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Civics and economics e.o.c . review

Civics and economics e.o.c . review. 1) ________ are broad ideas about what is good and desirable. Public policies Institutions Values Budgets. Government by consent of the governed is _____________. Community Majority Rule Naturalization Popular Sovereignty.

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Civics and economics e.o.c . review

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  1. Civics and economics e.o.c. review

  2. 1) ________ are broad ideas about what is good and desirable. • Public policies • Institutions • Values • Budgets

  3. Government by consent of the governed is _____________. • Community • Majority Rule • Naturalization • Popular Sovereignty

  4. People from foreign countries who plan to stay in the United States for a short time are called __________. • Citizens • Immigrants • Aliens • Institutions

  5. The People are the ultimate source of power in a __________. • Monarchy • Dictatorship • Republic • Totalitarian state

  6. Which is the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States today? • Native Americans • African Americans • European Americans • Latino Americans

  7. Which value is part of Americans’ common civic and political heritage? • Fair elections • Volunteerism • Caring parents • Cultural education

  8. Which person is NOT a United States citizen? • A child born in Guam to Japanese parents. • A girl born in Yemen to an American mother. • A boy born in Illinois to Mexican parents. • A child born in Great Britain to Irish parents.

  9. What is the primary responsibility of the National Boarder Patrol? • To deport aliens with expired visas. • To prevent illegal entry of aliens • To naturalize resident aliens. • To issue visas to legal aliens.

  10. Which function of government do public libraries fulfill? • Keeping order • Providing public security • Providing services • Guiding the community

  11. Which factor is a legal restriction on voting in the United States? • Age • Race • Wealth • Religion

  12. Which principle of American democracy prevents a president from serving more terms than allowed in Amendment XXII of the Constitution? • Rule of law • Limited government • Individual rights • Representative government

  13. Which practice best reflects the principle of representative government? • Serving on a jury • Voting for mayor • Writing to the editor • Polling public opinion

  14. The Second Continental Congress made plans for a _________. • Confederation • Constitutional convention • Bill of rights • Territorial government

  15. The agreement about how to represent enslaved persons was known as the __________. • Rule of law • Electoral College Compromise • Great Compromise • Three-Fifths Compromise

  16. According to the Constitution, establishing schools is a(n) __________. • Expressed power • Reserved power • Concurrent power • Enumerated power

  17. The president and vice president head the _________. • Judicial branch • Executive branch • Legislative branch • All three branches

  18. How were most early state governments different from the British government? • They guaranteed trial by jury • They had written constitutions • They had bicameral legislatures • They protected private property

  19. What was a significant achievement under the Articles of Confederation? • Payment of all Revolutionary War debt • Economic security for American farmers • Establishment of a plan for organizing territories • Uniform enforcement of laws throughout the states

  20. Which proposal at the Constitutional Convention described a system with a president, courts, and bicameral legislature? • Albany Plan • Virginia Plan • New Jersey Plan • Connecticut Plan

  21. Which person defended the constitution in The Federalist? • John Jay • John Tyler • Roger Sherman • Baron de Montesquieu

  22. What does Article I of the Constitution outline? • The purposes of the federal government • The lawmaking powers of the legislative branch • The law-enforcing powers of the executive branch • The relationship of the state and national governments

  23. Which principle divides the functions of government among three branches? • Federalism • Rule of law • Popular sovereignty • Separation of powers

  24. What does the supremacy clause state? • The Constitution is the highest law of the land. • Only the national government can raise an army. • States keep powers not given to the federal government. • The federal and state governments share the power to tax.

  25. If government tried to take away a people’s __________, it was breaking the social contract. • Legislature • Natural rights • Charter • compact

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  27. The founders of Massachusetts were __________. • Enslaved people • Plantation owners • Indentured servants • Religious dissenters

  28. The Navigation Acts put __________ into practice. • Toleration • Mercantilism • Egalitarianism • Triangular trade

  29. Which innovation allowed rights to land holders in England? • Magna Carta • Common Law • English Bill of Rights • Locke’s social contract

  30. Which document established a tradition of direct democracy in New England? • Virginia Company • House of Burgesses • Mayflower Compact • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  31. Which English colony became the first to welcome people of all faiths? • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Pennsylvania • Maryland

  32. Why did Southern farmers begin using enslaved Africans? • Africans were more willing workers than Europeans • Long indentures place huge financial burdens on planters • Plantations demanded more workers than immigration provided • The triangular trade was more humane than indentured servitude

  33. What about the Middle Colonies spurred the growth of ports such as New York and Philadelphia? • Soil and climate suited cash crops • Rivers for easy transport to the coast • Abundant wood for use in shipbuilding • An ideal location for fishing and whaling

  34. How would you characterize the Great Awakening of the 1700’s? • A religious revival • A political upheaval • An economic revolution • An educational movement

  35. Which legislation passed by Parliament restricted colonists’ right to trial by jury? • Stamp Act • Townshend Act • Declaratory Act • Coercive Act

  36. Who published Common Sense, a pamphlet calling for complete independence from Britain? • Benjamin Franklin • Thomas Paine • Thomas Jefferson • John Locke

  37. The First Amendment guarantees the right to _________. • Libel • Slander • Petition • Due process

  38. The right of the government to take private property for public use is called __________. • Suffrage • Civil right • Eminent domain • Double jeopardy

  39. _________ in Southern states prevented many African Americans from voting. • Poll taxes • Age requirements • Civil rights • Search warrants

  40. Sometimes law enforcement officials single out suspect unfairly through ___________. • Indictments • Racial profiling • Censorship • Affirmative action

  41. Which of the following does the Bill of Rights Protect? • The right to provoke a riot for a good cause. • The power of government to operate efficiently. • The freedom to act without government interference. • The choice to overthrow an unjust government by force.

  42. What does the First Amendment prohibit? • Assembly of groups such as communists. • Establishment of an official state religion. • Criticism of the government or its officials. • Dissemination of alarming or offensive ideas.

  43. How does the Fifth Amendment help accused persons? • By requiring a speedy trial. • By requiring a search warrant. • By guaranteeing a trial by jury. • By protecting against self incrimination.

  44. Which amendment states that all rights not spelled out in the Constitution are “retained by the people”? • Second Amendment • Third Amendment • Seventh Amendment • Ninth Amendment

  45. Which amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote? • Thirteenth Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Fifteenth Amendment • Nineteenth Amendment

  46. Whose right to vote did the Twenty-sixth Amendment guarantee? • Poor people in the South • Women across the county • Residents of Washington, D.C. • Citizens 18 years old and older

  47. Which sphere of American life was desegregated in the 1940’s? • Schools • Work places • Armed forces • Lunch counters

  48. Which measure outlawed poll taxes? • Civil Rights Act of 1957 • Civil Rights Act of 1654 • Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Twenty-fourth Amendment

  49. Which amendment protects freedom of speech? • First Amendment • Fifth Amendment • Thirteenth Amendment • Twenty-fourth Amendment

  50. Which right or freedom best reflects the humane intent of Anglo-American law? • The right to bear arms • The freedom of the press • The right to private property • The freedom from cruel punishment

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