04.10 AP Practice Exam Part A_ 2022 EXAM - AP US Govt & Politics v2

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04.10 AP Practice Exam Part A Due Dec 18 at 11:59pm Points 55 Questions 55 Time Limit 80 Minutes Allowed Attempts Unlimited Attempt History Attempt Time Score KEPT Attempt 2 80 minutes 0 out of 5... 5 LATEST Attempt 2 80 minutes 0 out of 55 Attempt 1 less than 1 minute 0 out of 55 Submitted Dec 11 at 3:36pm Take the Quiz Again Ques 0 / 1 pts tion 1 Unanswered (01.03 MC) 12/12/2020 04.10 AP Practice Exam Part A: 20-21_V_Benevelli_AP US Govt & Politics https://hallco.instructure.com/courses/64217/quizzes/381151 2/53 Which of the following changes brought about by replacing the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution explains the trend depicted in the graph? (1 point) The new powers of Congress, one of which was to impose and collect taxes, took precedence over any state or local laws. orrect Answer The centralized government was permitted to maintain a standing army and navy that served, in part, to oversee its economic interests. Amendments, which dealt with federal finance, no longer required unanimous support in order to be adopted by the federal government. The new bicameral legislature was populated by politicians who were more concerned about the federal fiscal concerns than those of their states. 12/12/2020 04.10 AP Practice Exam Part A: 20-21_V_Benevelli_AP US Govt & Politics https://hallco.instructure.com/courses/64217/quizzes/381151 3/53 Ques 0 / 1 pts tion 2 Unanswered (01.03 MC) Which of the following examples demonstrates how the Constitution resolved a key issue in the Articles of Confederation? (1 point) The creation of a national court system orrect Answer The establishment of a national postal system The process for adding new states to the country The ability to form and maintain alliances Ques 0 / 1 pts tion 3 Unanswered (01.06 MC) What pair represents a Supreme Court case in which the court limited the powers of either the state or federal government? (1 point) Case Level of Government Limited (A) Marbury v. Madison (1803) federal powers (B) Brown v. Board of Education (1954) federal powers (C) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) state powers (D) United States v. Lopez (1995) state powers (A) (B) 12/12/2020 04.10 AP Practice Exam Part A: 20-21_V_Benevelli_AP US Govt & Politics https://hallco.instructure.com/courses/64217/quizzes/381151 4/53 (C) orrect Answer (D) Ques 0 / 1 pts tion 4 Unanswered (01.06 MC) Because our constitutional structure leaves local criminal activity primarily to the states, we have generally declined to read federal law as intruding on that responsibility, unless Congress has clearly indicated that the law should have such reach. The Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act contains no such clear indication, and we accordingly conclude that it does not cover the unremarkable local offense at issue here. —From Bond v. United States (2014) In what way is the case Bond v. United States (2014) similar to United States v. Lopez (1995)? (1 point) Both decisions invoked the commerce clause. Both uphold state jurisdiction in criminal law. orrect Answer Both extend the reach of congressional power. Both deal with interpretations of the supremacy clause. Ques 0 / 1 pts tion 5 Unanswered (01.06 MC) 12/12/2020 04.10 AP Practice Exam Part A: 20-21_V_Benevelli_AP US Govt & Politics https://hallco.instructure.com/courses/64217/quizzes/381151 5/53 This administration will cooperate with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in his expressed desires to return more control of curriculum and selection of textbooks to local school districts. We will support his efforts to make recruitment of out-of-state teachers less difficult. On the subject of education...hundreds of thousands of young men and women will receive an education in our state colleges and universities. We are proud of our ability to provide this opportunity for our youth and we believe it is no denial of academic freedom to provide this education within a framework of reasonable rules and regulations. —Ronald Reagan, Governor of California, First Inaugural Address, January 5, 1967; The Governors' Gallery, California State Library The excerpt is an example of which of the following concepts? (1 point) Inherent powers Exclusive powers Reserved powers orrect Answer Concurrent powers Ques 0 / 1 pts tion 6 Unanswered (01.03 MC) 12/12/2020 04.10 AP Practice Exam Part A: 20-21_V_Benevelli_AP US Govt & Politics https://hallco.instructure.com/courses/64217/quizzes/381151 6/53 © CC BY-SA 3.0 Which fundamental weakness of the Articles of Confederation is made evident in the political cartoon? (1 point) The national government's inability to form an army during peacetime The sovereignty of state governments over the national government orrect Answer The consent of all states being required for an amendment The national government's lack of an executive branch to administer legislation Ques 0 / 1 pts tion 7 Unanswered 12/12/2020 04.10 AP Practice Exam Part A: 20-21_V_Benevelli_AP US Govt & Politics https://hallco.instructure.com/courses/64217/quizzes/381151 7/53 (01.04 MC) If these states should either be wholly disunited, or only united in partial confederacies, a man must be far gone in Utopian speculations, who can seriously doubt that the subdivisions into which they might be thrown, would have frequent and violent contests with each other. To presume a want of motives for such contests, as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious. 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