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Which of the following steps is part of the process for amending the Constitution?

In which system are government policies and leaders kept in check by informal limits, the military, and social institutions?

According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the basic purpose of government?

California’s legislature has full-time, highly paid members with large professional staff and resources, and is organized into specialized committees. Therefore, California’s legislature is a [professional] legislature.

The publication of which of the following galvanized the colonists’ belief that reconciliation with Great Britain was impossible?

Which of the following required all paper items in the colonies to carry a stamp of the Crown?

Match the constitutional provision with where it can be found – in the U.S. Constitution only, in the California Constitution only, in both or in neither.

In drafting the Constitution, which plan was predominantly supported by states with smaller populations?

In most state constitutions, including California’s, executive authority is divided among a governor and other elected state officials including a lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, and attorney general.

Which amendment states that those powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people?