citizen? - Demonstrate fluency in English | show 🗑
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| T/F The following is a step in becoming a citizen? - Live in the United States for at least 15 years | show 🗑
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| T/F The following is a step in becoming a citizen? - Demonstrate good moral character | show 🗑
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| show | TRUE
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| show | TRUE
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| T/F Persons born in US Territories are not considered natural born citizens unless their parents are US citizens. | show 🗑
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