Civics Final

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Congress cannot pass ex post facto laws because they

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violate individual rights.

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If no candidate in a presidential election gets a majority of the votes in the Electoral College, what happens?

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the House votes from the three candidates with the most electoral votes.

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Patents on inventions such as technological innovations help the economy by

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protecting intellectual property and fostering entrepreneurship.

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Congress passed the War Powers Act because

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it wanted to limit the president’s ability to commit troops abroad without congressional approval.

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One way in which the national government’s power to amend the Constitution is limited is that the states must ratify any proposed amendments.

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the states must ratify any proposed amendments.

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Congress can decrease the U.S. production of a product by

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heavily taxing the product.

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Congress checks the power of the executive branch by its power to

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veto bills

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Which of the following is a right of witnesses called to testify before a Congressional hearing? not to be forced to testify against themselves, to commit perjury, to refuse to testify, to require the committee to grant immunity

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not to be forced to testify against themselves

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What is a major way that the executive branch can act as a check on the legislative branch?

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vetoing bills

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The Supreme Court found the legislative veto unconstitutional because

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it violated the separation of powers.