I. Decide whether the following statements are true or
false:
1.
When the War of Independence was over, the United
States was one unified nation as it is today.
(T / F) Answer:
2.
The agreement that set this plan of cooperation
among different states after the War of American Independence
was called the Constitution of the United States.
(T / F) Answer:
3.
The U.S. Constitution set up a federal system
with a strong central government.
(T / F) Answer:
4.
The main duty of the Congress is to make laws,
including those which levy taxes that pay for the work of the
federal government.
(T / F) Answer:
5.
Under a Constitutional Amendment passed in 1951,
a president can be elected to only one term.
(T / F) Answer:
6.
The president has the authority to appoint federal
judges, and all such court appointments are subject to confirmation
by the House of Representatives.
(T / F) Answer:
7.
The 10 very short paragraphs which guarantee freedom
and individual rights and forbid interference with lives of
individuals by the government are called the Bill of Rights.
(T / F) Answer:
8.
The idea of checks and balances as a way of restricting
governmental power and preventing its abuse was first provided
in the Federalist Papers.
(T / F) Answer:
9.
Today, the United States has two major political
parties. One is the Democratic Party, formed before 1800. The
other is the Republican Party, which was formed in the 1850s,
by people in the states of the North and West.
(T / F) Answer:
10.
Americans have to join a political party in order
to vote or to be a candidate for public office.
