Although the First Amendment guarantees the freedom of religion, before independence, which of the following was true?
A. Many of the early colonies designated official churches that believers and nonbelievers alike were forced to attend and support with taxes.
B. Freedom of religion was guaranteed in the last paragraph of the Articles of Confederation.
C. Freedom of religion was guaranteed in the Fourteenth Amendment of the Articles of Confederation.
D. There were so few religions that the colonists felt that there were no need for such protections.
Answer: A
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Which of the following is true about the committee systems in Congress?
a. They are explicitly provided for in Article I of the Constitution. b. They were designed by Madison at the Continental Convention. c. They have been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Buckley v. Valeo. d. They are the an organizational pillar upholding the institutional power of Congress.
How did the Framers balance the powers and independence of the executive and legislative branches?
What will be an ideal response?
Most of the cases that make it to the Supreme Court do so under the Court's a. original jurisdiction
b. appellate jurisdiction. c. request. d. state jurisdiction.
The tension between efficiency and responsiveness is rooted in
a. issues of effectiveness versus equity. b. issues of bureaucracy versus democracy. c. responsibility and irresponsibility. d. federalism.