APSA chapter 2/3 test
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| Q.1) | Which person is NOT accurately associated? |
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| Q.2) | Which plan at the Convention wanted representation to be based upon population and wealth of a state? |
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| Q.3) | What event really showed the new nation that the Articles of Confederation were much too weak to handle the country's problems? |
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| Q.4) | Which group preferred the Articles of Confederation to the new Constitution because they wanted to keep power at the level? |
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| Q.5) | Which of the following items did the King tax of the British Colonists? |
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| Q.6) | To propose an amendment it takes _____ vote of Congress or the states. |
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| Q.7) | To formally adopt an amendment it takes _______ vote of the state legislatures or special conventions of the people. |
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| Q.8) | How many total amendments are there to the Constitution? |
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| Q.9) | Which of the following is NOT true about amendments? |
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| Q.10) | Which of the following methods is used to informally amend the Constitution? |
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| Q.11) | To formally approve is called ______. |
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| Q.12) | Congress is given the power to make laws while the President is given the power to enforce them. Each having distinct and different responsibilities is called _____. |
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| Q.13) | The ideas that government must be restrained and that government officials are not above the law make up what principle? |
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| Q.14) | Which type of colony was by far the most democratic? |
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| Q.15) | Which type of colony was by far the most controlled by the King? |
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| Q.16) | What group helped organize boycotts and protests in the colonies? |
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| Q.17) | The Connecticut Compromise decided to create a bicameral legislature with representation determined by ______ in the House. |
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| Q.18) | Under the Articles of Confederation which of the following was true? |
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| Q.19) | Which document was signed in 1215 by nobles in England attempting to restrict the power of the King? |
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| Q.20) | What war was so expensive that the King decided to tax the colonists to help pay for it? |
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| Q.21) | In the Constitution... what branch enforces the laws? |
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| Q.22) | The new Constitution would take effect as soon as ____ out of 13 states signed it. |
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| Q.23) | Which state did not attend the Philadelphia Convention? |
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| Q.24) | Which of the following men did not write the Federalist Papers? |
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| Q.25) | What was the name of our first Constitution? |
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| Q.26) | Which of the following was NOT a power of the government under the Articles? |
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