AP US Government & Politics Unit 1 Test

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This is a 20 question AP US Government and Politics Unit 1 Practice Test.
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1. Based on its interpretation of the commerce clause, The Supreme Court has held which of the following to be unconstitutional? *

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Enacting the Civil Rights Act of 1964

The 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act

Federal regulation of drugs

Creating a National Bank

2. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation *

5 points

Listed grievances against King____________Set up weak central government

Overturned Articles of Confederation______Written by Thomas Jefferson

Opposed to popular sovereignty___________Required unanimous approval

Promoted strong central government______Included Bill of Rights

3. 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

Pluralist democracy

Checks and balances

The right to privacy

The Social Contract

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

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

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

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

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

Slavery did not exist north of Virginia.

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

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the Bill of Rights

The 3/5 Compromise

the Virginia Plan

The Federalist Papers

The following two questions refer to the map below.

6. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the map? *

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There is a large amount of variation in what states spend on education

Western states spend the more money on education than any other region

All states spend roughly the same amount on schooling

Most money for education is supplied by the federal government

7. Which of the following foundational documents best supports a claim that states should decide how much money is spent on education *

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C. The Articles of Confederation

A. Federalist No. 51

B. The Bill of Rights

D. The Declaration of Independence

8. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of McCulloch v. Maryland and U.S. v. Lopez? *

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Creates judicial review_________________Integrates schools

Rules federalism unconstitutional______Increases federal power

State laws override federal laws________Incorporates the Bill of Rights

National Supremacy___________________limits power of commerce clause

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

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Oppose the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

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.

10. In which of the following ways does elite democracy most differ from participatory democracy? *

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the portion of the public participating in government and decision making

the legality of factions

the independence of the judiciary

the power of the states versus the power of the federal government

11. 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. *

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Federalist No. 51

The Bill of Rights

John Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government

The Court ruling from McCulloch v. Maryland

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

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

A state passes a law increasing funding for public schools.

A state raises the speed limit to 75.

A state enacts a law prohibiting texting while driving.

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."

13. This quotation comes from which of the following sources? *

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The Bill of Rights

The First Amendment

The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution

The Declaration of Indpendence

14. The Main purpose of the excerpt above was to *

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Estabilish a system of Checks and Balances

Express to the world the reasons for American separation from Britain

Establish a justification for ending the Articles of Confederation

Convince states to ratify the U.S. Constitution

15. Which of the following best illustrates the concept of federalism *

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Option 5

The President issues a signing sttement when signing a federal law

The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House convene a conference committee

A state legislature passes a law which is ruled unconstitutional by that state's Supreme Court

A state law outlaws abortion in any instance and the United States Supreme Court rules that law in violation of the U.S. Constitution

16. Which of the following compromises was a central part of the arguments over ratification at the Constitutional Convention? *

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Representation in the legislative branch

Establishment of independence from Great Britain

Suffrage of African Americans

Federalism versus confederalism

17. At the Constitutional Convention, although Federalists and Anti-Federalists did not agree on everything, in general which of the following did they most agree upon? *

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That the United States should be a republic

That there should be a Bill of Rights

National Supremacy over the states

The scope of power of the national government

18. Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments made in the following documents? *

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Warns against factions _____________Supports checks and balances

Supports an independent judiciary___Anti-civil liberties

For Bill of Rights____________________Against ratification

Government is a necessary evil______Promotes states' rights

The following two questions refer to the table below.

19. Which of the following is an accurate statement based on the information from the table above? *

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Three states were unanaimous in their ratification of the Constitution.

North Carolina was the last state to ratify the Constitution.

The entire vote for ratification happend in one year.

The outcome of the ratification of the Constitution was very different in Northern and Southern states.

20. Which of the following principles of American politics is best illustrated in the table? *

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Separation of Powers

Bicameralism

The Social Contract

Popular Sovereignty

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