A) Congressional acts B) State constitutional conventions C) Colonial charters D) Supreme Court rulings
A) They were annexed by Mexico B) They were sold to foreign powers C) They were surrendered to the British D) They were ceded to the Federal government
A) The Department of the Interior B) The President C) The Supreme Court D) Congress
A) Volcanoes and plateaus B) Lakes and peninsulas C) Rivers and mountain range peaks D) Desert plains and canyons
A) To align with Russian territory B) Due to the sparseness of settlement C) Because of previous British treaties D) To avoid mountain ranges
A) Massachusetts and New York B) Texas and California C) Virginia and Maryland D) Missouri and Nevada
A) Southwest Territory B) Mississippi Territory C) Northwest Territory D) District of Columbia
A) It was sold to Maryland B) It became a separate state C) It was annexed by Pennsylvania D) It was returned in 1847
A) Virginia B) Nevada C) Massachusetts D) Texas
A) To settle colonial debts B) Due to Supreme Court rulings C) Because of natural disasters D) To form a new state
A) Maryland v. District of Columbia B) New Jersey v. New York C) Missouri v. Nevada D) Virginia v. West Virginia
A) The state must hold a public referendum B) The state must appeal to the UN C) The state must consent D) The state must declare secession
A) Missouri B) Nevada C) West Virginia D) Texas
A) Five B) Three C) Nine D) Four
A) Census Bureau region definition B) State-line region grouping C) Geographic plate regions D) Cultural affinity regions
A) Senator B) Mayor C) President D) Governor
A) Appointment by the legislature B) Statewide direct election C) Selection by the President D) Popular vote by the electoral college
A) 19 B) 44 C) 50 D) 10
A) 50 B) 19 C) 44 D) 10
A) Impeachment B) Veto C) Override D) Recall
A) 10 B) 50 C) 49 D) 1
A) Vermont B) Nebraska C) Maryland D) California
A) 49 B) 19 C) 10 D) 50
A) Fixed term limits B) Multi-member district priority C) One person, one vote D) Part-time rotation
A) Simple majority B) Two-thirds C) Unanimous D) Three-fourths
A) Three B) Four C) Two D) One
A) House of Representatives B) House of Delegates C) Senate D) General Assembly
A) 52 B) 48 C) 13 D) 50
A) Fourteenth Amendment B) Fifth Amendment C) First Amendment D) Tenth Amendment
A) Military power B) Police power C) Treaty-making power D) Foreign policy power
A) Only some are B) No C) Only the original thirteen D) Yes
A) Virginia B) Pennsylvania C) Alabama D) Massachusetts
A) 1780 B) 1776 C) 1777 D) 1792
A) All are written B) They follow the British model C) All are unwritten D) Some are unwritten
A) 1776–1780 B) 1792–1800 C) 1660–1670 D) 1649–1660
A) July 1776 B) July 1775 C) July 1781 D) July 1790
A) 1776–1781 B) 1777–1781 C) 1776–1790 D) 1775–1783
A) The Continental Congress B) The Articles of Confederation C) The British Empire D) The Thirteen Colonies
A) U.S. Constitution B) Articles of Confederation C) Lee Resolution D) Declaration of Independence
A) Monarchical B) Parliamentary C) Democratic-Socialist D) Republican
A) Three B) Two C) Four D) One
A) Tricameral B) Unicameral C) Bicameral D) Non-legislative
A) Totalitarianism B) Colonialism C) Monarchy D) Federalism
A) French territory B) British colony C) Independent republic D) Native American land
A) Provinces B) Counties or county-equivalents C) Cities and townships only D) Districts and territories
A) Electoral College B) Supreme Court C) United States Congress D) State legislatures
A) 30,000 B) 1 million C) 1,700 D) 30 million
A) About 30 million B) About 1,700 C) About 30,000 D) About 1 million
A) Oklahoma B) New York C) Louisiana D) Texas
A) Unitary states B) Confederations C) Aggregates of local governments D) Federations
A) Dillon's Rule B) The Tenth Amendment C) The Full Faith and Credit Clause D) The Commerce Clause
A) Against the corporation B) In favor of the corporation C) By popular vote D) By the state legislature
A) Personnel B) Functional C) Fiscal D) Structural
A) Federal mandates B) Local ordinances C) Interstate compacts D) Constitutional amendments
A) Article VI B) Article IV C) Article V D) Article I
A) The Electoral College B) The federal government C) The Supreme Court D) The states individually
A) Articles of Confederation B) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo C) The Declaration of Independence D) Northwest Ordinance
A) Declaring war on neighboring territories B) Forcing a territory to pay taxes C) Dissolving an existing state D) Authorizing a constitutional convention
A) Oklahoma B) Deseret C) Sequoyah D) Franklin
A) The Civil War B) Conflict with Mexico C) Lack of a constitution D) A boundary dispute with Ohio
A) Massachusetts B) New Hampshire C) Vermont D) Virginia
A) The Louisiana Purchase area B) Salt Lake City area C) The Pacific Northwest D) The Florida territory
A) Western Pacific Ocean B) Arctic Ocean C) Indian Ocean D) Atlantic Ocean
A) State B) Organized, unincorporated territory C) Incorporated territory D) Independent nation
A) Estado Libre Asociado B) Commonwealth C) U.S. Territory D) Associated State
A) Senator B) Resident Commissioner C) Governor D) Ambassador
A) 51% B) 97% C) 23% D) 61%
A) June 11, 2017 B) November 6, 2012 C) June 27, 2018 D) November 3, 2020
A) 23% B) 50% C) 61% D) 97%
A) 23% B) 61% C) 97% D) 33%
A) 97 B) 23 C) 37 D) 61
A) Pedro Pierluisi B) The President of the United States C) The Resident Commissioner D) The Legislative Assembly
A) Voting rights only on financial issues B) Full voting rights C) No voting rights D) Limited voting rights
A) 1776 B) 1861 C) 1800 D) 1961
A) 99% B) 86% C) 75% D) 50%
A) 13 B) 11 C) 7 D) 50
A) 11 B) 22 C) 50 D) 24
A) Siouan B) Uto-Aztecan C) Iroquoian D) Algonquian
A) 11 B) 7 C) 24 D) 22
A) Latin B) Polynesian Hawaiian C) Siouan D) Algonquian |