Question 1

Which amendment banned suffrage restrictions based on sex?

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A)  Tenth
B)  Fourteenth
C)  Fifteenth
D)  Nineteenth
E)  Twenty-sixthF) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following statements about the Constitutional Convention is MOST accurate?

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A)  Working-class Americans and debtors were well represented at the Convention.
B)  Although most of the members of the Convention were white men, there was a small contingent of African Americans, as well as two women.
C)  Most of the delegates subscribed to a republican ethos that shunned deferential displays to the rich and powerful.
D)  The delegates worked in strict secrecy, deliberating-literally and figuratively-behind closed doors.
E)  In terms of political views and interests, the delegates were a homogeneous group who agreed on most particulars.F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 3

The Declaration of Independence

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A)  was written by the same man who wrote Common Sense.
B)  provided equal rights to both men and women.
C)  explicitly supported the institution of slavery.
D)  provides an extensive list of grievances against the English king.
E)  helped give courage to the Minutemen who fought at Lexington.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

The principle of separation of powers, particularly with regard to an independent judiciary, is primarily associated with the writings of which political philosopher?

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A)  Voltaire
B)  Rousseau
C)  Thomas Hobbes
D)  Montesquieu
E)  John Stuart MillF) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

What were the major political and economic weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? How did the Constitution specifically address those weaknesses?

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Question 6

Which of the following statements about regional tensions during the drafting of the Constitution is LEAST accurate?

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A)  The delegates eventually agreed to count three-fifths of the enslaved population for purposes of representation and taxation.
B)  Although the South had by far the largest number of slaves, slavery was legal in every state at the time that the Constitution was written.
C)  In order to appease the Lower South, the Constitution prevented the government from banning the international slave trade for at least twenty years.
D)  Southern agriculturists managed to win a concession that the new government would have no power to tax exports.
E)  Northern interests wanted to ensure that the new government would have adequate power to regulate international commerce.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

Discuss the American tradition of representative government.What were its colonial origins? How did it contribute to a rupture with the British Empire? How did it initially hinder the development of a national government following independence? Is representative government as strong today as it was when the Constitution was formed? Why or why not?

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Question 8

Which of the following statements about the ratification of constitutional amendments is LEAST accurate?

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A)  Though it has never been done, Congress may convene a national convention to discuss amendments, if two-thirds of the state legislatures request it.
B)  Initially, no time limit was placed on the ratification process, allowing one amendment passed by Congress in the eighteenth century to be ratified at the end of the twentieth.
C)  An amendment is ratified as soon as a simple majority of states vote to approve it.
D)  In order to pass Congress, an amendment must secure two-thirds of the vote in both houses.
E)  States can ratify amendments either through a vote in the legislature or by calling a special ratifying convention.F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 9

Which of the following instances is NOT an example of institutional adaptation?

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A)  the expansion of the president's role as commander-in-chief
B)  congressional use of budgetary powers to impose national standards
C)  congressional protection of civil rights through Congress's right to regulate interstate commerce
D)  congressional regulation of fundraising by political parties
E)  the president's use of the veto to reject legislationF) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Identify the fundamental political principles enshrined in the Constitution.Have those principles changed over time? Have some principles gained more prominence than others? How does the Constitution put those principles into actual effect? Which aspects of the Constitution most contributed to a government that has been able to exist for over two hundred years?

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Question 11

How many amendments have been added to the Constitution?

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A)  20
B)  23
C)  27
D)  31
E)  35F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 12

When a state law and a federal law conflict,

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A)  the Supreme Court must decide which is paramount.
B)  the federal law is paramount.
C)  the state law is paramount.
D)  the laws must be reconciled to a compromise law.
E)  both laws are null and void.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following statements about the colonies' decision to declare their independence is LEAST accurate?

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A)  The final draft of the Declaration of Independence excised earlier comments that condemned the institution of slavery.
B)  The philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence relied heavily on ideas formulated by John Locke.
C)  The men who drafted and voted for the Declaration of Independence generally believed that the phrase "all men are created equal" applied only to men, and not to women.
D)  Thomas Paine's Common Sense, which was published the same year as the Declaration of Independence, played an important role in inspiring popular support for independence.
E)  During the American Revolution, the majority of American people expressed their clear and active backing of independence.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

The majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were

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A)  farmers.
B)  craftsmen.
C)  bankers.
D)  merchantmen.
E)  lawyers.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

Which of the following statements about the American colonial economy is LEAST accurate?

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A)  The colonies could legally only receive manufactured goods that originated in or passed through England.
B)  The Crown viewed the colonies chiefly as suppliers of raw materials.
C)  Smuggling foreign goods into the colonies was common practice, tacitly accepted by many colonial governors.
D)  Throughout colonial history, the colonists funded their own defense and could not count on British forces for protection.
E)  The colonial legislatures' power of the purse gave them significant leverage over colonial governors.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 16

In order to be ratified, the Constitution would need the approval of

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A)  at least five states.
B)  at least seven states.
C)  at least nine states.
D)  at least eleven states.
E)  all thirteen states.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 17

Under the Articles of Confederation

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A)  the national government had no difficulty collecting taxes.
B)  each state was able to tax the goods of other states.
C)  interest rates were overall quite low.
D)  it was easy for businesses to get loans.
E)  intercolonial trade flourished.F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following was NOT among the concerns raised by Antifederalists about the new Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  the lack of a Bill of Rights
B)  the long Senate terms
C)  the weakness of the national government
D)  the creation of a national currency
E)  the presumption of the Framers, who had been tasked solely with amending the Articles of ConfederationF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

Which was the first state to ratify the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rhode Island
B)  Delaware
C)  Virginia
D)  New York
E)  MassachusettsF) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 20

Which of the following statements about the early stages of the American Revolution is LEAST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tensions between the colonists and Parliament resulted largely from British attempts to have colonists help pay the expenses of the Seven Years' War.
B)  Colonists objected to Parliament's efforts to impose taxes on them.
C)  One of the forms that colonial resistance took during the Revolution was a boycott on British goods.
D)  When the First Continental Congress met in 1774, every state was represented by a delegation.
E)  Military conflict had already broken out over a year before the colonies declared their independence.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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