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Civics 610 ½ Semester Course

Textbook: Civics Today: Citizenship, Economics, and You published by Glencoe, 2007.

ISBN-13: 978-0-07-874574-4

This textbook was carefully selected to provide you with a course that follows the Civics

Comprehensive Curriculum and Grade Level Expectations for the State of Louisiana. A

copy of these guidelines may be found on the Department of Education website.

As soon as you purchase the textbook, refer to the table of contents. Notice the help

sections beginning with Previewing your Textbook. You should scan these sections before

starting the course. Also, in the appendix of the book (page 633), you will find additional

materials that you may find helpful when taking the course. Finally, Glencoe provides a

website with additional resources that you may find helpful. The web address is on the

front cover of your textbook (www.civ.glencoe.com).

Preparation of Lesson Assignments: There are eleven graded lessons in this course as

well as two exams. Each lesson contains 50 objective style questions that you will answer

based on your reading assignment.

Throughout the lesson assignment, there will be questions marked DBQ. These questions

are to be answered using the chart, graph or cartoon that is given with the question.

Lesson Assignment Submission:

Lesson Assignments

Lesson assignment sheets have been provided for you, in a PDF format. You can type

your answers directly onto the lesson assignment sheet and email it back.

Follow the directions below:

1. Go to, www.LHSCC.org log into your account to access your course materials.

2. Open the appropriate lesson assignment sheet.

3. Fill in your answers for each of the blanks. Be sure that you are marking your answers

in the correct blank.

4. After you have entered all of the answers, save a copy. You will give each lesson a

different name (Lesson 1, Lesson 2, etc.)

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5. After you have saved each lesson, attach it to an email and send it to us.

If you are unable to send your answers back via email, simply print the lesson assignment

sheet and mail it to:

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You are allowed to submit two lessons per week per course. Your lessons must be

submitted in sequential order.

Midcourse Exam

Once you have completed lessons 1 – 5 and your lessons have been returned to you graded, it is

time to request your midcourse exam. You may do so by emailing [email protected].

Please include your full name, enrollment number, course name and number of the exam you are

requesting.

Your exams will be computer generated from your lesson assignments. The midcourse exam will

be on the material you learned in lessons 1-5. The midcourse exam will have 100 multiple

choice questions from the assigned chapters.

Final Exam

Once you have completed lessons 6 – 11 and are prepared to take your final exam please go to

your school official to schedule a date and time to take it. Your final exam was sent with your

midcourse exam. The final exam will have 100 multiple choice questions from the

assigned chapters.

Remember, you must pass the final exam in order to pass the course.

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Examinations and Grading Policy:

If you pass the final exam, your final grade will be determined by the following method:

40% Average of Lesson Assignments

20% Mid-course Exam

40% Final Exam

Grading scale for all lessons and exams:

90-100 A

80-89 B

70-79 C

60-69 D

59 or below F

Helpful Hints:

Read each chapter carefully.

You may wish to take notes as you read the textbook.

Print a copy of the Course Study Guide.

Answer the questions on the lesson assignment sheets provided.

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

Mail or email your answer document.

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Course Outline:

Lesson 1 Chapter 1: Citizenship and Government in a Democracy

Lesson 2 Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy

Lesson 3 Chapter 3: The Constitution

Lesson 4 Chapter 4: The Bill of Rights

Chapter 5: The Citizen and the Community

Lesson 5 Chapter 6: Congress

Midcourse Exam

Lesson 6 Chapter 7: The President and the Executive Branch

Chapter 8: The Judicial Branch

Lesson 7 Chapter 9: Political Parties and Politics

Chapter 10: Voting and Elections

Lesson 8 Chapter 12: State Government

Lesson 9 Chapter 13: Local Government

Chapter 14: Dealing with Community Issues

Lesson 10 Chapter 15: Legal Rights and Responsibilities

Chapter 16: Civil and Criminal Law

Lesson 11 Chapter 27: Comparing Systems of Government

Final Exam

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Course Introduction:

From Webster’s New World Dictionary, civics is the study of civic affairs and the duties

and rights of citizenship

Introduction: In this course of study, you will learn about how our government came to be

a government “of the people, by the people and for the people” (Abraham Lincoln, 16th

president of the United States). You will study our English heritage and its role in

establishing our government. You will learn about the three Documents of Freedom: The

Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. After this course

you will have a better understanding of the workings of our Federal government, state

government and local governments. You will be able to understand where they each get

their powers as well as their restrictions. You will learn about your rights as an American

citizen and the duties and responsibilities imposed.

Chapter 1: Citizenship and Government in a Democracy

In Chapter 1 you will learn about the United States Government and the rights given to the

American people. The differences of States rights vs. National rights as well as the

differences and similarities of Federal and State Powers will be discussed. All U.S. laws

are based on a democratic government; this chapter explains democracy as a whole and the

freedom this form permits to the nations’ people. Another topic of discussion is the rights

of American citizens and the limitations placed on illegal aliens entering the country.

Lesson Assignment 1: Read Chapter 1 and answer the following questions.

True/False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____ 1. More and more Americans now earn a living by providing services.

____ 2. Most public policy decisions involve some financial planning.

____ 3. State governments can take actions that go against the laws of the national government.

____ 4. In a direct democracy, citizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on

their behalf.

____ 5. In a democracy, individuals are free to develop their own capacities and talents.

____ 6. The American government imprisoned Japanese Americans in relocation camps during World War

II.

____ 7. If you give up your American citizenship, you can get it back if you change your mind.

____ 8. We show our patriotism by following our nation’s laws and participating in civic life.

____ 9. In the United States, people are living longer and having fewer children.

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Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 10. Public policy is a course of government action to achieve

a. consumer protection. c. community goals.

b. national security. d. foreign relations.

