civics quiz

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don't forget to eat a hearty breakfast
Catherine Fremau
Quiz por Catherine Fremau, atualizado more than 1 year ago
Catherine Fremau
Criado por Catherine Fremau aproximadamente 8 anos atrás
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Questão 1

Questão
What level of government is the highest?
Responda
  • federal
  • state
  • local

Questão 2

Questão
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Responda
  • The 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.
  • it was a disagreement that the people that were on the Mayflower had, and the colony separated into two different groups

Questão 3

Questão
what is an alien?
Responda
  • it is a flying creator
  • the a person is from another country
  • the person does not have a citizenship to any country

Questão 4

Questão
which 'freedoms' are included in the first amendment?
Responda
  • freedom of speech
  • freedom of press
  • freedom of religion
  • freedom of assembly
  • freedom from religion persecution
  • freedom to form trade unions
  • freedom to bear arms

Questão 5

Questão
true or false, due process of law means that you have/get fair treatment
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
true or false, eminent domaine mean that government cannot take your land even if you are paid compensation
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 7

Questão
true 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
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 8

Questão
the first ten amendments are called...?
Responda
  • The Bill of RIghts
  • The Constitution
  • The Decalogue
  • The Articles of Confederation

Questão 9

Questão
the 19th amendment gave the right for [blank_start]women[blank_end] to vote
Responda
  • women

Questão 10

Questão
the 7th Amendment said that you had the right to jury in civil cases that involve more than [blank_start]$20[blank_end]
Responda
  • $20

Questão 11

Questão
the 8th amendment says that you cannot have [blank_start]excessive bail[blank_end] or cruel and unusual punishment
Responda
  • excessive bail
  • any bail
  • bail over 5,000 dollars

Questão 12

Questão
Shay's Rebellion, made the Framers realize that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 13

Questão
Which amendment abolished slavery?
Responda
  • 12th Amendment
  • 19th Amendment
  • 13th Amendment
  • 23rd Amendment

Questão 14

Questão
the 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.
Responda
  • closed
  • two

Questão 15

Questão
the two main parties in the US are called?
Responda
  • Republican
  • Democrat
  • Green Party
  • Independant Party

Questão 16

Questão
mass media
Responda
  • lots of different types of media
  • very little media
  • one type of media

Questão 17

Questão
check off all the propaganda techniques that we have learned:
Responda
  • stacked cards
  • the bandwagon
  • glittering generality
  • endorsements
  • symbols
  • just plain folks
  • name-calling
  • action-plan
  • impartial-bias

Questão 18

Questão
what is this called?
Responda
  • a political cartoon
  • a poll
  • bias advertisement

Questão 19

Questão
true 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).
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 20

Questão
[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
Responda
  • 18th Amendment:
  • 19th Amendment:
  • 17th Amendment:
  • 23rd Amendment:
  • 21st Amendment:
  • 22nd Amendment:
  • 10th Amendment:
  • 9th Amendment:
  • 24th Amendment:
  • 8th Amendment:
  • 14th Amendment:

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