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Test Prep GED Section 1 Social Studies Exam Practice Questions (P. 5)

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Question #21
According to the graph, how many eligible U.S. citizens are NOT registered to vote?

  1. A
    19 million
  2. B
    56 million
  3. C
    76 million
  4. D
    92 million
  5. E
    130 million

Correct Answer:
B
Subtract the registered population (130 million) from the citizen population (186 million). Fifty-six million citizens are not registered to vote.

Question #22
The U.S. Constitution gives the president the power to veto, or reject, a bill passed by Congress. The president sends the proposed law back to Congress and states his objections. Because it takes a two-thirds vote from both the House of Representatives and the Senate to override a veto, Congress often changes the bill to make it more acceptable to the president. Sometimes, Congress adds provisions to a bill that the president strongly favors. The president does not have the power of line-item veto, in which lines or parts of a bill can be rejected individually. The president must accept or reject the bill as Congress has written it.
Which of the following statements can you infer from the passage?
  1. A
    Congress is more powerful than the president.
  2. B
    Congress tries to get the president to accept its provisions by attaching provisions to a bill that the president supports.
  3. C
    A president is more effective when members of the same political party are the majority in Congress.
  4. D
    If a president vetoes a bill, there is no way to get it passed into law.
  5. E
    Bills that the president vetoes are unconstitutional.

Correct Answer:
B
Choice b is suggested in the passage. Because the president cannot reject single items within a bill, he must accept them if he wants it to pass overall.

Question #23
The U.S. Constitution gives the president the power to veto, or reject, a bill passed by Congress. The president sends the proposed law back to Congress and states his objections. Because it takes a two-thirds vote from both the House of Representatives and the Senate to override a veto, Congress often changes the bill to make it more acceptable to the president. Sometimes, Congress adds provisions to a bill that the president strongly favors. The president does not have the power of line-item veto, in which lines or parts of a bill can be rejected individually. The president must accept or reject the bill as Congress has written it.
Which of the following conclusions can you make based on the passage?
  1. A
    It is easier to rewrite and make a bill more acceptable to the president than it is to override a veto.
  2. B
    It is easier to override a veto than it is to rewrite and make a bill more acceptable to the president.
  3. C
    The U.S. Constitution gives the president the power to edit the bills he receives from Congress.
  4. D
    The system of checks and balances ensures that president has no influence over the lawmaking branch of government.
  5. E
    Presidents rarely use their power to veto.

Correct Answer:
A
Because Congress would rather rewrite a bill than try to override a veto, you can conclude that it is easier to do so. Choices c and d are not true, and choice e is not discussed in the passage.

Question #24
"We might as easily reprove the east wind, or the frost, as a political party, whose members, for the most part, could give no account of their position, but stand for the defence of those interests in which they find themselves."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882), U.S. essayist
"A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life."
John Stuart Mill (18061873), British philosopher
Which of the following party systems would Emerson most likely support?
  1. A
    one in which with citizens are loyal to a political party at all costs
  2. B
    a two-party system
  3. C
    a system with a liberal party that advocates for change and a conservative party that maintains tradition
  4. D
    one in which citizens are independent and think for themselves
  5. E
    a multi-party system

Correct Answer:
D
Emerson portrays loyal party members as followers who cannot defend the positions of their own party. Emerson would most likely choose a system that encourages individual thought.

Question #25
"We might as easily reprove the east wind, or the frost, as a political party, whose members, for the most part, could give no account of their position, but stand for the defence of those interests in which they find themselves."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882), U.S. essayist
"A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life."
John Stuart Mill (18061873), British philosopher
Which of the following party systems would Mill most likely support?
  1. A
    one in which with citizens are loyal to a political party at all costs
  2. B
    a two-party system
  3. C
    a system with a liberal party that advocates for change and a conservative party that maintains tradition
  4. D
    one in which citizens are independent and think for themselves
  5. E
    a multi-party system

Correct Answer:
C
While choice b is a possible answer, choice c is the best answer. Mill believes that a healthy system needs political parties with the opposing goals of change and order.

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