____ 11. A government controlled by one person or a small group of people is called

a. a representative democracy. c. an anarcho-syndicalist commune.

b. a dictatorship. d. a direct democracy.

____ 12. What is the level of government closest to Americans?

a. national government c. local government

b. state government d. student government

____ 13. Unlike citizens, aliens may not

a. hold jobs. c. own property.

b. attend public schools. d. vote in elections.

____ 14. American citizens who live abroad are considered citizens of

a. the country in which they live.

b. the United States.

c. both the United States and the foreign country.

d. neither country.

____ 15. A ____ is the ruling authority for a community.

a. government c. public policy

b. majority rule d. Democracy

____ 16. The ____ defines a U.S. citizen as anyone “born or naturalized in the United States.”

a. Fourteenth Amendment c. Sixteenth Amendment

b. Fifteenth Amendment d. Seventeenth Amendment

____ 17. E pluribus unum is Latin for

a. “One nation, under God.” c. “In God we trust.”

b. “One nation to rule them all.” d. “Out of many, one.”

____ 18. Government by the consent of the governed is called

a. public policy. c. popular sovereignty.

b. democracy. d. self-perpetuating autocracy.

____ 19. ____ is the use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal.

a. Police action c. Deportation

b. Terrorism d. Patriotism

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____ 20. What allows people to choose their leaders and voice their opinions on issues?

a. free elections c. limited government

b. majority rule d. rule of law

____ 21. Which sentence best describes the point of the cartoon?

a. The government is a burden to the people

b. The people are a burden to the government.

c. The government and the people depend on each other.

d. People complain about the government, but they depend on it.

____ 22. Which of the following is NOT one of the fundamental principles of American democracy?

a. individual rights c. consent of the governed

b. rule of law d. two-party system

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____ 23. What is meant by the fundamental principle “limited government”?

a. Government may only do what the people have given it the power to do.

b. The number of people who work in the government is limited by law.

c. Presidents may serve no more than two terms.

d. The power of the federal government is limited by the power of state governments.

____ 24. Which would be something that the federal government does NOT have the power to do?

a. negotiate a treaty with a foreign power

b. set up a postal system

c. introduce a new dollar coin

d. set the date for a primary election

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____ 25. In a dictatorship, where does the ultimate power come from?

a. the dictator c. the people

b. the police d. representatives

President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address expressed the rationale for the North’s cause in

the Civil War--the preservation of the United States. Here is how Lincoln ended this great and

historic speech:

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

____ 26. Which famous phrase from the last sentence of the Gettysburg Address refers to the purpose

of the American government?

a. of the people c. for the people

b. by the people d. all of the above

The National Origins Act of 1924, passed by Congress and signed by President Coolidge, limited

the number of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe. Louis Marshall of the American

Jewish Relief Committee protested the Act in a letter to the President, excerpted here.

This is the first time in the history of American legislation that there has been an attempt to discriminate in respect to European immigration between those who come from different parts of the continent. It is not only a differentiation as to countries of origin, but also of racial stocks and of religious beliefs. Those coming from Northern and Western Europe are supposed to be Anglo-Saxon or mythical Nordics, and to a large extent Protestant. Those coming from Southern and Eastern Europe are of different racial stocks and of a different faith. There are today in this country millions of citizens, both native-born and naturalized, descended from those racial stocks and entertaining those religious beliefs against which this bill deliberately discriminates. There is no mincing of the matter.

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____ 27. What does Marshall claim is unique about the National Origins Act?

a. It is the first time Congress has sought to regulate immigration.

b. It is the first time Congress has sought to limit immigration.

c. It specifically mentions excluding members of religious groups.

d. It is the first time a law has been passed that discriminates among European nationalities.

By the late 1970s, as many as 10 million illegal aliens lived in the U.S. President Carter offered

them a limited amnesty (forgiveness). He explained why in a message to Congress.

These aliens entered the U.S. illegally and have willfully remained here in violation of the immigration laws. On the other hand many of them have been law-abiding residents who are looking for a new life and are productive members of their communities. I have concluded that an adjustment of status is necessary to avoid having a permanent 'underclass' of millions of persons who have not been and cannot practicably be deported, and who would continue living here in perpetual fear of immigration authorities, the local police, employers and neighbors. Their entire existence would continue to be predicated on staying outside the reach of government authorities and the law's protections.

____ 28. Why, according to Carter, was amnesty for illegal aliens a good idea?

a. because many illegal aliens had contributed to America

b. because it would be impossible to deport them all

c. because a permanent “underclass” is bad for the nation

d. all of these reasons

In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt worked out a secret “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan to

limit the immigration of Japanese workers to California. An influx of Japanese labor had worried

American workers, who disliked the competition for jobs. Here is the crux of the agreement:

TO SECTION 1 OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT approved February 20, 1907, a proviso was attached reading as follows:

That whenever the President shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign government to its citizens to go to any other country than the United States or to any insular possession of the United States or to the Canal Zone are being used for the purpose of enabling the holders to come to the continental territory of the United States to the detriment of labor conditions therein, the President may refuse to permit such citizens of the country issuing such passports to enter the continental territory of the United States from such other country or from such insular possessions or from the Canal Zone.

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____ 29. Under what circumstances was the President empowered to refuse entry to immigrants?

a. when foreign governments requested him to

b. when the number of immigrants adversely affected American workers

c. when the immigrant population exceeded a certain number

d. all of the above

President Harry S Truman vetoed an immigration bill in 1952. In his veto message, he

compared it to the National Origins Act of 1924.

