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What is the social contract? - correct answer>>The people give up some liberty to receive governmental protection. Who is in charge of the executive branch? - correct answer>>The President. Which government officials are elected by the people? - correct answer>>Mayors. What are the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independencecalled? - correct answer>>The Preamble. Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the First Amendment? - correct answer>>Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) The colonists used a political cartoon with the caption "Join or Die" to support which action? - correct answer>>Forming their own government. Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the Equal Protection Clause? - correct answer>>Plessy v. Ferguson (1896
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What is the social contract? - correct answer>>The people give up some liberty to receive governmental protection. Who is in charge of the executive branch? - correct answer>>The President. Which government officials are elected by the people? - correct answer>>Mayors. What are the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independencecalled? - correct answer>>The Preamble. Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the First Amendment? - correct answer>>Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) The colonists used a political cartoon with the caption "Join or Die" to support which action? - correct answer>>Forming their own government. Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the Equal Protection Clause?
What is an example of a democratic process? - correct answer>>The people elect a Governor. Which of the following is a right reserved for U.S. citizens only? - correct answer>>Running for federal office. What is the highest federal court in the United States? - correct answer>>The Supreme Court. Based on the U.S. Constitution, which part of government was intended to hold the least power? - correct answer>>The judiciary. How did the holding in the United States Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) impact criminal defendants? - correct answer>>It established that defendants had the right to counsel. Who has the power to veto bills? - correct answer>>The President. How did the holding in the United States Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966) impact criminal defendants? - correct answer>>It established that defendants were protected against self-incrimination. Which is a core theme of the Federalist Papers? - correct answer>>The proposed Constitution should be ratified. Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the Necessary and Proper Clause? - correct answer>>McCulloch v. Maryland (1819). What is popular sovereignty? - correct answer>>Rule by the people. Which of the following documents provided an outline for a state-centered government? - correct answer>>Articles of Confederation What is one right included in the First Amendment? - correct answer>>Free speech. What is one branch of the U.S. federal government? - correct answer>>Legislative. How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution currently have? - correct answer>>27.
Which United States Supreme Court case held that persons accused of crimes must be advised of their Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights upon their arrest? - correct answer>>Miranda v. Arizona (1966). What does the U.S. Constitution do? - correct answer>>It sets up a federal government. Which of the following represents the principle of consent of the governed? - correct answer>>Individuals elect members of the House of Representatives. What is an example of judicial review? - correct answer>>The power of the Supreme Court to find laws unconstitutional. How did the U.S. Constitution resolve the dispute between slave and free states over representation? - correct answer>>Three-Fifths Compromise. Which of the following pairs of cases focused on the rights of public school students? - correct answer>>Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) Which phrase from the English Bill of Rights (1689) is reflected in the U.S. Constitution's Third Amendment? - correct answer>>"That.. .keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace.. .is against law" According to the authors of the Declaration of Independence, who is responsible for protecting natural rights? - correct answer>>The government. If both the U.S. President and the U.S. Vice President are unable to serve, who acts as president? - correct answer>>The Speaker of the House. Which United States Supreme Court decision focused on how states count popular votes for president and vice president? - correct answer>>Bush v. Gore (2000). Which of the following cases held that reproductive rights were an element of the right to privacy under the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment? - correct answer>>Roe v. Wade (1973). Which phrase is included in the Declaration of Independence? - correct answer>>"all men are created equal" Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the Free Exercise Clause? - correct answer>>West Virginia v. Barnette (1943).
Who signs proposed bills into federal laws? - correct answer>>T.he President of the United States Which part of the U.S. Constitution protects the freedom of religion? - correct answer>>The Bill of Rights. What is one qualification to serve as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives? - correct answer>>Be at least 25 years old. Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - correct answer>>The residents of a single state. Which of the following correctly pairs a document with a core theme of that document?
What are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution called? - correct answer>>The Bill of Rights. Which Supreme Court ruling held that the authors of the U.S. Constitution did not intend for African Americans to be U.S. citizens? - correct answer>>Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857). Which phrase from a letter written by President Thomas Jefferson in 1802 reflects a freedom in the Bill of Rights? - correct answer>>"building a wall of separation between Church & State" Which of the following cases impacted interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment? - correct answer>>Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Which of the following represents the goal of the Supremacy Clause? - correct answer>>States may not pass laws that conflict with federal laws. Which structure found in the U.S. Constitution was included as a response to a concern expressed in the Declaration of Independence? - correct answer>>Separation of powers. Which is a core theme of the Anti-Federalist Papers? - correct answer>>Government should support enumerated individual rights. Why does Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution require that tax bills be introduced in the House of Representatives? - correct answer>>Because the original English colonists were taxed without their consent. What is a purpose of civil rights movements? - correct answer>>To secure equalities. Which phrase in the U.S. Constitution addresses the power to seize property? - correct answer>>Eminent domain. What is the purpose of the Seventeenth Amendment? - correct answer>>To promote democratic participation. Which is a shared power in the federal system? - correct answer>>Collecting taxes. Why did many colonists fight the British during the American Revolution? - correct answer>>Because they opposed taxation without representation.
In what 1620 document do the writers form a "civil body politic"? - correct answer>>The Mayflower Compact. Which right from the English Bill of Rights is reflected in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment? - correct answer>>"to petition the king". How many U.S. Senators represent each state? - correct answer>>Two. Which document represents the supreme law of the land? - correct answer>>The U.S. Constitution. What is the length of a U.S. Senator's elected term? - correct answer>>Six years. Which two steps are required in order for someone to become Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court? - correct answer>>Nomination by the President, confirmation by the Senate. What is one chamber of the U.S. Congress? - correct answer>>Senate. What is one power of the U.S. Senate? - correct answer>>Ratify international treaties. What is the purpose of the Selective Service System? - correct answer>>To draft for compulsory military service.