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Use the excerpt from the Constitution to answer the question.
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be
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Congress called for a convention to be held in Philadeeplphia in 1787 in order to
Responses revise the Articles of Confederation.
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One of the main reasons the Founding Fathers created federalism was because they believed that...
Responses the national
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Why did the Founding Fathers think it necessary to create the Articles of Confederation?
Responses to establish a monarchy to
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Which of the following is an example of a power held by the federal government?
Responses marriage and divorce laws marriage and
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Which of the following represents one of Congress' electoral powers?
Responses The House elects a vice president if a third-party
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Why is the House Committee on Rules considered to be so powerful?
Responses This is the only committee that can create bills This
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How does the commerce power differ from the currency power?
Responses The commerce power relates to the ability to borrow money
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A special power delegated only to the House of Representatives is:
Responses ratifying treaties with foreign nations ratifying
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How are seats in the House of Representatives apportioned?
Responses by the size of the state's territory by the size of the
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Which of the following reflects a difference between debate on the House and Senate floors?
Responses Debate in the Senate has
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What is the main difference between the formal and informal qualifications for the House of Representatives?
Responses Informal
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Which of the following governmental bodies is most directly responsible to the electorate?
Responses The Supreme Court The
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Which of the following best describes the interpretation of the constitution by a strict constructionist?
Responses favors a
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Drawing congressional district boundaries to the advantage of the party in power in the legislature is called which of the
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The power of Congress to print money is one of the legislative
Responses expressed powers. expressed powers. nonlegislative
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If a majority of committee member ssupport a bill, what is likely to happen to it?
Responses The committee will pigeonhole the
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Why are congressional seats reapportioned every decade?
Responses to accommodate an increasing number of House members to
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he Constitution's writers carefully drafted a document that would create
Responses weakened power in the state and national
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Which of the following actions would a president take if wanted a bill to past but did not want to have a signing ceremony?
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Why are standing committees known as subject matter committees?
Responses They deal with particular policy matters They deal with
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Which of the following gives Congress the power to fund parts of the executive branch such as the Department of Education?
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Who has the power to raise and support armies and authorize military action?
Responses the president the president Congress
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Why would House representatives be constantly campaigning?
Responses They serve two-year terms They serve two-year terms
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Why did the framers of the Constitution grant the House of Representatives the most "power of the purse" (taxation & spending)?
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How is Congress involved when the president negotiates a treaty with another country?
Responses The House must approve funding
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In what way does apportionment reflect the voice of the American people?
Responses It allows for partial participation. It allows
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Why did the Framers create a legislative body influenced by popular events as well as a more stable, slower body?
Responses to
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Use the excerpt to answer the question-
Congress has a split personality. On the one hand, it is a lawmaking institution and
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Which statement best explains the oversight function of congressional committees?
Responses It ensures that the judicial branch
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The principle of "Separation of Powers" is improved with a bicameral legislature rather than a unicameral legislature because a
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How does the change in the election process for U.S. senators exemplify the flexibility and enduring nature of the Constitution?
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Read this excerpt from the text about the power of Congress to carry out investigations.
Both houses may choose to conduct
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According to the United States Constitution, which of these positions can be impeached by the House of Representatives?
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What does the House impose severe limits on floor debates?
Responses The House is so big that long debate is extremely
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All of the following represent examples of the use of checks and balances except
Responses the 35 successful vetoes made by
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There are term limits for US Congressional Members
Responses True True False
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did the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution affect the process of senatorial elections?
Responses It allowed senators to be
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Why did the framers of the Constitution grant the House of Representatives the most "power of the purse"?
Responses The House
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According to Article II of the United States Constitution all federal impeachment proeedings must start in the ____________ and
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Imagine you are writing research paper on social networking sites. Which of the following thesis statements would be the most
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Drafting getting started quiz
Which of the following sentences used capitalization CORRECTLY?
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The __ on that compact disc sound great together.
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"The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that, in this country,
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Which of the following became a valid criticism of the Electoral College system after the 2000 Bush v. Gore presidential
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What is the only official role of the vice president?
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Mr. Powell rents a storage space that is 7 feet high, 5 feet long, and 4 feet wide.
How many containers, each one cubic foot in
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What is the volume of the solid figure?
The solid shape is made up of two rectangular prisms. The first rectangular prism has a
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Which expressions can be added to find the volume of the solid figure?
Select all that apply. A solid shape is made up of 2
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The solid figure is separated along the dotted line into two rectangular prisms.
What are the volumes of the two rectangular
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How do you convert
3 1 3 yards to inches? Use the drop-down menus to explain your answer. Since there are 36 inches in 1 yard,
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Use the drop-down menu to complete the comparison.