The greatest vice of the present quota system . . . is that it discriminates, deliberately and intentionally, against many of the peoples of the world. The purpose behind it was to cut down and virtually eliminate immigration to this country from southern and eastern Europe. A theory was invented to rationalize this objective. The theory was that in order to be readily assimilable, European immigrants should be admitted in proportion to the numbers of persons of their respective national stocks already here... The idea behind this discriminatory policy was, to put it baldly, that Americans with English or Irish names were better people and better citizens than Americans with Italian or Greek or Polish names. It was thought that people of west European origin made better citizens than Rumanians or Yugoslavs or Ukrainians or Hungarians or Balts or Austrians. Such a concept is utterly unworthy of our traditions and our ideals.

____ 30. Truman felt that the 1924 Act had been ____

a. acceptable in its time, but now outdated.

b. deliberately discriminatory.

c. consistent with American values.

d. all of the above

Matching

Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. illegal aliens f. terrorism

b. budget g. citizens

c. government h. E pluribus unum

d. free elections i. immigrants

e. deportation j. popular sovereignty

____ 31. community members protected by the government

____ 32. the ruling authority for a community

____ 33. the government’s plan for collecting and spending money

____ 34. people who move permanently to a new country

____ 35. people living in a country without permission

____ 36. term for sending aliens back to their own country

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____ 37. Latin for “Out of many, one”

____ 38. government by consent of the governed

____ 39. use of violence to achieve political goals

____ 40. allows people to choose leaders and express opinions on issues


a. naturalization f. Immigration Act of 1990

b. patriotism g. migration

c. civics h. aliens

d. dictatorship i. public policy

e. local government j. Declaration of Intention signing

____ 41. the study of the rights and duties of citizens

____ 42. a course of government action to achieve community goals

____ 43. a government controlled by one person

____ 44. legal process by which aliens become citizens

____ 45. benefits people with skills, talents, or the money to invest in the U.S. economy

____ 46. the first step to gaining American citizenship

____ 47. mass movement

____ 48. love for one’s country

____ 49. level of government closest to Americans

____ 50. may not vote in elections or run for political office

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assignment sheet provided for you.

At this time, open the “Lesson Answer Sheet” file that was sent to you in your course email

documents. You can type your answers directly on to the answer sheet and email your completed

answer sheet to [email protected]

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Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy

In Chapter 2 you will learn about The British Bill of Rights and how these laws became the

foundation for American democracy. Major events in British history, such as the causes of

the Boston Tea Party and the explanation of multiple Acts during this time, will be

explained. Also laws such as Common Law and Statutory Law will be defined and

discussed. You will discover problems that the British people faced in regard to their

government, and the tribulations the first colonists met. In this section you will encounter

the Founding Fathers of our nation and be introduced to many of their writings and ideas

about the future of the United States.


Multiple Choice


____ 1. What was the legislative body that drew up the English Bill of Rights in 1689?

a. Parliament c. the House of Burgesses

b. the First Continental Congress d. the Second Continental Congress

____ 2. When English judges were asked to try a case, they would look for a

a. common law. c. precedent.

b. charter. d. compact.

____ 3. What marked the beginning of self-government in colonial America?

a. the Mayflower Compact c. the Boston Tea Party

b. the House of Burgesses d. the First Continental Congress

____ 4. According to the theory of ____, a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys.

a. independence c. bicameralism

b. mercantilism d. Confederation

____ 5. The ____ levied taxes on basic goods imported to the colonies from Great Britain.

a. Stamp Act c. Tea Act

b. Declaratory Act d. Townshend Acts

____ 6. Who wrote Common Sense?

a. Thomas Jefferson c. Thomas Paine

b. John Locke d. Charles Thomson

____ 7. The Declaration of Independence states that among our inalienable rights are “Life, Liberty, and

____.”

a. independence from Tyranny c. freedom of Religion

b. the pursuit of Happiness d. the search for Prosperity

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____ 8. Like the English Parliament, the new state legislatures were

a. bicameral. c. wealthy.

b. unbalanced. d. powerless.

____ 9. Who led an armed uprising of about 1,200 Massachusetts farmers on a federal arsenal?

a. John Locke c. Daniel Shays

b. Thomas Paine d. George Washington

____ 10. When colonists decided to ____ British goods, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.

a. destroy c. steal

b. blockade d. boycott

____ 11. The ____ guaranteed that not even the king or queen was above the law.

a. Constitution c. House of Burgesses

b. Magna Carta d. Mayflower Compact

____ 12. What was the name of the peaceful transfer of power that changed the idea of government in

England?

a. Shays’s Rebellion c. the Boston Tea Party

b. the Stamp Act d. the Glorious Revolution

____ 13. A system of law based on precedent and customs is known as

a. common law. c. tort law.

b. legislature. d. statutory law.

____ 14. The Mayflower Compact was an example of

a. representative democracy. c. direct democracy.

b. constitutional law. d. charter government.

____ 15. The Boston Tea Party caused Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts, which Americans called the

a. Tea Acts. c. Intolerable Acts.

b. Townshend Acts. d. Declaratory Acts.

____ 16. More than half the members of the ____ voted to break away from Britain.

a. Committees of Correspondence c. Confederation Congress

b. Second Continental Congress d. Boston Tea Party

____ 17. What is the term for a detailed, written plan of government?

a. constitution c. compact

b. bicameral d. confederation

____ 18. The ____ was the first constitution of the United States of America.

a. Articles of Confederation c. Mayflower Compact

b. United States Constitution d. Declaration of Independence

____ 19. The Stamp Act taxed colonists on

a. mail. c. ink and paper.

b. newspapers and legal documents. d. tea.

