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PART
III
- DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION
This question is based on the accompanying documents (17). The question is
designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. Some of these
documents have been edited for the purposes of this question. As you analyze the
documents, take into account both the source of each document and any point of
view that may be presented in the document.
Historical Context:
The United States Constitution divides the power to govern among the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the national government.
The
Constitution provides for a system of checks and balances to prevent
one branch
from dominating the other two.
Task: Using information from the
documents and your knowledge of United
States history, answer the questions that follow each document in Part A. Your
answers to the questions will help you write the Part B essay, in which you will
be asked to:
Describe how the system of checks and balances functions
Show how this system has been applied in specific circumstances in United
States history
PART A - SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Document 1
| The House of Representatives . . . shall have the sole
power of impeachment. . . . The Senate shall have the sole power to try all
impeachments. United States Constitution, Article 1 |
1 Which branch of the United States government is responsible
for the
impeachment
process? [2]
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Document 2
He shall have power, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the
senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers
and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the
United States. . . .
United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 |
2a
To whom does He refer? [1]
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b Under Article 2, Section
2, Clause 2, what role does the Senate play in the
appointment of ambassadors or the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court?
[2]
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