Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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_____
is the process by which Congress determines which public policy questions it will debate or
consider. a. | a
veto | c. | a cloture | b. | agenda
setting | d. | a straw vote | | | | |
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2.
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_____
were those who opposed the U.S. Constitution during the fight over its ratification. They believed
the Constitution was class-based, that it would undermine state powers, and that it would decay basic
civil rights. a. | Federalists | c. | Republicans | b. | Anti-Federalists | d. | Democrats | | | | |
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3.
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A
_____ organization has two sections or, literally, "rooms." The Congress is a _____
institution, since it has two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. a. | parliamentary | c. | bicameral | b. | unicameral | d. | legislative | | | | |
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4.
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An
organized refusal by consumers to buy specific goods, usually in protest against certain conditions
of production or manufacturing. a. | boycott | c. | veto | b. | cloture | d. | convention | | | | |
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5.
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A
document issued by a government that grants rights to a person, group of persons, or a corporation to
carry on a certain activity. a. | conviction | c. | trust | b. | character | d. | charter | | | | |
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6.
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A
_____ is a group of states or nations permanently allied for a common purpose. Its central government
is usually much less powerful than its individual components' governments. The United Nations is one
example.
a. | nation | c. | unicameral state | b. | bicameral state
| d. | confederation | | | | |
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People
who are authorized to speak, vote, or otherwise act on behalf of others. (Representatives from state
political parties to a national party convention serve as _____ to that convention.) a. | delegates | c. | boards of directors | b. | presidents | d. | members | | | | |
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Goods
that a nation produces and sells to other nations a. | imports | c. | transports | b. | exports | d. | trade | | | | |
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9.
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A
_____ is a group or bloc within a political party or the legislature whose members work together to
achieve some special interest or advance a certain position. a. | cloture | c. | faction | b. | delegate | d. | nationalist | | | | |
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10.
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A
_____ was a supporter of ratifying the first Constitution and of creating a federal union. Were
proponents of strong central government. a. | Democrat | c. | Federalist | b. | Republican | d. | Anti-Federalist | | | | |
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Held
in 1774, the _____ was the first formal assembly of the delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies
(excluding Rhode Island). The Congress convened in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26,
during which period it adopted the Declaration of Rights and Grievances to protest Great Britain's
enactment of the Coercive Acts against Massachusetts. a. | Massachusetts
Convention | c. | Second Continental
Congress | b. | Virginia Legislative
Session | d. | First Continental
Congress | | | | |
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12.
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America's first written constitution which called for a representative assembly, made
up of elected representatives from each town to serve in that assembly and to make laws. It also
called for the popular election of a governor and judges. a. | Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut | c. | Articles of
Confederation | b. | Declaration of
Independence | d. | U.S. Constitution | | | | |
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13.
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Roger
Sherman's plan to resolve the large-state/small-state controversy during the Constitutional
Convention. He proposed a bicameral legislature in which representation in the lower chamber (the
House of Representatives) would be based on population, and each state, regardless of size, would
have an equal number of representatives in the upper chamber (the Senate). a. | Pennsylvania
Plan | c. | Virginia Plan | b. | Great
Compromise | d. | New Jersey Plan | | | | |
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Complaint a. | grievance | c. | filibuster | b. | veto | d. | cloture | | | | |
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Trade
between two or more states. a. | intrastate commerce | c. | vouchers | b. | interstate
commerce | d. | mercantilism | | | | |
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Government bodies primarily responsible for the making of laws. a. | judicial
bodies | c. | executive bodies | b. | departments | d. | legislature | | | | |
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The
legal authority of the officials, acts, and institutions of government, conferred by the people on
the grounds that the government's actions are an appropriate use of power and that the government is
a legally constituted authority. a. | writ | c. | legitimacy | b. | contract | d. | autonomous | | | | |
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A form
of government in which the state serves public instead of private interests, is based on the
use of a written document that strictly controls the powers of government, such as the U.S.