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____ 20. The ____ stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies

“in all cases.”

a. Tea Act c. Mayflower Compact

b. Magna Carta d. Declaratory Act

____ 21. Which of the following is NOT one of the four sources of American law?

a. common law c. Native American law

b. constitutional law d. equity law

____ 22. Statutory law is law that is made by national, state, and local

a. executives c. artists

b. citizens d. legislatures

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____ 23. What were the two main products of the colony of Georgia?

a. tobacco and iron c. cattle and furs

b. indigo and rice d. lumber and fish

____ 24. Which was NOT one of the thirteen American colonies?

a. New York c. Delaware

b. Vermont d. South Carolina

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____ 25. Which sentence best expresses the point of Benjamin Franklin’s cartoon?

a. The American colonies are like a dangerous snake.

b. Great Britain has defeated its colonies’ drive for independence

c. The New England colonies (N.E.) are the head colonies.

d. The colonies must be united if they are to prevail against Great Britain.

____ 26. What power(s) did Congress lack under the Articles of Confederation?

a. the power to regulate trade c. the power to collect taxes

b. the power to enforce its laws d. all of the above

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____ 27. What action by Great Britain set off the chain of events that led to the Boston Tea Party?

a. It imposed taxes on tea sent to America.

b. It imposed taxes on tea bought from America.

c. It announced a boycott of American tea.

d. It refused to send tea to America.

The Magna Carta, meaning "Great Charter," was signed by King John of England in 1215. The

document imposed limits on royal power and guaranteed certain rights and freedoms to the English

people. Here is an excerpt from clauses 38-40 of its 63 clauses.

...In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his own unsupported statement, without producing credible witnesses to the truth of it. ...No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.

...To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

____ 28. In this portion of the Magna Carta, King John grants ____

a. political rights c. legal rights

b. economic rights d. human rights

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In 1765 John Adams wrote a series of articles in the Boston Gazette attacking the Stamp Act, a law

passed by the British Parliament that imposed a tax on paper and documents. At year's end, he

reflected on recent events in his diary.

That enormous engine, fabricated by the British Parliament, for battering down all the rights and liberties of America, I mean the Stamp Act, has raised and spread through the whole continent a spirit that will be recorded to our honor with all future generations. In every colony, from Georgia to New Hampshire inclusively, the stamp distributers and inspectors have been compelled by the unconquerable rage of the people to renounce their offices. Such and so universal has been the resentment of the people, that every man who has dared to speak in favor of the stamps, or to soften the detestation in which they are held, how great soever his abilities and virtues had been esteemed before, or whatever his fortune, connections, and influence had been, has been seen to sink into universal contempt and ignominy.

____ 29. According to Adams, officials employed to administer the Stamp Act have all ____

a. carried out their duties. c. closed their offices early.

b. moved to England. d. resigned their positions.

_____ 30. A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments is called a ____.

a. constitution c. purchase agreement

b. charter d. writ

Matching


a. constitution f. Articles of Confederation

b. Boston Tea Party g. Magna Carta

c. Glorious Revolution h. Stamp Act

d. Declaratory Act i. First Continental Congress

e. Mayflower Compact j. common law

____ 31. document that protected English nobles’ privileges and authority

____ 32. peaceful transfer of power that changed the idea of government in England

____ 33. system of law based on precedent and customs

____ 34. established a tradition of direct democracy still visible in New England today

____ 35. protest that caused Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts

____ 36. formed in response to the Intolerable Acts

____ 37. a detailed, written plan for government

____ 38. the first constitution of the United States of America

____ 39. required colonists to attach tax stamps to newspapers and legal documents

____ 40. stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies

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a. Thomas Jefferson f. Thomas Paine

b. House of Burgesses g. mercantilism

c. independence h. boycott

d. Daniel Shays i. Parliament

e. precedent j. Townshend Acts

____ 41. drew up the English Bill of Rights in 1689

____ 42. a ruling in an earlier legal case that is similar to a current case

____ 43. the first representative assembly, or legislature, in the English colonies

____ 44. the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys

____ 45. laws that levied taxes on basic goods imported to the colonies from Great Britain

____ 46. self-reliance and freedom from outside control

____ 47. author of Common Sense

____ 48. did most of the work on the Declaration of Independence

____ 49. led an armed uprising of about 1,200 farmers on a federal arsenal

____ 50. forced Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act

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Chapter 3: The Constitution

In Chapter 3 you will learn about the formation of the American Constitution. You will

gain knowledge of the delegates meeting at the first Constitutional Convention and some

of the most influential members. The rights and duties of The Supreme Court and Congress

will be explained as well as the powers given to the President and members of his cabinet.

Also the branches of the government and the different parts that make up the Constitution

are discussed in detail. The House of Representatives and the Senate duties and

responsibilities will be covered as well as the process a bill goes through to become a law.


True/False


____ 1. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.

____ 2. The Constitutional Convention was held in Washington, D.C.

____ 3. The Federalists opposed the newly created U.S. Constitution.

____ 4. The Bill of Rights was used as the basis for the Constitution.

____ 5. Only Congress has the power to declare war.

____ 6. If a state law contradicts a federal law, the federal law shall prevail.

____ 7. Only 10 amendments have been made to the Constitution.

____ 8. Implied powers are congressional powers not listed in the Constitution.

____ 9. The Constitution can be interpreted differently by Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court.

____ 10. Congress has the power to remove unfit judges.

____ 11. Reserved powers are powers given only to the president.

____ 12. The president and vice president do not need to follow the law.

Multiple Choice


____ 13. The ____ called for Congress to have a Senate and a House of Representatives.

a. Virginia Plan c. Great Compromise

b. Three-Fifths Compromise d. New Jersey Plan

____ 14. What plan proposed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons?

a. the Three-Fifths Compromise c. the New Jersey Plan

b. the Cotton Compromise d. the Five-Thirds Plan

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____ 15. The form of government in which power is divided between the national government and the states

is called

a. federalism. c. anarcho-syndicalism.

b. nationalism. d. anti-federalism.

