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| 1. According to the Constitution, Congress may not? |
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| Grant titles of nobility correct |
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| 2. A tax levied after one dies is called? |
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| 3.The president has been required to submit a budget to Congress since the passage of the? |
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| Budget and Accounting Act |
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| 4.The Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution states that the vice president becomes president in all of the following cases except when? |
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| The president travels abroad to negotiate treaties correct |
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| 5.Which of the following ensures that the president and the vice president are of the same party affiliation? |
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| 6.Which of the following best explains the consistent growth of the federal bureaucracy over the past hundred years? |
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| Public demand for, and expectation of, social services |
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| 7. Which of the following is clearly a task charged to the Federal Reserve as a regulatory agency? |
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| Providing financial services to depository institutions, the United States government and foreign institutions, as well as playing a key role in operating the nation’s payments system |
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| 8. An example of an independent regulatory agency is? |
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| 9. Which of the following is most likely to weaken party leadership in the Senate? |
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| The use of filibuster by individual senators correct |
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| 10. Which of the following actions gives the president an advantage over Congress in promoting policy? |
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| Utilizing the media through the bully pulpit |
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| 11. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the media and citizens? |
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| Citizens tend to seek out media that reinforce rather than challenge existing ideological views. |
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| 12.The ability of the media to define the importance of particular events and issues is called? |
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| 13. The framers of the original Constitution thought that which of the following would best protect judicial independence? |
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| Life tenure during good behavior correct |
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| 14. Which of the following was a consequence of the New Deal legislation passed during the Great Depression under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt? |
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| The federal government became a more important agent of change than in previous presidential administrations. |
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| 15. The power of judicial review was established in? |
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| 16. Which of the following is a check on the power of the United States Supreme Court? |
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| Congress controls the number of justices who may sit on the Court. |
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| 17. Which of the following accurately describes a type of opinion that Supreme Court Justices issue? |
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All Three
I. A majority opinion
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III. A dissenting opinion |
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| 18. The practice whereby individual senators can veto federal judicial nominations in their respective states is called? |
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| 19. All of the following statements correctly describe judicial appointments at the federal level EXCEPT? |
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| Congress nominates and confirms all appointments to the federal judiciary |
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| 20. When judicial nominees come before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify, the Senate is fulfilling which of its roles? |
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| 21. If a party to a federal civil lawsuit loses the case and chooses to appeal, it would take the appeal to the? |
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| United States Courts of Appeals correct |
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| 22. Which of the following statements about Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka is correct? |
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| It declared segregation by race in the public schools unconstitutional |
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| 23. Which of the following best defines the term “judicial activism”? |
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| The attempts by judges to influence public policy through their case decisions |
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| 24. Which of the following Supreme Court cases involved the principle of one person, one vote? |
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| 25. In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court establish the precedent that a right to privacy stems from several amendments in the Bill of Rights? |
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| 26. The federal government may restrict civil liberties during a time of war citing? |
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| The need to protect national security |
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| 27. How is the Constitution amended? |
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| By ratification through the vote of state legislatures correct |
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| 28. An oral statement that is false and intended to damage an individual is known as? |
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| 29. Which of the following principles protects a citizen from imprisonment without trial? |
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| 30. All of the following are constitutional rights that neither the federal government nor the states can restrict EXCEPT the right to? |
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| Be indicted by grand jury |
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| 31. The right to keep and bear arms can be found in? |
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| 32. Citizen’s rights to privacy can be found in? |
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| 33. An election is a realigning or critical election if? |
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| There is a lasting change in party coalitions |
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| 34. In the United States political system, the situation when one party controls the presidency while the opposing party controls both houses of Congress is known as? |
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| 35. Which of the following is true of political parties? |
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| They try to gain control of government by winning elections |
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| 36. Which of the following factors has most contributed to the persistence of the two-party system in the United States? |
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| Plurality rules for determining election outcomes |
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| 37. The third two-party system, in place since 1856, is made up of? |
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| The Democrats and the Republicans |
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| 38. As compared with Republicans and Democrats, Independents in the United States are typically? |
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| less likely to vote in elections |
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| 39. The formation of numerous numbers of political action committees in the 1970s was a result of? |
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| The passage of bills by Congress attempting to limit the amount of money entering elections |
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| 40. Critics of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, better known as the McCain-Feingold Act, challenged it in the Supreme Court claiming it as a violation of rights found in the? |
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| 41. In the electoral history of the United States, third parties have been effective vehicles of protest when they? |
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| Dramatized issues and positions that were being ignored by the major parties |
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| 42. Individuals who identify themselves as conservative would most likely support which of the following? |
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| Lowering barriers to trade |
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| 43. In the past 30 years, the single most important variable in determining the outcome of an election for a member of the House of Representatives has been? |
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| 44. The weakening of political parties is most often traced to? |
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| 45. A theoretical explanation of the operation of diverse interests in American politics is found in? |
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| 46. The formation of numerous interest groups during the post–Civil War industrialization shows the? |
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| Influence of social tensions and economic stress on group formation |
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| 47.A law that requires lobbyists to clearly state who their clients are and what they are lobbying for is? |
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| The Legislative Reorganization Act |
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| 48. Throughout most of the twentieth century, which of the following was most likely to occur in midterm congressional elections? |
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| The party of the president typically lost seats in Congress, regardless of whether the president was a Republican or a Democrat. |
