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MCAS QUESTIONS *DOUBLE POINTS*
100
The number of voting members in the House
What is 435?
100
Each state has this many Senators
What is two?
100
Difference between expressed and implied powers
What is expressed powers are specifically stated in the Constitution and implied powers aren't specifically stated?
100

The first amendment.

Freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion.

100

What happened during Shay's Rebellion? (Hint: it involved farmers)

The Articles of Confederation was weak and could not tax states. The federal gov began to foreclose/take farmers' land to pay off war debts from the American Revolution, so farmers protested and rioted.

200
Determines how many representatives each state gets
What is population of state?
200

Amount of Senators in total.

What is 100?

200
Name two expressed powers of Congress
What is power to tax, borrow money, distribute money, regulate value of money, declare war, raise a military, and Copyrights and patents
200

The second amendment.

The right to bear arms.

200

If the President cannot serve, then the Vice serves. Who serves if the Vice President can no longer serve?

The Speaker of the House.

300
The length of a term for a House of Representative member
What is two years?
300

Name 1 of your Massachusetts Senators. DOUBLE POINTS if you name TWO.

Who is Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren.

300

What is a shared power between the Legislative Branch AND executive branch?

What is declare war.

300

The third amendment.

No quartering soldiers in your home.

300

What is the purpose of the Constitution?

Establishes government, defines its powers, protects basic rights of Americans

400

The two plans that helped create the Connecticut Compromise, which would include a Senate and House of representatives in the Legislative Branch.

NJ Plan and Virginia Plan.

400
The length of term for a Senator
What is 6 years?
400

Amendment that gives the House of Representatives power to elect president in case of no majority vote getter

What is the 12th Amendment?

400

The fourth amendment.

No unreasonable searches and seizures.

400

Delegates that attended the Constitutional Convention disagreed about how the U.S. government should be structured. These disagreements forced the delegates to compromise on several issues.

Name two disagreements or topics discussed.

Slavery, how many branches there would be, how power will be balanced between states and federal government. Key compromises, like the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise, were crucial in shaping the final Constitution. 

500
Formal qualifications of being a House of Representative member
What is 25 years old, US citizen at least 7 years, and resident of state and district?
500
This amendment changed the election of senators from indirect to direct election?
What is the 17th Amendment?
500

Two presidents that have been impeached

Who are Andrew Johnson, Donald J. Trump, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton?

500

The fifth amendment.

Due process.

The government must follow fair procedures before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property. 
500

Which of the following would the author of the Anti-Federalist essay most likely support? 

A    The federal government should control courthouses. 

B    State governments should control private businesses. 

C    The federal government should be responsible for education. 

D    State governments should be responsible for collecting taxes.

D.