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1What level of government is the highest?
- Afederal
- Bstate
- Clocal
2What is the Mayflower Compact?
- AThe Mayflower Compact is a contract signed by all of the males on the boat that came over from Great Britain. This compact gave the entire colony a form of government.
- Bit was a disagreement that the people that were on the Mayflower had, and the colony separated into two different groups
3what is an alien?
- Ait is a flying creator
- Bthe a person is from another country
- Cthe person does not have a citizenship to any country
4which 'freedoms' are included in the first amendment?
- Afreedom of speech
- Bfreedom of press
- Cfreedom of religion
- Dfreedom of assembly
- Efreedom from religion persecution
- Ffreedom to form trade unions
- Gfreedom to bear arms
5true or false, due process of law means that you have/get fair treatment
- ATrue
- BFalse
6true or false, eminent domaine mean that government cannot take your land even if you are paid compensation
- ATrue
- BFalse
7true or false, popular sovereignty means if the popular vote is to deport a personal, then the person will go to court with the original case creators
- ATrue
- BFalse
8the first ten amendments are called...?
- AThe Bill of RIghts
- BThe Constitution
- CThe Decalogue
- DThe Articles of Confederation
9the 19th amendment gave the right for [blank_start]women[blank_end] to vote
- Awomen
10the 7th Amendment said that you had the right to jury in civil cases that involve more than [blank_start]$20[blank_end]
- A$20
11the 8th amendment says that you cannot have [blank_start]excessive bail[blank_end] or cruel and unusual punishment
- Aexcessive bail
- Bany bail
- Cbail over 5,000 dollars
12Shay's Rebellion, made the Framers realize that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised.
- ATrue
- BFalse
13Which amendment abolished slavery?
- A12th Amendment
- B19th Amendment
- C13th Amendment
- D23rd Amendment
14the first step to nominating a candidate is that there will be a caucus or a primary election. A caucus is when there is a room of people and you go to the side of the room that you want to vote for. There are [blank_start]two[blank_end] different types of primary elections. One type is where you can only vote for a certain party if you are a declared member. This is called a [blank_start]closed[blank_end] primary election.
- Aclosed
- Btwo
15the two main parties in the US are called?
- ARepublican
- BDemocrat
- CGreen Party
- DIndependant Party
16mass media
- Alots of different types of media
- Bvery little media
- Cone type of media
17check off all the propaganda techniques that we have learned:
- Astacked cards
- Bthe bandwagon
- Cglittering generality
- Dendorsements
- Esymbols
- Fjust plain folks
- Gname-calling
- Haction-plan
- Iimpartial-bias
18what is this called?
- Aa political cartoon
- Ba poll
- Cbias advertisement
19true or false:
In the Electoral College, the number of delegates each state is given is based on the number of people in Congress (per state).- ATrue
- BFalse
20[blank_start]9th Amendment:[blank_end] guarantees some rights not listed in the Constitution
[blank_start]24th Amendment:[blank_end] outlawed of poll taxes in national elections
[blank_start]8th Amendment:[blank_end] forbids excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments
[blank_start]14th Amendment:[blank_end] required states to grant all of it citizens equal protection of the laws, and forbade discrimination
[blank_start]18th Amendment:[blank_end] prohibition of alcohol
[blank_start]19th Amendment:[blank_end] gave women the right to vote
[blank_start]17th Amendment:[blank_end] right to elect senators through direct election
[blank_start]23rd Amendment:[blank_end] gave people in Washington D.C. the right to vote
[blank_start]21st Amendment:[blank_end] repeal of prohibition of alcohol
[blank_start]22nd Amendment:[blank_end] limit the presidential office to only 2 terms in office
[blank_start]10th Amendment:[blank_end] any powers that are not specifically given to the nation government are given to the state government- A18th Amendment:
- B19th Amendment:
- C17th Amendment:
- D23rd Amendment:
- E21st Amendment:
- F22nd Amendment:
- G10th Amendment:
- H9th Amendment:
- I24th Amendment:
- J8th Amendment:
- K14th Amendment:
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- don't forget to eat a hearty breakfast
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- Catherine Fremau
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- English
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