AP US Government & Politics Unit 1 Practice Test

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This is a 10 question sample for Unit 1 of AP US Government and Politics. Please take approximately 13 minutes to complete this practice test.

Based on its interpretation of the commerce clause, The Supreme Court has held which of the following to be unconstitutional? *

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Creating a National Bank.

Enacting the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Federal regulation of drugs.

The 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act.

Imagine that Congress has passed and the president has signed a law banning political speech in high schools. Which of the following principles would be the most likely to protect Americans from this law. *

5 points

The right to privacy

Federalism

The Social Contract

Checks and balances

The following two questions refer to the map of the number of slaves and percent of the population of the 13 American states in 1770.

Slave Population in 1770 in Colonial America

Which of the following is an accurate statement based on the information from the map above? *

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Although American states had different numbers of slave, the percentage of slaves wa virtually the same in all states.l

There were more slaves in New York than any other state.

The states with the highest porportion of slaves were Southern states.

Slavery did not exist north of Virginia.

Which of the following was a direct consequence of the distribution of slaves depicted in the map above. *

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the Virginia Plan

the Bill of Rights

The 3/5 Compromise

The Federalist Papers

When the Anti-Federalist John Yates wrote Brutus No. 1, which of the following was his main goal? *

5 points

Convince small states of the importance of the Connecticut Compromise.

Convince Southern states to agree to the 3/5 Compromise.

Encourage the Congress to put down Shay's Rebellion.

Oppose the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Which of the following was the main constitutional issue in United States v. Lopez (1995)? *

5 points

The legitimacy of Checks and Balances

The limits of Congress' ability to legislate with the commerce clause

The power of the states to exercise Immigration enforcement

Student privacy rights at school

A high school student opposes a policy of stricter gun control in the United States. Which of the following documents might they site to argue against gun control. *

10 points

The Court ruling from McCulloch v. Maryland

John Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government

Federalist No. 51

The Bill of Rights

Which of the following scenarios would be considered an unconstitutional use of state power?

5 points

A state passes a law increasing funding for public schools.

A state enacts a law prohibiting texting while driving.

A state places a tax on textiles made in a foreign country.

A state raises the speed limit to 75.

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The next two questions refer to the following excerpt:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." This quotation comes from which of the following sources? *

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The First Amendment

The Declaration of Indpendence

The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution

The Bill of Rights

The Main purpose of the excerpt above was to *

5 points

Estabilish a system of Checks and Balances

Establish a justification for ending the Articles of Confederation

Express to the world the reasons for American separation from Britain

Convince states to ratify the U.S. Constitution

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