SMS EOC Test Practice

What is the best title for this diagram?

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

Which part of the national government is responsible for issuing pardons?

• President

• Congress

• Supreme Court

• state legislatures

Which phrase completes the table?

• Congress

• The Cabinet

• National Council

• Joint Chief of Staff

Which branch of the U.S. government is responsible for interpreting the Constitution?

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

• State

What is the primary purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• To establish the government

• To protect individual freedoms

• To outline state powers

• To define the judicial system

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

What economic system is based on private ownership and the free market?

• Socialism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

Which event marked the beginning of the American Revolution?

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Boston Massacre

What is the supreme law of the United States?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Federalist Papers

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment