Practice Government AIR Test

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Which of the following Amendments repealed prohibition? 11th, 21st, 27th

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21st

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Which amendment limits the jurisdiction of the federal courts? Options: 11th, 21st, 27th

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11th

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Which amendment overturned the Supreme Court's ruling in Chisholm v. Georgia? (Options: 11th, 21st, 27th)

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11th

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Which amendment prevented members of Congress from giving themselves pay raises? Options: 11th, 21st, 27th

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27th

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What issue is addressed by the 6th amendment? Options: Powers of taxation, Rights of the accused, Protection of property, Protection from torture

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Rights of the accused

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Which of the following is a Federalist Quote? Options: Any system therefore which appoints a legislature, without any reservation of the rights of individuals, surrenders all power in every branch of legislation to the government., It will not be controverted that the legislative is the highest delegated power in the government, and that all others are subordinate to it.... , ...all rights not expressly and unequivocally reserved to the people are impliedly and incidentally relinquished to rulers, as necessarily inseparable from the delegated powers , “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

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Which principle of government is shown here: Congress may be law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President?

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Separation of Powers

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Which principle of government is shown here: Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state...

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Popular Sovereignty

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Which principle of government is shown here: Congress shall make no law respecting on the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press

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Limited Government

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If the constitutionality of a law is being challenged, which branch of government will review it?

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Judicial Branch