____ 16. The middle part of the ____ states the six purposes of the government.

a. Preamble c. amendments

b. articles d. Bill of Rights

____ 17. The powers and duties of the ____ include dealing with the leaders of other countries.

a. legislative branch c. industrial branch

b. judicial branch d. executive branch

____ 18. The necessary and proper clause allows Congress to exercise

a. wartime powers. c. unconstitutional powers.

b. implied powers. d. judicial powers.

____ 19. According to the ____, the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.

a. rule of law c. Bill of Rights

b. Third Amendment d. First Amendment

____ 20. What refers to powers given to state governments but not to the national government?

a. expressed powers c. separation of powers

b. checks and balances d. reserved powers

____ 21. A committee headed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed the

a. Three-Fifths Compromise. c. Great Compromise.

b. Virginia Plan. d. New Jersey Plan.

____ 22. What is the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice

president?

a. the Senate c. the House of Representatives

b. the Electoral College d. the Federalists

____ 23. The ____ believed the Constitution should provide protection for certain basic liberties.

a. Anti-Federalists c. Whigs

b. Liberals d. Abolitionists

____ 24. What part of the Constitution deals with how the legislative branch will work?

a. Preamble c. Article I

b. the First Amendment d. Bill of Rights

____ 25. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the

a. Great Compromise. c. Bill of Rights.

b. Constitutional Convention. d. Articles of Confederation.

____ 26. ____ is the notion that governmental power lies with the people.

a. The rule of law c. Federalism

b. Popular sovereignty d. Separation of powers

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____ 27. What keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

a. rule of law c. supremacy of the Constitution

b. separation of powers d. checks and balances

____ 28. ____ are held by both state and federal governments.

a. Concurrent powers c. Enumerated powers

b. Expressed powers d. Reserved powers

____ 29. How many justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court at any time?

a. three c. 14

b. nine d. 100

____ 30. Which of the following statements is true?

a. The president has the power to declare war.

b. Congress can both declare war and send troops into battle

c. The president has the power to send troops into battle.

d. Congress does not have the power to declare war.

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____ 31. According to the graph, which fact about the federal court system is true?

a. There are more appeals courts than district courts.

b. There are more district courts than appeals courts.

c. An appeals court can overrule the Supreme Court.

d. A district court can overrule an appeals court.

____ 32. Article II of the U.S. Constitution empowers the president to appoint Supreme Court justices.

According to the graph, which president appointed only one Supreme Court justice?

a. Ford c. Clinton

b. Reagan d. Roosevelt

____ 33. Draw an inference: Why is President Carter, who served between Ford and Reagan, not

represented on the chart?

a. Carter was defeated for re-election.

b. No Supreme Court vacancy opened during Carter’s term.

c. Carter’s appointees are no longer sitting on the Court.

d. The Supreme Court never convened during the Carter Administration.

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____ 34. Which is NOT one of the ways the legislative branch can check the powers of the executive

branch?

a. by impeaching the president

b. by overriding a presidential veto

c. by declaring presidential actions unconstitutional

d. by rejecting presidential appointments

____ 35. Power(s) that the legislative branch has under the Constitution include the power to ____

a. tax c. confirm presidential appointments.

b. regulate commerce. d. all of the above

____ 36. Under the Articles of Confederation, the government contains ____

a. an executive branch c. a judicial branch

b. a legislative branch d. all of the above

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Missouri asked to be admitted to the Union in 1819 as a slave state. A debate followed in Congress.

Senator Rufus King of New York argued against extending slavery in the territory. In his

arguments, he brought up the three-fifths compromise that delegates to the Constitutional

Convention devised. Selections from Senator King’s speeches follow.

The present House of Representatives consists of 181 members, which are apportioned among the states in a ratio of 1 representative for every 35,000 federal members, which are ascertained by adding to the whole number of free persons three-fifths of the slaves. According to the last census, the whole number of slaves within the United States was 1,191,364, which entitled the states possessing the same to 20 representatives and 20 presidential electors, more than they would be entitled to were the slaves excluded. By the last census, Virginia contained 582,104 free persons and 392,518 slaves. In any of the states where slavery is excluded, 582,104 free persons would be entitled to elect only 16 representatives, while in Virginia, 582,104 free persons, by the addition of three-fifths of her slaves, become entitled to elect, and do in fact elect, 23 representatives, being 7 additional ones on account of her slaves...

The equality of rights, which includes an equality of burdens, is a vital principle in our theory of government...;the departure from this principle in the disproportionate power and influence, allowed to the slaveholding states, was a necessary sacrifice to the establishment of the Constitution. The effect of this Constitution has been obvious to the preponderance it has given to the slaveholding states over the other states....It is an ancient settlement, and faith and honor stand pledged not to disturb it. But the extension of this disproportionate power to the new states would be unjust and odious.

____ 37. Senator King’s primary argument against admitting Missouri as a slave state is ____

a. that slavery is immoral.

b. that the three-fifths compromise should never have been made.

c. that admitting new states as slave states gives them disproportionate power.

d. that “ancient settlements” should be overturned.

The leaders who drafted the Constitution during the summer of 1787 compromised on many issues

and framed a document that has remained in effect for more than 200 years. Ratified in 1789, it is

the oldest written constitution in the world. In Article I, Section 7, the Constitution describes how a

bill becomes a law.

Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senates shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve; he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a law.

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____ 38. If the president refuses to sign a bill passed by Congress into law, ____

a. that bill cannot become law.

b. the bill can become law if two-thirds of the members of both houses approve it.

c. the same bill can be resent to the president for approval by the House where it originated.

d. the same bill can be sent to the president for approval by the House that did not originally

send it.

As a result of a landmark Supreme Court decision, the slave Dred Scott was denied the right to sue

for his freedom. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney's majority opinion outraged the North and widened

sectional differences. The following excerpt from Taney's opinion focuses mainly on the Missouri

Compromise.

