A.   to abolish state boundaries

B.   to appoint judges

C.   to receive ambassadors

D.   to regulate interstate commerce

A.   creating new lower-level federal courts

B.   choosing which cases will be heard before the Supreme Court

C.   changing the jurisdiction of the federal courts

D.   adding to or subtracting from the total number of federal judges

A.   50 British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside the seat of the colonial government in Boston.

B.   five British soldiers were killed by an angry mob of colonists protesting outside the seat of the colonial government in Boston.

C.   five colonists were killed by British soldiers outside the seat of the colonial government in Boston.

D.   50 colonists were killed by British soldiers outside the seat of the colonial government in Boston.

A.   the Bill of Rights

B.   Article I, Section 8

C.   Article II, Section 1

D.   Article III, Section 2

A.   the courts to decide on the constitutionality of actions taken by the other branches of government.

B.   Congress to review the decisions of the federal courts.

C.   the states to review the constitutionality of federal actions and laws.

D.   the courts to review and edit pieces of legislation before they are voted on in Congress.

A.   too many elections would be difficult for the states to run.

B.   the state legislatures would conspire with each other to elect a Senate dominated by a single party.

C.   this was a way to make the Senate resistant to popular pressure.

D.   this would make members of the Senate more responsive to the preferences of their constituents.

A.   two years

B.   six years

C.   four years

D.   barring impeachment, life

A.   Thomas Jefferson

B.   John Hancock

C.   Samuel Adams

D.   John Adams

A.   provided temporary legal status and work permits to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.

B.   provided full citizenship to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.

C.   prohibited the detention of undocumented children captured along the border of Mexico and the United States.

D.   provided legal status and work permits to undocumented immigrants who were parents of U.S. citizens.

A.   Article I

B.   Preamble

C.   First Amendment

D.   Tenth Amendment

A.   block

B.   formula

C.   general revenue

D.   categorical

A.   under the complete authority of state governments.

B.   shared by both state and federal governments.

C.   under the complete authority of the federal government.

D.   under the complete authority of local governments.

A.   Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia.

B.   full faith and credit clause of the Constitution.

C.   Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.

D.   supremacy clause of the Constitution.

A.   No state government had ever allowed same-sex couples to be legally married.

B.   Thirteen states had passed laws prohibiting same-sex couples from being legally married.

C.   Every state but one (Texas) allowed same-sex couples to be legally married.

D.   No state government had ever passed a law prohibiting same-sex couples from being legally married.

A.   Cold War

B.   Great Depression

C.   Civil War

D.   War of 1812

A.   Antifederalists.

B.   Whigs.

C.   Federalists.

D.   Progressives.

A.   The Court announced that dual federalism did not conform to the framers’ design.

B.   The Court allowed Congress to use the necessary and proper clause to broadly interpret its delegated powers.

C.   The Court gave a very restricted definition of Congress’s delegated and implied powers.

D.   The Court declared that a national bank was unconstitutional.