Which of the following is NOT a part of the process for a territory or legislature to gain admittance to the U.S. as a state?
a.
The entitys government must submit a petition to Congress requesting that it be considered for
statehood
b.
The entity must draft a constitution.
c.
It must provide provisions for a republican form of government.
d.
The president must sign the bill.
e.
The entity must have a functioning legislature when the request is submitted.
Question -2-Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution provides Congress with the power to
a. admit new states.
b. redistrict legislative boundaries.
c. levy taxes.
d. regulate interstate commerce.
e. declare war.
Question -3-The framers at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 corrected mistakes made in the Articles of Confederation and were careful to
a. make sure that the states retained authority while granting greater authority to the federal government.
b. make sure that states continued to have more power than the federal government through the supremacy clause.
c. grant the courts more power to prevent tyranny of the legislative branch.
d. define the rules of the legislature so that it would not usurp power from the executive.
e. reduce influence of the states so that the federal government could set all policy standards in the country.
Question -4-Colonial governments existed and operated independently in America more than a century before the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Why did the colonies begin to work together in a coordinated way?
a. The war with Spain over territory motivated southern colonies to work together.
b. They chose to work together to prevent European colonialism from taking over the entire continent.
c. The American fight for independence from Great Britain necessitated working together.
d. The continuing conflict with Native Americans created the need for a defense coalition.
e. The colonies created joint trading companies to sell goods to Britain.
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