The Act of Congress, upon which the plaintiff relies, [the Missouri compromise] declares that slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, shall be forever prohibited in all that part of the territory ceded by France, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, and not included within the limits of Missouri. And the difficulty which meets us at the threshold of this part of the inquiry is, whether Congress was authorized to pass this law under any of the powers granted to it by the Constitution; for if the authority is not given by that instrument, it is the duty of this court to declare it void and inoperative, and incapable of conferring freedom upon any one who is held as a slave under the laws of any one of the States.

Upon these considerations, it is the opinion of the court that the Act of Congress [the Missouri compromise] which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning property of this kind in the territory of the United States north of the line therein mentioned, is not warranted by the Constitution, and is therefore void.

____ 39. In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Missouri Compromise was ____

a. constitutional.

b. an amendment.

c. unconstitutional.

d. not applicable north of the 36th parallel

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In the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, the U.S. Supreme Court established the "separate but equal"

doctrine as the basis for public facilities, including schools, in the South. Excerpts appear here from

the majority opinion written by Justice Henry B. Brown.

We think the enforced separation of the races, as applied to the internal commerce of the State, neither abridges the privileges or immunities of the colored man, deprives him of his property without due process of law, nor denies him the equal protection of the laws, within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.

We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff's argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority. If this be so, it is not by reason of anything found in the act, but solely because the colored race chooses to put that construction upon it.

____ 40. Justice Brown argues that enforced segregation does not ____

a. abridge the privileges or immunities of African Americans.

b. deprive African Americans of property without due process of law.

c. deny African Americans due process of law.

d. all of the above

Matching


a. Anti-Federalists f. Benjamin Franklin

b. Bill of Rights g. checks and balances

c. Roger Sherman h. Article I

d. concurrent powers i. Rhode Island

e. Electoral College j. popular sovereignty

____ 41. famous diplomat, writer, inventor, and scientist who attended the Constitutional Convention

____ 42. opposed a stronger central government and chose not to attend the Constitutional Convention

____ 43. headed the committee that came up with the Great Compromise

____ 44. a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president

____ 45. objected to the new Constitution’s lack of a bill of rights

____ 46. part of the Constitution that deals with the legislative branch

____ 47. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

____ 48. the idea that power lies with the people

____ 49. keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful

____ 50. shared by the state and federal governments

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Chapters 4: The Bill of Rights

Chapter 5: The Citizen and the Community

In Chapters 4 and 5 you will learn about practicing First Amendment Rights and

the specific purpose for Amendments 11 through 27 to the Constitution. Terms such as

libel and slander will be defined, and issues such as censorship and segregation will be

discussed. You will be introduced to political cartoons and many Acts from 1954 to 1990

will be covered. Some ways in which American citizens should give back to their

community and country will be mentioned. And major issues such as discrimination and

racism, and those peoples who took a stand against injustice, will be discussed.

Lesson Assignment 4: Read Chapter 4 and Chapter 5. Then answer the following questions.

True/False


____ 1. There hasn’t been a draft since the end of the Vietnam War.

____ 2. Jury duty is not legally required of all adult citizens.

____ 3. Most states legally require you to attend school until you are 16 years old.

____ 4. One of our civic responsibilities is simply to be informed.

____ 5. The government exists to serve you.

____ 6. We give our consent to the government by joining a political party.

____ 7. Community involvement tends to be rooted in individual action and informal groups.

____ 8. Every year, more than half of all Americans do volunteer work.

____ 9. The government always responds quickly and efficiently to social problems.

____ 10. Less than 1 million charities are officially registered with the federal government.

____ 11. The Peace Corps is dedicated solely to spreading peace throughout America.

Multiple Choice


____ 12. What is the term for banning printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or

offensive ideas?

a. slander c. libel

b. petition d. Censorship

____ 13. ____ is a crime that involves harming a person’s reputation by printing lies about him or her.

a. Suffrage c. Segregation

b. Libel d. Slander

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____ 14. A ____ is a court order allowing police to search a suspect’s home or business and take specific

items as evidence.

a. indictment c. subpoena

b. grand jury d. search warrant

____ 15. ____ means that a person judged not guilty cannot be put on trial again for the same crime.

a. Due process c. Double jeopardy

b. Suffrage d. Censorship

____ 16. Which amendment states that an accused person is entitled to have a lawyer?

a. Fourth c. Sixth

b. Fifth d. Eighth

____ 17. Many Southern states practiced ____, or the social separation of the races.

a. segregation c. integration

b. discrimination d. racial profiling

____ 18. What encouraged the hiring and promoting of minorities and women in fields that were

traditionally closed to them?

a. civil liberties c. Civil Rights Act

b. affirmative action d. Equal Pay Act

____ 19. Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group is called what?

a. affirmative action c. segregation

b. racial profiling d. discrimination

____ 20. The Nineteenth Amendment extended ____ to women.

a. civil liberties c. equal pay

b. suffrage d. civil rights

____ 21. ____ are the freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment.

a. Censorship c. Due process rights

b. Civil liberties d. Libel

____ 22. The right to ____ means the right to express one’s ideas to the government.

a. petition c. eminent domain

b. slander d. libel

____ 23. Which amendment protects Americans “against unreasonable searches and seizures”?

a. Fourth c. Sixth

b. Fifth d. Eighth

____ 24. The right of the government to take away private property for public use is called

a. due process. c. affirmative action.

b. double jeopardy. d. eminent domain.

