Question: Which aspect of the U.S. Constitution addresses a dispute over representation between free states and slave states?
Answer Choices: A the Commerce Clause B the Supremacy Clause C the Missouri Compromise D the Three-Fifths Compromise
Answer: D. the Three-Fifths Compromise
Question: Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence supports the principle of popular sovereignty?
Answer Choices: A “attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us” B “reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement” C “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” D “Governments long established should not be changed”
Answer: C. “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”
Question: The United States is an example of which type of government?
Answer Choices: A a parliamentary monarchy B a constitutional monarchy C a constitutional republic D a direct democracy
Answer: C. a constitutional republic
Question: Which document represents the supreme law of the land?
Answer Choices: A the Magna Carta B the U.S. Constitution C the Mayflower Compact D the Declaration of Independence
Answer: B. the U.S. Constitution
Question: Which of the following was a primary problem with the system of government established in the Articles of Confederation?
Answer Choices: A The national government was weaker than the individual states. B The judicial branch was too weak to check the power of the president. C The national government held more power than all the states together. D The judicial branch became too strong and routinely rejected states’ laws.
Answer: A. The national government was weaker than the individual states.
Question: What is the constitutional role of the Electoral College?
Answer Choices: A selecting the U.S. President B overriding presidential vetoes C choosing members of Congress D choosing members of state legislatures
Answer: A. selecting the U.S. President
Question: Which U.S. Supreme Court decision impacted the relationship between the president and the other branches of government?
Answer Choices: A United States v. Nixon B Marbury v. Madison C Texas v. Johnson D Bush v. Gore
Answer: A. United States v. Nixon
Question: Which point of view is reflected in Common Sense?
Answer Choices: A Representatives should be elected. B Representatives should be appointed. C The monarchy supports self-government. D The monarchy creates limited government.
Answer: A. Representatives should be elected.
Question: How do many state governments extend the principle of federalism within their constitutions?
Answer Choices: A by providing levels of autonomy for local governments B by establishing three branches of government C by giving a line item veto for governors D by creating a bill of rights for citizens
Answer: A. by providing levels of autonomy for local governments
Question: The use of which enumerated power allows Congress to regulate business across state lines?
Answer Choices: A coining money for exchange B levying taxes on corporations C utilizing the commerce clause D increasing access to post offices
Answer: C. utilizing the commerce clause
Question: Which landmark case found that school segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Answer Choices: A Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka B Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association C Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York D Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Answer: A. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Question: Which segment of the population was granted the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
Answer Choices: A felons B women C noncitizens D African Americans
Answer: B. women
Question: Which constitutional principle most accurately connects to the idea contained in the Magna Carta passage: “No freemen shall be taken, imprisoned… except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land”?
Answer Choices: A consent of the governed B republicanism C natural rights D due process
Answer: D. due process
Question: Which landmark executive action warned European countries that any attempt to reestablish their political control in the Western Hemisphere would be understood as a threat to peace and safety and would be opposed by the United States?
Answer Choices: A the Marshall Plan B the Abraham Accord C the Monroe Doctrine D the Roosevelt Corollary
Answer: C. the Monroe Doctrine
Question: Which of the following landmark cases was overturned by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
Answer Choices: A Engel v. Vitale B Texas v. Johnson C Dred Scott v. Sandford D Korematsu v. United States
Answer: C. Dred Scott v. Sandford
Question: Which was the major objection of the Anti-Federalists during the debate over the United States Constitution?
Answer Choices: A lack of a bill of rights B presence of an electoral college C creation of a bicameral legislature D weakness of the judicial branch
Answer: A. lack of a bill of rights
Question: The notion that certain inalienable rights are innate and must be fundamentally defended by government is central to which founding document?
Answer Choices: A Declaration of Independence B Articles of Confederation C Mayflower Compact D Common Sense
Answer: A. Declaration of Independence
Question: Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution reflects the language contained in this excerpt from the Northwest Ordinance: “There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…”?
Answer Choices: A Twelfth Amendment B Thirteenth Amendment C Fourteenth Amendment D Fifteenth Amendment
Answer: B. Thirteenth Amendment
Question: Which United States Supreme Court decision focused on how states count popular votes for president and vice-president?
Answer Choices: A Bush v. Gore (2000) B U.S. v. Nixon (1974) C Baker v. Carr (1962) D Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
Answer: A. Bush v. Gore (2000)
Question: Which of the following statements would most likely align with the sentiments of the Anti-Federalists?
Answer Choices: A State governments can best address the local needs of their citizens. B The federal government is a necessary evil that can be controlled. C State governments’ political ambition must be checked by the federal government. D The federal government is the best entity to have supreme authority over the states.
Answer: A. State governments can best address the local needs of their citizens.