A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   The amendments throughout the latter half of the 19th century that both extended and then restricted the rights of African Americans.

B.   Two amendments passed before the Civil War that tried to restrict the rights of African Americans and led directly to the civil war conflict.

C.   Three amendments that passed in the five years after the Civil War that tried to reunify the nation and guarantee African Americans their civil rights.

D.   The amendments that brought the South back into the Union on an equal footing with the northern states.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Grant the executive a limited veto over legislation with a two-thirds vote of the legislature needed to override it.

B.   Allow voters to hold a special election to override the law with a two-thirds vote.

C.   Divide the power between two houses so that the power is spread out.

D.   Grant veto power to the judiciary on any laws passed by the legislature.

A.   Gender.

B.   National origin.

C.   All of these.

D.   Religion.

A.   Segregation of private schools in North Carolina.

B.   Voter ID laws in Wisconsin

C.   Florida's method of counting votes in the 2000 presidential election

D.   The federal Defense of Marriage Act.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Was in direct conflict with Madison’s proposals.

B.   Would be divisive and favor federal interests over state interests.

C.   Reminded them of the New Jersey Plan.

D.   Would weaken the executive branch.

A.   The US Constitution is the law of the land.

B.   Any laws made that further the intent of the Constitution are protected by the clause.

C.   All of these.

D.   The US Constitution supersedes state law.

A.   Negative or negate.

B.   None of these.

C.   Review.

D.   Abstain.

A.   None of these.

B.   A Naxi shouting hateful slogans but in a peaceful demonstration.

C.   Calling a politician an "idiot" in a public forum.

D.   Writing degrading words on the wall of a public bathroom.

A.   Throughout the entire history of the nation.

B.   Since the Progressive Era.

C.   Mostly in the last 50 years.

D.   Since the Abolition Movement just before the Civil War.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Federalism is unlikely to work well.

B.   All of these.

C.   Our ongoing experiment in democracy will not function.

D.   The liberties and freedoms government is supposed to protect will not prevail.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   It empowered the legislatures.

B.   It provided a workable solution for claiming that the people had given their approval.

C.   All of these.

D.   It allowed taxes to be collected to support revolutionary armies when they were most in need.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   They favored states' rights over the national government's power.

B.   They favored strict interpretation of the Implied Powers Clause.

C.   They supported the French Revolution.

D.   None of these.

A.   All of these.

B.   A civil liberty deals with individuals rather than groups.

C.   A civil liberty explains the freedom, while the civil right asserts that everyone is treated equally in the use of the freedom.

D.   A civil right guarantees that people from a group (race, sex, sexual identity, religioin) will not be discriminated against if they try to use their civil liberties.

A.   Executive and the legislature work together in a proper way to make necessary laws.

B.   Judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper.

C.   Congress makes any laws necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Constitution.

D.   President can do whatever is necessary and proper for the people.

A.   Won on every single proposal he made.

B.   Won on some and lost on some of his proposals.

C.   Lost on every single proposal he made.

D.   None of these.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Deport people living in the US for decades.

B.   Deport children born in the US to undocumented persons.

C.   All of these.

D.   Amend the 14the Amendment so that children born to the undocumented in the US can be deported.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Designate Boston as the location for the next federal convention.

B.   Persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution.

C.   Persuade George Washington to become the president.

D.   Convince Americans that they should NOT accept federalism.

A.   Happened in the midst of WWII, threatening the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

B.   Preceded the American Revolutionary War.

C.   Followed the American Civil War

D.   Has been a common event in almost all of the wars that the US has fought.

A.   All of these.

B.   Subject to the jurisdiction of state government with no separate powers.

C.   An entirely separate level of government that is protected from encroachments or interference from state or federal governments.

D.   Subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government with no separate powers.

A.   Three-fifths of women would be counted during the national census.

B.   Three-fifths of the Congress was a quorum.

C.   Three-fifths of the states had to ratify the Constitution.

D.   Each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a constituent in the apportionment of representation for the House.

A.   A state having two sovereigns.

B.   A "monster in politics."

C.   All of these.

D.   A "state within a state."

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   But today the federal government is able to dictate to the states and they rarely battle back.

B.   But today states and the federal government on dispute about abortion rights.

C.   And many of those battles continue to today.

D.   But today things are relatively calm and each knows and respects the boundaries of the other.

A.   Executive orders are usually ineffective to resolve civil rights issues.

B.   Civil rights issues can only be resolved in the courts

C.   None of these

D.   Civil rights issues can not be resolved with Congressional legislation.

A.   His time as a member of the Virginia Assembly.

B.   His time as governor of Virginia.

C.   None of these.

D.   His time as a professor at the University of Virginia.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   All of these

B.   Ralph Waldo Emerson refusing to pay and encouraging others not to pay their taxes during the Mexican-American War.

C.   The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee organizing protest marches to oppose the Vietnam War.

D.   Mahatma Gandi protesting low wages with textile workers in England in 1931.

A.   Montesquieu.

B.   Madison.

C.   Locke.

D.   Jefferson.

A.   Could not be amendments for individual rights.

B.   Could only be passed one at a time.

C.   Could not be used to block the ratification process.

D.   Could not be made for ten years

A.   Refuse to vote periodically to demonstrate independence

B.   Form corporations where they can advocate for change.

C.   Move to states where there is less tension.

D.   Form social movements and interest groups to advocate for change.

A.   All of these

B.   The right to refuse to incriminate oneself, that is not answer questions of the police or a prosecutor

C.   The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

D.   The right to an attorney in case you are accused.

A.   The judiciary to review the constitutionality of legislation.

B.   The judiciary to remove unfit Congressmen from office.

C.   The executive to review the legality of legislation.

D.   The executive to nullify laws that do not meet with the meaning of the Constitution.

A.   Specified that the federal government was sovereign over each state.

B.   Provided for a bicameral legislature

C.   Strengthened the national government.

D.   Specifically stated that states retained sovereignty and held all powers not specifically given to the national government.

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Legalism, or work through the courts.

B.   Legislation, or work through the Congress or states.

C.   All of these

D.   Direct action, or take to the streets.

A.   Roman republic

B.   Venetian republic

C.   Republic of Genoa

D.   Athenian republic

A.   Creating conflicts between the state and federal governments.

B.   None of these.

C.   Letting the states get too much of the upper hand in terms of power.

D.   Not adequately protecting the rights of individuals.

A.   By violent means to end taxation without representation.

B.   By non-violent means to end slavery.

C.   By violent means to end slavery.

D.   By non-violent means to end taxation without representation

A.   The average person would find the material as appealing to a "prurient" interest.

B.   All of these.

C.   The material describes sexual conduct in an offensive way

D.   The material lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

A.   A corporation suing another corporation for breech of contract.

B.   An employer paying you less than somebody else who does the same job.

C.   The NSA tapping your telephones.

D.   A state refusing to give the right to vote to convicted felons.

A.   Was singularly responsible for his or her duties.

B.   Relied on Congressional approval or backing for foreign affairs.

C.   Was a uniquely powerful individual.

D.   All of these

A.   Actually quite low, much less than half.

B.   Very high, well over half.

C.   About half and half the country trusting the government.

D.   None of these.