Boys State Bar Exam Question and
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Frequently Tested
• What are the three branches of government? -✓✓Executive, (President and about
5,000,000 workers) Legislative (Senate and House of Representatives) and Judicial
(Supreme Court and lower Courts)
• Is it possible to amend the U.S. Constitution by plebiscite? -✓✓An amendment
can only be passed with the approval of both houses of Congress, the Senate, and
the House of Representatives
• How many amendments have been added to the U.S. Constitution? -
✓✓amendments to the constitution mean everything added since its ratification, so
it's technically correct to say 27, but most people cluster the first 10 amendments
into the constitution itself, counting only the 17 times since as the actual
ratifications
• When and how did California become a state? -✓✓September 9, 1850
In 1848, the United States and Mexico signed the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
ending a war. At that time, California had 7,500 residents. The Mexican
government was likely unaware of what was held within the state or of the
population growth it was about to see.
California became a state in a very different way than most states in the westward
expansion of the United States. To petition for statehood, it required 60,000
residents. Most states first became territories and then, over time, built the
population required for application for statehood. In California, the discovery of
gold, just nine days before Mexico signed the treaty, began history's largest gold
rush. Rumors of gold nuggets, the size of a man's fist, lying on the ground quickly
made their way east, leading to a massive influx of "forty-niners" looking for a
fortune. The area met the population requirement by 1849, and because of its need
for civil government, petitioned for statehood
• When was the present California Constitution adopted? -✓✓May 7, 1879
Answer | A+ Verified Updated |
Frequently Tested
• What are the three branches of government? -✓✓Executive, (President and about
5,000,000 workers) Legislative (Senate and House of Representatives) and Judicial
(Supreme Court and lower Courts)
• Is it possible to amend the U.S. Constitution by plebiscite? -✓✓An amendment
can only be passed with the approval of both houses of Congress, the Senate, and
the House of Representatives
• How many amendments have been added to the U.S. Constitution? -
✓✓amendments to the constitution mean everything added since its ratification, so
it's technically correct to say 27, but most people cluster the first 10 amendments
into the constitution itself, counting only the 17 times since as the actual
ratifications
• When and how did California become a state? -✓✓September 9, 1850
In 1848, the United States and Mexico signed the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
ending a war. At that time, California had 7,500 residents. The Mexican
government was likely unaware of what was held within the state or of the
population growth it was about to see.
California became a state in a very different way than most states in the westward
expansion of the United States. To petition for statehood, it required 60,000
residents. Most states first became territories and then, over time, built the
population required for application for statehood. In California, the discovery of
gold, just nine days before Mexico signed the treaty, began history's largest gold
rush. Rumors of gold nuggets, the size of a man's fist, lying on the ground quickly
made their way east, leading to a massive influx of "forty-niners" looking for a
fortune. The area met the population requirement by 1849, and because of its need
for civil government, petitioned for statehood
• When was the present California Constitution adopted? -✓✓May 7, 1879
