1. This Amendment to the Constitution altered the method of electing Senators.
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| a. 16th |
| b. 17th |
| c. 18th |
| d. 19th |
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2. True or False. The Vice President is President of the Senate and has full voting privileges.
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| a. True |
| b. False |
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3. True or False. The Constitution does not specify that the Speaker of the House of Representatives must be a member of the House.
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| a. True |
| b. False |
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4. Which of the following is NOT a specified power of Congress?
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| a. Establishing a uniform rule of naturalization |
| b. Regulating foreign commerce |
| c. Punishing piracy on the high seas |
| d. All of the above |
| e. None of the above |
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5. Which Article in the Constitution uses the term “Electoral College” when referring to the process of electing the President?
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| a. Article 1 |
| b. Article 2 |
| c. Article 4 |
| d. None of the above |
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6. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 failed to prohibit states from implementing which of the following provisions:
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| a. Literacy Tests |
| b. Interpreting the Constitution |
| c. Poll Taxes |
| d. None of the above |
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7. Members of Congress are privileged from arrest during congressional sessions and
“in going to and returning from the same” except for cases of:
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| a. Treason |
| b. Felony |
| c. Breach of the peace |
| d. a and b only |
| e. a, b, and c |
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8. Which of the following was not specifically mentioned in Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution:
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| a. Post offices and post roads |
| b. Letters of marque and reprisal |
| c. Standard of weights and measures |
| d. Penitentiaries |
| e. Counterfeiting |
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9. Article 1, Section 8 grants Congress the right to exercise “exclusive legislation … over such District”
that might become the seat of government and over areas purchased for what purposes?
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| a. Forts |
| b. Dockyards |
| c. Arsenals |
| d. All of the above |
| e. None of the above |
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10. . The Constitution prohibited Congress from doing all of the following, EXCEPT:
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| a. Passing bills of attainder |
| b. Passing ex post facto laws |
| c. Suspending writ of habeas corpus |
| d. Taxing exports |
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