8. Choose the best answer.
A(n) ___ is one who is qualified to vote; especially, one who is able to cast a vote for President in the electoral college.
A) collaborator
B) elector
C) supporter
D) emancipator
E) voter
9. Choose the best answer.
The powers not given to the United States are reserved to the ___ or to the people.
A) presidents
B) states
C) charters
D) governors
E) politicians
10. Choose the best answer.
The number of votes a state receives in the House of Representatives is based upon its ___.
A) representation in the Senate
B) slaves
C) tariffs
D) charters
E) population
11. Choose the best answer.
A) The definition of usurp is ___.
B) to reduce the authority of another
C) to increase the authority of another
D) to take wrongfully or forcefully the authority or property of another
E) to ignore the authority of another
F) to give away all authority
12. Choose the best answer.
A) The members of the House of Representatives are ___.
B) elected by the Supreme Court
C) appointed by the President
D) elected directly by the people of the states
E) appointed by state legislatures
F) appointed by elections at a convention
13. Choose the best answer.
Treason is defined as ___.
A) assassination of a government official
B) levying war against the government
C) conspiracy to commit fraud
D) conspiracy against the president
E) any crime committed against the government
14. Choose the best answer.
The ___ Compromise involved the counting of slaves.
A) Great
B) Three-Fifths
C) Colonial
D) Virginia
E) Trade
15. Choose the best answer.
The right to keep and bear arms shall not be ___.
A) infringed
B) added
C) excessive
D) removed
E) uplifted
16. Choose the best answer.
The first President under the Constitution was ___.
A) John Adams
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Samuel Adams
D) Benjamin Franklin
E) George Washington
17. Choose the best answer.
The Senate is headed by the U.S. ___.
A) Constitution
B) Congress
C) Vice President
D) chief of Staff
E) President
18. Choose the best answer.
After the ratification of the Constitution, a ___ was to be added.charter
A) value
B) banner
C) bill of rights
D) clarification