04.10 AP Practice Exam Part A
Due Dec 18 at 11:59pm Points 55 Questions 55
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(01.03 MC)
Which of the following changes brought about by replacing the Articles of
Confederation with the Constitution explains the trend depicted in the
graph? (1 point)
The new powers of Congress, one of which was to impose and collect
taxes, took precedence over any state or local laws.
orrect Answer
The centralized government was permitted to maintain a standing army
and navy that served, in part, to oversee its economic interests.
Amendments, which dealt with federal finance, no longer required
unanimous support in order to be adopted by the federal government.
The new bicameral legislature was populated by politicians who were more
concerned about the federal fiscal concerns than those of their states.
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Unanswered
(01.03 MC)
Which of the following examples demonstrates how the Constitution
resolved a key issue in the Articles of Confederation? (1 point)
The creation of a national court system orrect Answer
The establishment of a national postal system The process for adding new states to the country The ability to form and maintain alliances
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Unanswered
(01.06 MC)
What pair represents a Supreme Court case in which the court limited the
powers of either the state or federal government? (1 point)
Case
Level of Government
Limited
(A) Marbury v. Madison (1803) federal powers
(B)
Brown v. Board of Education
(1954)
federal powers
(C) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) state powers
(D) United States v. Lopez (1995) state powers
(A) (B)
(C) orrect Answer
(D)
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Unanswered
(01.06 MC)
Because our constitutional structure leaves local criminal activity primarily
to the states, we have generally declined to read federal law as intruding
on that responsibility, unless Congress has clearly indicated that the law
should have such reach. The Chemical Weapons Convention
Implementation Act contains no such clear indication, and we accordingly
conclude that it does not cover the unremarkable local offense at issue
here.
—From Bond v. United States (2014)
In what way is the case Bond v. United States (2014) similar to United
States v. Lopez (1995)? (1 point)
Both decisions invoked the commerce clause.
Both uphold state jurisdiction in criminal law.
orrect Answer
Both extend the reach of congressional power.
Both deal with interpretations of the supremacy clause.
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Unanswered
(01.06 MC)
This administration will cooperate with the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction in his expressed desires to return more control of curriculum
and selection of textbooks to local school districts. We will support his
efforts to make recruitment of out-of-state teachers less difficult. On the
subject of education...hundreds of thousands of young men and women
will receive an education in our state colleges and universities. We are
proud of our ability to provide this opportunity for our youth and we believe
it is no denial of academic freedom to provide this education within a
framework of reasonable rules and regulations.
—Ronald Reagan, Governor of California, First Inaugural Address,
January 5, 1967; The Governors' Gallery, California State Library
The excerpt is an example of which of the following concepts? (1 point)
Inherent powers Exclusive powers
Reserved powers orrect Answer
Concurrent powers
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Unanswered
(01.03 MC)
Which fundamental weakness of the Articles of Confederation is made
evident in the political cartoon? (1 point)
The national government's inability to form an army during peacetime
The sovereignty of state governments over the national government orrect Answer
The consent of all states being required for an amendment
The national government's lack of an executive branch to administer
legislation
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(01.04 MC)
If these states should either be wholly disunited, or only united in partial
confederacies, a man must be far gone in Utopian speculations, who can
seriously doubt that the subdivisions into which they might be thrown,
would have frequent and violent contests with each other. To presume a
want of motives for such contests, as an argument against their existence,
would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious. To
look for a continuation of harmony between a number of independent
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