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1. When the American colonies won their independence, the original 13 states acted much like small, separate nations with their own currency, trade laws, and ways to collect national taxes. (Points : 2)
True
False

2. Please pay attention to the two words in bold to see if the statement is true or false:

In 1787 the delegates to the Confederational Convention worked long hours to establish a stronger national government. (Points : 2)
True
False

3. Unless a power is prohibited to the states by the U.S. Constitution, state governments may exercise that power. (Points : 2)
True
False

4. The federal government is responsible for conducting local, state and national elections. (Points : 2)
True
False

5. States are responsible for maintaining and establishing public schools. (Points : 2)
True
False

6. Concurrent powers are state powers shared with federal government. (Points : 2)
True
False

7. Borrowing and spending money is an example of a power shared by both the state and federal government. (Points : 2)
True
False

8. Making laws about aspects of residents' lives (such as marriage, divorce, traffic regulations, etc.) are controlled by the federal government and not the states (Points : 2)
True
False

9. Federal and state governments share the cost of providing services to the American people such as highways, unemployment assistance programs, and low income assistance programs, etc. (Points : 2)
True
False

10. A penal code is a set of criminal laws. (Points : 2)
True
False

11. In many states; the general trial court judges are elected by the people of the county or district in which they serve. (Points : 2)
True
False

12. All local governments are established by, and receive their powers from, the state governments. (Points : 2)
True
False

13. The main job of local government is to provide services for citizens. (Points : 2)
True
False

14. The ____________________ (of 1787) was a law passed by Congress that provided a way for territories to become states. (Points : 2)
Articles of Confederation
Treaty of Paris
Northeast Ordinance
Northwest Ordinance

Southwest Ordinance

15. The _________________ clause of the Constitution establishes that states must accept decisions of civil courts in other states. (Points : 2)
States Unity
Full States and Rights
Full Faith and Credit
Full Courts and States
Full Republican Faith

16. The _____________is mainly responsible for sending bills to specific committees. (Points : 2)
Speaker of the House
Senate Majority Leader
Vice President
Majority Whip
Secretary of State

17. The _______________ is the "President of the Senate" and his main task is to break a tie when there is a 50/50 vote on a bill in the Senate. (Points : 2)
Speaker of the House
Senate Majority Leader
Vice President
Majority Whip
Secretary of State

18. The House of Representatives is apportioned by ______________ in each state. (Points : 2)
Number of counties
Budget
Population
Number of cities
Landmass

19. The Senate has _________members for each state (Points : 2)
1
2
4
6
7

20. A _________ court is a court that deals with rewarding money damages. (Points : 2)
Civil
Criminal
Constitutional
Juvenile
Supreme

21. The Supreme Court consists of ___ Justices (Points : 2)
4
6
8
9
11

22. ___________ is the term for the Supreme Court's power to examine laws and actions of local, state, and national governments and to cancel them if they violate the Constitution. (Points : 2)
Judicial Decision
Constitutional Oversight
Constitutional Examination
Judicial Review
Judicial Interpretation

23. Supreme Court cases dealing with right to an attorney most likely are dealing with the _____ amendment. (Points : 2)
First
Third
Fourth
Sixth
Seventh

24. __________________ is the term for a model on which later court decisions or actions are based. (Points : 2)
Sample
Precedent
Preview
Postal
Preamble

25. Criminal cases deal with ________________. (Points : 2)
Violations of a state (or federal) law.
Broken contracts between companies
Small amounts of owed to individuals
Missing dogs
Movie ratings