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| 49. According to the Constitution, which of the following decides the presidential election outcome in the event that a single candidate does not get a majority of electoral votes? |
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| The House of Representatives |
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| 50. Which of the following statements is historically true of the Electoral College? |
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| The winner of the Electoral College also usually wins the popular vote. |
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| 51. The 2016 presidential election was one of only five presidential elections when? |
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| The winner of the popular vote did not win the presidency |
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| 52. All of the following are ways through which citizens learn about politics except? |
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| 53. Which of the following is generally the most significant influence on an individual’s identification with a particular political party? |
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| 54. Which of the following best describes the relationship between socioeconomic status and participation in politics? |
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| The higher one’s socioeconomic status, the greater the probability of active involvement in the political process. |
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| 55. Which of the following is the strongest determinant of an individual’s voting behavior? |
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| Political party affiliation |
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| 56. All of the following criteria must be met to become of citizen of the United States except? |
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| Being sponsored by a United States citizen correct |
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| 57. A graph denoting public opinion that reveals a bell curve with the fewest numbers of people being of extreme opinion on either end of the graph and the greatest number in the middle is representative of? |
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| 58. Closely held ideas that support values and expectations about life and politics are called? |
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| 59. One important change in political culture since the Second World War is that United States citizens have become? |
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| less trusting of governmental institutions and leaders |
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| 60. Which of the following contemporary political ideologies posits that government power should be used to promote individual economic security and redistribute resources, but rejects the notion that government should favor a particular set of social values? |
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| 61. Of the following list of ideologies, Americans are most likely to identify with? |
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| 62. The differences between the political attitudes of men and women are referred to as? |
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| 63. Which of the following best defines political culture? |
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| It is the shared attitudes of a people regarding government |
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| 64. When the media calls out every candidates’ moves throughout the presidential campaign this is called? |
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| 65. Which of the following accounts for the greatest percentage of expenditure for state and local governments in the United States? |
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| Elementary and secondary education |
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| 66. Which of the following best describes the concept of federalism embodied in the United States government? The Constitution divides power between a central government and its constituent governments, with some powers being shared. |
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| The Constitution divides power between a central government and its constituent governments, with some powers being shared. |
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| 67. Public opinion is given a lot of attention in democracies because the democratic form of government rests on? |
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| the consent of the governed |
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| 68. James Madison’s goal of setting power against power to minimize the concentration of authority in any one branch of government is outlined in the Constitution as a system of? |
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| 69. The authority of a chief executive to withhold approval from specific parts of appropriations bills passed by the legislature is known as? |
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| 70. Which of the following political philosophers most influenced the writing of the United States Constitution? |
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| 71. Which of the following is true of the Articles of Confederation? |
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| They created a national government with a legislature but no executive or judiciary. |
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| 72. All of the following can be considered weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation except? |
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| No legislative branch existed |
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| 73. In the Constitution as originally ratified in 1788, the provisions regarding which of the following most closely approximate popular, majoritarian democracy? |
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| Election of members of the House of Representatives |
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| 74. The Great Compromise solved one of the greatest challenges facing the framers of the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention the issue of? |
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| Representation in Congress |
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| 75. In The Federalist paper number 10, James Madison argued that? |
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| the growth of factions was inevitable in a democracy |
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| 76. Which of the following statements best reflects the pluralist theory of American politics? |
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| Public policies emerge from compromises reached among competing groups. |
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| 77. Prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, literacy tests were used by some southern states to? |
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| prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote |
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| 78. Which of the following best describes a referendum? |
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| Citizens vote directly on laws proposed by a state legislature. |
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| 79. The use of initiative and referendum illustrates which of the following theories of governance? |
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| 80. Which of the following best explains the consistent growth of the federal bureaucracy over the past hundred years? |
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| Public demand for, and expectation of, social services |
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| 81. Public opinion is given a lot of attention in democracies because the democratic form of government rests on? |
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| the consent of the governed |
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| 82. Although the Constitution does not explicitly give Congress the right to enact a military draft, which clause in the Constitution allows Congress to do so? |
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| Necessary and proper clause |
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| 83. Which of the following committee 83. assignments would confer the most power and influence on members of the House of Representatives? |
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| 84. Differences between House and Senate versions of a bill are resolved? |
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| in a conference committee |
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| 85. The passage of legislation in Congress often depends on mutual accommodations among members? |
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| This suggests that, to some extent, congressional behavior is based on? the principle of reciprocity |
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| 86. The power of the Rules Committee in the House of Representatives primarily stems from its authority to? |
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| limit the time for debate and determine whether amendments to a bill can be considered |
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| 87. Which of the following is a difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate? |
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| The Senate has the exclusive power to ratify treaties. |
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| 88. If the vice presidency of the United States is vacated, the Constitution stipulates that the president must? |
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| appoint a new vice president with the approval of both houses of Congress |
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| 89. Which of the following is true of both the House of Representatives and the Senate? |
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| Both chambers employ a complex system of permanent committees to assist them in carrying out their legislative duties. |
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| 90. The principal source of presidents’ political influence is their? |
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| constitutional authority to execute public policies |
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| 91. Among the expressed powers of the federal government enumerated in the Constitution of the United States is the power to? |
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| regulate interstate trade and commerce |
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| 92. Each of the following is a power of Congress EXCEPT? |
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| recognizing foreign governments |
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