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____ 25. Which freedom protected by the First Amendment would involve the right to take part in a

political demonstration?

a. freedom to petition the government c. freedom of speech

b. freedom of the press d. freedom of assembly

____ 26. Which action would not be covered by freedom of speech?

a. wearing armbands to protest government policy

b. threatening someone whom you think has committed a crime against you

c. conducting a Web site that criticizes public figures

d. telling your friend in a phone conversation that you disrespect the president

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____ 27. Which sentence best expresses the theme of the cartoon?

a. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of America’s power.

b. Generations of immigrants have been inspired by the sight of the Statue of Liberty.

c. The rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights remain a source of controversy among

Americans.

d. The rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights are a crucial part of the liberty enjoyed by

Americans.

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____ 28. Which amendment(s) increased the power of Congress?

a. Amendment16 c. Amendment 22

b. Amendment17 d. all of the above

____ 29. Which amendment repealed another Amendment?

a. Amendment 11 c. Amendment 25

b. Amendment 21 d. Amendment 27

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____ 30. Which Amendment did the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 strengthen?

a. First Amendment c. Thirteenth Amendment

b. Fifth Amendment d. Fourteenth Amendment

____ 31. The Americans with Disabilities Act bans discrimination against persons with physical or

mental disabilities in all of these areas accept ____.

a. employment c. private accommodations

b. transportation d. public accommodations

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Following the Union victory at Antietam in September 1862, President Lincoln issued the

Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the states in rebellion after January 1, 1863.

Lincoln did not have constitutional power to end slavery in states loyal to the Union.

Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

____ 32. The Emancipation Proclamation ____

a. granted freedom to all slaves in the United States.

b. granted freedom to all slaves in the Union states.

c. granted freedom to all slaves in the Confederacy.

d. was the Thirteenth Amendment.

With its decision Plessy vs. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court established the "separate but equal"

doctrine as the basis for public facilities, including schools, in the South. Excerpts appear here from

the lone dissenting opinion, by Justice John Harlan.

We have before us a state enactment that compels, under penalties, the separation of the two races in railroad passenger coaches, and makes it a crime for a citizen of either race to enter a coach that has been assigned to citizens of the other race. . . .

The white race deems itself to be the dominant race in this country. . . . But in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. . . . It is, therefore, to be regretted that this high tribunal...has reached the conclusion that it is competent for a State to regulate the enjoyment by citizens of their civil rights solely upon the basis of race.

In my opinion, the judgment this day rendered will, in time, prove to be quite as pernicious as the decision made by this tribunal in the Dred Scott case. . . .

____ 33. In his dissent, Justice Harlan predicts that someday the majority decision ____

a. will be compared favorably to the Dred Scott decision.

b. will be compared unfavorably to the Dred Scott decision.

c. will be seen as correct, as the Dred Scott decision is by most in 1896.

d. will be seen as incorrect, as the Dred Scott decision is by most in 1896.

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In May 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregation in public schools violated the

Fourteenth Amendment. The historic ruling, reversed judicial decisions supporting school

segregation. A portion of the decision follows.

In the first cases in this Court construing the Fourteenth Amendment, decided shortly after its adoption, the Court interpreted it as proscribing all state-imposed discriminations against the Negro race. The doctrine of "separate but equal" did not make its appearance in this Court until 1896 in the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson, supra, involving not education but transportation. American courts have since labored with the doctrine for over half a century. In this Court, there have been six cases involving the "separate but equal" doctrine in the field of public education. In Cumming vs. County Board of Education, 175 U.S. 528, and Gong Lum vs. Rice, 275 U.S. 78, the validity of the doctrine itself was not challenged. In more recent cases...inequality was found in that specific benefits enjoyed by white students were denied to Negro students of the same educational qualifications. Missouri ex rel. Gaines vs. Canada, 305 U.S. 337; Sipuel vs. Oklahoma, 332 U.S. 631; Sweatt vs. Painter, 339 U.S. 629; McLaurin vs. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637....And in Sweatt vs. Painter, supra, the Court expressly reserved decision on the question whether Plessy vs. Ferguson should be held inapplicable to public education.

____ 34. In this paragraph of Brown v. Board of Education, the Justices ____

a. rule that “separate but equal” is unconstitutional.

b. examine relevant past cases.

c. repeal the Fourteenth Amendment.

d. overturn Plessy.

____ 35. ____ are things we are required to do as citizens.

a. Options c. Responsibilities

b. Exemptions d. Duties

____ 36. Good citizens are concerned about the ____ of all members of the community.

a. status c. welfare

b. opinion d. wealth

____ 37. Americans must be ____ participants if people want their communities to thrive.

a. active c. passive

b. unwilling d. legal

____ 38. What is the practice of offering time and services to others without payment?

a. bureaucracy c. volunteerism

b. impressment d. draft work

____ 39. ____ was launched in 1961 to help people in the poorest corners of the world.

a. The Senior Companions c. The AmeriCorps

b. The Peace Corps d. Greenpeace

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With the American colonies already at war with Britain, Congress felt the need to declare their

independence formally. These are some of the most famous sentences in the Declaration of

Independence.

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their CREATOR, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government

____ 40. In this passage, “deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed” most nearly

means ____

a. the power of government comes from the Creator.

b. government is derived from the laws of nature.

c. the people are the source of their government’s power.

d. if the people are strong enough to overthrow the government, they have the right to do so.

Matching: : Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. f. Fourth Amendment

b. bail g. racial profiling

c. civil liberties h. poll tax

d. Nineteenth Amendment i. indictment

e. eminent domain j. petition

____ 41. freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment

____ 42. a formal request

____ 43. protects Americans “against unreasonable searches and seizures”

____ 44. a formal charge by a grand jury, accusing a person of a crime

____ 45. right of the government to take away private property for public use

____ 46. money forfeited if the accused person fails to appear in court

____ 47. money paid before casting a ballot

____ 48. organized boycotts, marches, and demonstrations to promote the civil rights movement

____ 49. being singled out as a suspect because of one’s race or ethnicity

____ 50. protected the right of women to vote in all national and state elections

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Chapter 6: Congress

In Chapter 6 you will learn more about the specific workings of the House and the Senate.