Constitution. General public understanding of this role also constrains the government's power. This
system uses institutional checks to make sure the government does not overstep its
bounds a. | divine right of
kings | c. | unlimited
government | b. | limited government | d. | autonomous government | | | | |
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The
great charter that King John of England was forced to sign in 1215 as protection against the absolute
powers of the monarchy. It included such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of
law. a. | English Bill of
Rights | c. | Mayflower Compact | b. | Magna Carta | d. | Penn Treaty | | | | |
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A
document that stated that laws were to be made for the general good of the people, drawn up by
Pilgrim leaders in 1620 a. | Mayflower Compact | c. | English Bill of Rights | b. | Magna Carta | d. | American Bill of Rights | | | | |
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Individuals who feel strong loyalty and devotion to their nation. a. | abortionists | c. | internationalists | b. | anti-nationalist | d. | nationalists | | | | |
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Restrictions placed on colonial activity from 1651 to 1750 by Great Britain, which
include the condition that only English ships could be used for trade within the British
Empire a. | Boston Tea
Party | c. | Declaritory Act | b. | Stamp Act | d. | Navigation Act | | | | |
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A plan
proposed by William Paterson during the Constitutional Convention, which called for equal
representation by all states (thereby favoring the smaller states). a. | Virginia Plan | c. | New Jersey Plan | b. | Pennsylvania
Plan | d. | Maryland Plan | | | | |
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A 1787
congressional act that established a basic pattern for how states should govern new territories north
of the Ohio River a. | Declaritory
Act | c. | Northwest Ordinance | b. | Mississippi Valley
Ordinance | d. | Monroe Doctrine | | | | |
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25.
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The
name of the national legislative body in countries like England, Canada and
France. a. | House of
Representatives | c. | House of the Senate | b. | Parliament | d. | Lower Chamber | | | | |
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A
model a. | session | c. | prototype | b. | term | d. | substitute | | | | |
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To
formally approve or give final consent to a constitution, constitutional amendment, or
treaty a. | veto | c. | cloture | b. | ratify | d. | vote | | | | |
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A/An
_____ is a legislature whose members are individuals who represent the population a. | presidential
department | c. | executive
commission | b. | representative assembly | d. | jury | | | | |
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The
_____ , held from May 1775 to early 1781, established the Continental Army and led the colonies
throughout the American Revolution. It is best remembered for its adoption of the Declaration of
Independence on July 4, 1776. It was succeeded by the Confederation Congress after the adoption of
the Articles of Confederation in 1781 a. | First Continental Congress | c. | Second Continental Congress | b. | Constitutional
Convention | d. | Independence
Convention | | | | |
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An act
passed by the British Parliament in 1765 which placed the first direct tax on the colonies. The
_____ required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, playing
cards, and certain business agreements. a. | Stamp Act | c. | Legal Document Act | b. | Postage Stamp
Act | d. | Intolerable Act | | | | |
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status
quo a. | The status of the passage of a congressional
bill | c. | The status of a quorum
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government action | d. | The existing state of
affairs. | | | | |
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A tax,
imposed by the British Parliament in 1764, on all sugar imported into the American
colonies a. | Sweet
Tax | c. | Sweet and Low Act | b. | Confectionery
Act | d. | Sugar Act | | | | |
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A
compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention in which it was agreed that _____ of all
slaves were to be counted both for tax purposes and for representation in the House of
Representatives. a. | one-half | c. | three-fifths | b. | one-quarter | d. | three-quarters | | | | |
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A
fifteen-resolution plan proposed by Governor Edmund Randolph during the Constitutional Convention. It
recommended an entirely new national government favoring the larger states; it included a bicameral
legislature, a national executive branch, and a national court system. a. | New Jersey
Plan | c. | Pennsylvania Plan | b. | Virginia Plan | d. | Articles of Confederation | | | | |
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35.
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Trade
between two or more states a. | intrastate commerce | c. | multi-lateral state exchange | b. | interstate
commerce | d. | intrastate trade | | | | |
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36.
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Government bodies primarily responsible for the making of laws a. | legislatures | c. | judicial bodies | b. | executive
departments | d. | congressional perks | | | | |
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37.
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The
legal authority of the officials, acts, and institutions of government, conferred by the people on
the grounds that the government's actions are an appropriate use of power and that the government is
a legally constituted authority. a. | illegitimacy | c. | legal-writ | b. | legitimacy | d. | writ of habeas-corpus | | | | |
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