FREE AP US Government & Politics Question and Answers

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The House's committee structure is more significant than the Senate's because

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Which of the following actions did Congress take to reclaim authority that had been ceded to the executive branch?

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Which of the following presidential nomination processes has seen a notable trend during the past three decades?

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Because of how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution, the majority of the rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights now apply to the states.

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Explanation:
The Fourteenth Amendment contains a variety of significant ideas, most notably Section One's state action, privileges and immunities, citizenship, due process, and equal protection. There are four other provisions in the Fourteenth Amendment, though. The distribution of congressional representatives is covered in Section 2. Anyone who engages in "insurrection or revolt" against the United States is prohibited from holding federal office, according to Section 3. Section Four discusses federal debt and renounces Confederate debts. The Fourteenth Amendment may be enforced "by proper legislation," as stated in Section Five. Along with the two Reconstruction Amendments—the Thirteenth and Fifteenth—the States approved the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, shortly after the American Civil War.

The federal judiciary's decisions have been most successfully changed by presidents by

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Explanation:
By leveraging the nomination process to choose judges with ideologies similar to their own, presidents have had the most success in shifting the ideological focus of the federal judiciary.

Which of the following statements concerning the trends of group voting is accurate?

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Shays' Rebellion was crucial in the formation of the US Constitution because it

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Explanation:
Shays' Rebellion was crucial for a number of reasons. The insurrection most notably contributed to the creation of a new, stronger Constitution by exposing the fundamental fragility of the federal authority under the Articles of Confederation. Influential leaders had already started to recognize the limitations of the Articles before Shays' Rebellion.

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