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Which statement best analyzes the significance of the gerrymandering method of cracking and its impact on effective
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I wonder where I’ll be ten years from now…
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Analyze why the two-party system can negatively influence the legislative process. (1 point)
• The two-party system empowers
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Why are groups outside of Congress more effective than individuals in influencing the legislative process? (1 point)
Groups
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Which statement explains why committees are important in the process of a bill becoming a law? (1 point)
• Committees are
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Which of the following presidents was impeached? (1 point)
• Richard Nixon • Martin Van Buren • Donald Trump • Andrew
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Which statement best summarizes how majority and minority leaders may impact the workings of Congress? (1 point)
Only majority
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Why do congressional committees have established jurisdictions? (1 point)
Congressional committees have established jurisdictions
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Identify the term length of the members of the U.S. Senate. (1 point)
• unlimited • two years • four years • six years
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Which of the following statements best explains why the Framers may have included the elastic clause in the Constitution?
(1
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Which of the following best explains the difference between the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment and the due process
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Which of the following constitutional quotes best explains the differences between each congressional chamber's approach to the
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Which of the following excerpts from the Constitution best demonstrates the constitutional principle of separation of powers?
(1
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In Federalist, no. 51, James Madison explains that a bicameral Congress will guard against which of the following? (1 point)
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Which of the following best describes the legislative process? (1 point)
• For a bill to become a law it must receive a simple
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Which step in the policy-making process involves coming up with an idea or solution? (1 point)
• formulation • implementation
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Which of the following is an example of enumerated powers? (1 point)
O the power to establish licensing laws • the power to
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Which Supreme Court case upheld the Major Crimes Act? (1 point)
• Johnson v. Mcintosh • Cherokee Nation v. Georgia • United
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Which part of the U.S. Constitution defines powers denied to the states? (1 point)
• Article I, Section 8 • Tenth Amendment
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If Congress declared war on another nation, which of the following state government policies would be constitutional based on
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If you were creating a Venn diagram, which power would fall under the category of reserved power? (1 point)
• regulating the
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What is a specific situation when the president and another branch of government worked together within the system of checks and
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Why was Shays's Rebellion historically significant? (1 point)
• It helped lead to a new Massachusetts law about farming. • It
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What was the purpose of the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress? (1 point)
• to make peace with Great
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Why did Madison think that factions are a product of liberty? (1 point)
• Liberty requires people to develop factions to have
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What was the number of the amendment that granted women the right to vote? (1 point)
• Fourteenth Amendment • Nineteenth
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A federal system of government can be best described as (1 point)
• a national government that shares some responsibilities and
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Which of the following explains how a republic's constitution can affect the rights of its citizens? (1 point)
• Constitutions
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The concepts of life, liberty, and property (pursuit of happiness) are most closely associated with which of the following
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Which of the following explains how the Constitution limits government power and signifies the idea of popular sovereignty in
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Which of the following is a concurrent power? (1 point)
• collecting taxes • establishing foreign policy • creating a
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Distinguish which of the following types of government is a limited government. (1 point)
• a constitutional monarchy • an
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The division of responsibilities between different branches of government to help keep one branch from becoming more powerful
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Aristotle and Blackstone both supported the restriction of the arbitrary use of government power based on well-defined and
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Why did the Hebrew congregation write to George Washington? (1 point)
• to ask him for assistance in practicing their religion
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What is one reason the Framers wanted to model the U.S. government after the English government? (1 point)
• The Framers wanted
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Why was it important for the Founders of the U.S. to use political theory from successful civilizations when creating the
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As populations changed during the Neolithic Revolution, which became the earliest form of government at Catalhüyük?
a pair of
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What would be different about modern society if the Neolithic Revolution had not occurred?
People would not live in large towns
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What is the Old Stone Age belief that spirits and forces reside in animals, objects, or dreams?
polytheism animism domestication
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3. How did the social structure develop in settled farming villages during the Neolithic Revolution?
Men began to dominate
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2. Which of the following were characteristics of early humans during the Old Stone Age? Select all that apply.
The moved from
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How did food surpluses change the way of life in early human settlements?
Villages needed to organize governments. More hunting
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Lack of a national government might lead to which of the following problems in the U.S.? (1 point)
• each state having its own
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Analyze why the Anti-Federalists feared a large national government. (1 point)
• They were from heavily populated states that
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Foundational Thinking Quick Check
One view of some Framers was that (1 point) • a strong national government was needed to
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The Framers who wanted to protect states' rights summarized their beliefs as (1 point)
• wanting to protect individual rights
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Use the properties of exponents to determine whether the equation 10 - 1/3 = exponent 3 root 10 is true or false. Select the
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Which of the following is an equivalent expression for 5 1/2 / exponent 3 root 125
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Using the properties of exponents to generate an equivalent expression, which of the following would be the rational exponent on
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What is the simplified form of 27 1/3
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