US College AP Government Advanced Test 3

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College Entrance — Test 3 (Ap Government Advanced) High School (Grades 11-12, College Entrance, USA) USA College Board (SAT/ACT/AP) — USA

What is this test? for College Entrance prep (SAT/ACT/PSAT/AP), USA — high school to college transition — High School (Grades 11-12, College Entrance, USA) level, USA.
Is this for you? For High School students (grades 11-12) preparing for SAT, ACT, PSAT or AP in the USA
Section: College Entrance — Test 3 (Ap Government Advanced) · Education: High School (College Prep) · Part: College Entrance — Test 3 (Ap Government Advanced) · Country: USA

Civics knowledge is crucial for knowing individual rights and responsibilities and understanding government structure.

This test is designed to assess your knowledge of constitutional law and essential civics.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

What did the 18th Amendment ban?

A) Alcohol

B) Slavery

C) Guns

D) Newspapers

Question 2

What are checks and balances?

A) States print money

B) Branches limit each other

C) President rules alone

D) Courts elect Congress

Question 3

What does the 8th Amendment ban?

A) Death tax

B) Income tax

C) Cruel punishment

D) Draft

Question 4

Who wrote most Federalist essays?

A) Washington alone

B) Jefferson alone

C) Adams alone

D) Madison and Hamilton

Question 5

What is federalism?

A) Shared national-state power

B) King's rule

C) Church rule

D) Military rule

Question 6

What are the Federalist Papers?

A) Anti-tax pamphlets

B) Pro-ratification essays

C) War orders

D) Love letters

Question 7

What does Article I cover?

A) President

B) Courts

C) Congress

D) States

Question 8

What is the supremacy clause?

A) State law wins

B) Courts decide all

C) Treaties expire

D) Federal law wins

Question 9

Which of the following best defines judicial review?

A) Courts voiding bad laws

B) Voters recalling judges

C) President firing judges

D) Congress editing rulings

Question 10

Which of these did the 21st Amendment end?

A) Slavery

B) Prohibition

C) Poll tax

D) Draft

Question 11

Which of these did the 17th Amendment change?

A) House terms

B) Voting age

C) Direct Senate elections

D) Term limits

Question 12

What best defines the commerce clause?

A) States coin money

B) Courts set prices

C) President fixes wages

D) Congress regulates trade

Question 13

What best defines the Articles' weakness?

A) No tax or trade power

B) Too much power

C) No states

D) King remained

Question 14

Provide the definition of the supreme law:

A) Declaration

B) Constitution

C) Bill of Rights

D) Magna Carta

Question 15

The 5th Amendment protects which of these?

A) Free speech

B) Gun rights

C) Silence and due process

D) Voting rights

Question 16

Which of the following best defines the elastic clause?

A) Bendy paper

B) State vetoes

C) Court term limits

D) Necessary and proper laws

Question 17

Which term means "Separate state-federal spheres"?

A) dual federalism

B) an amendment

C) the first state to ratify

D) the newest amendment

Question 18

Which of these did the 12th Amendment fix?

A) Senate elections

B) Presidential elections

C) Term limits

D) Voting age

Question 19

Which of these does the 10th Amendment reserve?

A) All power to president

B) Courts rule states

C) Powers to states

D) Federal taxes

Question 20

Provide the definition of the first state to ratify:

A) Virginia

B) Pennsylvania

C) New Jersey

D) Delaware

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