1 mi 72 in. Choose... 5,286 ft
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What is the relationship between kinetic energy and thermal energy?(1 point)
Responses Kinetic energy is the transfer of thermal
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What happens when a bowl of ice cream is left uneaten on a counter in a warm room?(1 point)
Responses Heat is transferred from
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Kinetic Energy Transfer Quick Check
3 of 53 of 5 Items Question What is the relationship between kinetic energy and
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What is the best description of heat?(1 point)
Responses thermal energy thermal energy the flow of thermal energy from a cooler
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When thermal energy is applied to water, the water’s temperature rises until 100° C and then stays the same. Which is the
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A student is observing a group of cells under a microscope. What observation would help her conclude that they are plant cells?
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Many microorganisms are beneficial in different ways. Which of these is NOT an example of a beneficial microorganism?
Responses A
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Which plant cell organelle uses light energy to produce sugar?
Responses A mitochondriamitochondria B chloroplastchloroplast C
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Catastrophic events on Earth have both negative and positive effects. One positive effect is the formation of new land features.
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Long ago, dams were built for one purpose: to supply for irrigation. Today we use dams for many reasons. Dams are used today to
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Erosion of the beach is normally a slow process, but it can happen quickly. It also occurs in many ways.
Which of these might
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A river delta forms at the mouth of a river where it enters a larger body of water. Usually the delta is shaped like a triangle.
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What happens when gravity causes large portions of earth and rock around mountains and hillsides to move and crumble, creating
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Phillip came out to this stream after a few days of very heavy rain. He noticed that the bank of the stream had parts that
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Which of the following is NOT a cause of erosion?
Responses A FireFire B WaterWater C IceIce D Wind
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Forecasting of a seismic event does not prevent the event from happening, but it can help us reduce the destruction caused by
Res
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During science class, a student is using a candy bar to model changes in the surface of the earth. The student pulls the candy
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Jessie had 14
of a watermelon. She cut it into 6 equal pieces to share with friends. What fraction of the whole watermelon did
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A baker has a container with 1/4 pounds of blueberries.The baker wants to use an equal amount of blueberries on 8 desserts. How
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01:06 Question Which of these was a factor in the U.S. entry in World War I? Responses A the sinking of the
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During the Great Migration, thousands of African Americans looking for economic opportunities moved from
Responses A south to
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Why was Charles Lindbergh famous in the 1920s?
Responses A He flew over the Atlantic Ocean.He flew over the Atlantic Ocean. B He
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overproduction in factories
overproduction by farmers unpaid war debts stock market crash All of these were DIRECT causes of what
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Which President helped guide the United States out of the Great Depression in the 1930s?
Responses A Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B.
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Duke Ellington is best known for his accomplishments in what area?
Responses A musicmusic B literatureliterature C
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During the 1930s, the "New Deal" showed that the United States government was willing to
Responses A strictly follow the
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Which statement BEST describes the "Great Migration"?
Responses A It was a movement of immigrants from eastern and central
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Explain Natural Selection Quick Check
Natural selection causes changes in populations. populations. phenotypes. phenotypes.
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Which statement is accurate about natural selection?(1 point)
Responses Natural selection does not impact reproduction rates.
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Which mutation scenario will always lead to natural selection?(1 point)
Responses a mutation causes an inactivated gene to be
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Consider the following scenario:
There are variations in the fur color of mice. Some mice have white fur. Some have dark fur.
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What evolves during natural selection?(1 point)
Responses the phenotypes of individual organisms the phenotypes of individual
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How have the historic levels of melanin in human populations changed due to migration? (1 point)
Responses Humans that produced
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Which statement is correct about a bottleneck event? (1 point)
Responses A bottleneck event decreases the gene pool of a
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What kind of speech does the first amendment protect?
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the right of assembly and petition allows people to do what?
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how are judges selected?
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The court of appeals for the Armed Force is?
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What best describes a faithless elector?
Responses an elector or votes for a non religious candidate an elector or votes for a
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How did the Founding Fathers allow each president the freedom to assemble a good administration?
Responses They left the
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Which president broke the two-term tradition by running for a third term in 1940?
Responses Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Harry
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How are the president's executive powers of clemency an example of checks and balances?
Responses Clemency can prevent the courts
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Which of the following led to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security?
Responses the 2002 space probe of Mars the
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It has always been the law that a president can only serve two terms- True or False?
Responses True True False
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How does the president limit the legislative powers of Congress?
Responses by administering the laws by administering the laws by
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Which of the following is an example of the president's power of recognition?
Responses The president recognizes the Senate's
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How does the president limit the judicial powers of the courts?
Responses He can overturn Supreme Court rulings. He can overturn
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What is the president's purpose in the State of the Union speech?
Responses to announce presidential appointments to announce
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