Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Which concept found in the United States
Constitution was a belief held by the social contract philosophers of the Enlightenment
period?
a. | presidential cabinet | c. | limited monarchy | b. | judicial
review | d. | sovereignty of the people |
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The principle of federalism in the U.S.
Constitution is reflected in _______.
a. | the right of states to negotiate foreign trade
agreements | b. | the right of the
national government to remove a state from the Union | c. | the division of power between the national and state
governments | d. | the separation of
power among the three branches of the national government |
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A republican form of government is described as one
in which _______.
a. | representatives are elected by the
people | b. | government power is limited by checks and
balances | c. | elected officials have limited
terms | d. | there is a two-party
system |
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In 1689 King William and Queen Mary signed the
English Bill of Rights. That same year Parliament passed the Toleration Act, which extended
religious freedom. These events were relevant to the development of the U.S. political system
because _______.
a. | voting rights were extended to all citizens, regardless
of social status or religion | b. | they contributed
to the notion that government must protect the rights of the people | c. | the resulting absolute monarchy created discontent among American
colonists | d. | the legislation was rejected by the Massachusetts
General Assembly |
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The idea of representative government flourished in
colonial America because the colonists wanted _______.
a. | to be responsible for their own
defense | b. | the people to be the source of
power | c. | government power to be held by only a few
leaders | d. | a president to control the
government |
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At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a
bicameral legislature was proposed as the solution to the disagreement over
_______.
a. | state representation in the national
government | b. | taxation within
each state | c. | limits on the
treaty-making power of a President | d. | control over
interstate commerce |
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Which of the following is a prohibited
power?
a. | Congress buys land by paying a fair price for that
land. | b. | Congress imposes taxes on imported
goods. | c. | Congress authorizes the printing and coining of
money. | d. | Congress declares that everyone must now be
Lutheran. |
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Base your answer to this question on the excerpt
below.
“ . . . Congress shall have power . . . to make all Laws which shall be
necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by
this Constitution in the Government of the United States . . . “
This statement from the United States Constitution is the source
of _______.
a. | veto power | c. | judicial review | b. | implied
powers | d. | states’ rights |
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According to the Declaration of Independence, which
of the following is a right that all people have and that legitimate governments should
protect?
a. | Unalienable right | c. | Expressed right | b. | Implied
right | d. | Economic right |
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The Constitution of the United States
_______.
a. | provided governments for the individual
states | b. | established the independence of the American
colonies | c. | recorded all laws passed by the Continental
Congress | d. | created the basic framework for a national
government |
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