The process of writing a bill and passing it into law will be greatly explained beginning

with committee action and ending with passage. The terms impeach, filibuster, and line

item veto will be among the few explained. The Powers of the President and that of

Congress will be analyzed in this section. You will also become aware of the difference in

the number of members of Republican and Democratic parties in both the House and the

Senate. Also the occupational backgrounds, gender, and age of these members will be

examined.


Multiple Choice


____ 1. People from a representative’s district are called his or her

a. cloture. c. constituents.

b. lobbyists. d. representees.

____ 2. The most powerful member of the House of Representatives is the

a. majority leader. c. majority whip.

b. President of the House. d. Speaker of the House.

____ 3. A ____ committee is created to do a special job for a limited period.

a. joint c. standing

b. select d. conference

____ 4. What is the term that is used when an official is formally accused of misconduct in office?

a. impeach c. cloture

b. habeas corpus d. censure

____ 5. Congress may not pass ____ laws, or laws that make an act a crime after the act has been

committed.

a. filibuster c. ex post facto

b. casework d. cloture

____ 6. Private groups hire ____ to influence government decision makers.

a. lawyers c. clotures

b. filibusters d. lobbyists

____ 7. What term refers to government projects and grants that primarily benefit a Congress member’s

home state?

a. pork-barrel projects c. cloture grants

b. filibusters d. fat money

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____ 8. ____ try to influence government decisions.

a. Private bills c. Public bills

b. Constituents d. Special-interest groups

____ 9. What is the tactic of delaying a vote until a bill’s sponsor withdraws the measure?

a. cloture c. filibustering

b. gabling d. voice voting

____ 10. If the president ignores a bill for 10 days and Congress is not in session, it is a

a. pocket veto. c. line item veto.

b. filibuster. d. slate bill.

____ 11. The ____ is a population count taken every 10 years.

a. constituent c. habeas corpus

b. census d. cloture

____ 12. A ____ is an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group.

a. cloture c. rider

b. filibuster d. gerrymander

____ 13. Who is the person who usually acts as chairperson of the Senate?

a. majority whip c. majority leader

b. president pro tempore d. filibuster

____ 14. What is another name for Clause 18, the “necessary and proper” clause?

a. bill of attainder c. elastic clause

b. filibuster d. writ of habeas corpus

____ 15. A ____ requires police to explain to a court why they are holding a prisoner.

a. writ of habeas corpus c. rider

b. bill of attainder d. casework

____ 16. Having the ____ privilege allows Congress members to send mail without paying postage.

a. postal c. casework

b. rider d. franking

____ 17. What is the term for the help that Congress members give constituents in dealing with the federal

government?

a. franking c. casework

b. filibustering d. pork-barrel projects

____ 18. Passed by both houses of Congress, ____ become law if signed by the president.

a. riders c. filibusters

b. joint resolutions d. voice votes

____ 19. What are completely unrelated amendments tacked onto a Senate bill?

a. pigeonholes c. joint resolutions

b. riders d. baggage

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____ 20. Senators can end a filibuster by a three-fifths vote in favor of

a. a roll-call vote. c. a voice vote.

b. pigeonholing. d. cloture.

____ 21. In the area of military and foreign policy power, which is an implied, rather than an

expressed, power of Congress?

a. the right to institute a draft

b. the right to declare war

c. the right to provide for a National Guard

d. all of the above

____ 22. In the area of money, which is an implied, rather than an expressed, power of Congress?

a. borrowing money

b. maintaining the Federal Reserve Board

c. printing money

d. collecting taxes

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____ 23. How many women served in the 108th Congress?

a. 14 c. 74

b. 59 d. 86

____ 24. The occupational background of the largest number of the members of the 108th Congress

was ____

a. business c. public service

b. law d. agriculture

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____ 25. How is a bill introduced in the Senate?

a. A senator hands it to the clerk.

b. A House member delivers a bill passed by the House to the Senate.

c. A conference committee proposes a bill.

d. A senator announces a bill on the Senate floor.

____ 26. A bill can become a law even if the president doesn’t sign it ____

a. if Congress overrides a presidential veto by a 2/3 majority.

b. if the president keeps the bill for 10 days.

c. both A and B

d. neither A nor B.

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____ 27. Each state has the same number of ____

a. members of Congress c. House members

b. senators d. citizens per senator

The leaders who drafted the Constitution during the summer of 1787 compromised on many issues

and framed a document that has remained in effect for more than 200 years. Ratified in 1789, it is

the oldest written constitution in the world. The passage that follows concerns the composition of

the Senate.

Sect. 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year, and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year; so that one third may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen, by resignation or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies.

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

____ 28. Which of the following points is NOT made in the excerpt from the Constitution?

a. Senators must be at least 30 years old.

b. Senators are directly elected by the citizens of their states.

c. Senators will have six-year terms.

d. Senators must be inhabitants of the state that they represent.

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In the 1790s, the boundaries of the new republic stretched west to the Mississippi River, north to

the Great Lakes, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. The government worked out a plan for

administering this large territory and providing for its future development into states. Here is an

excerpt from the Northwest Ordinance.

Sec. 3 Be it ordained . . . That there shall be appointed . . . by Congress, a governor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years . . .; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office.

Sec. 4. There shall be appointed . . ., by Congress, a secretary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years . . .; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. . . . There shall also be appointed a court, to consist of three judges, any two of whom to form a court, who shall have a common-law jurisdiction, and reside in the district, and have each therein a freehold estate, in five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of their offices.

____ 29. According to the Northwest Ordinance, Congress was to appoint what official(s) for each

new territory?

a. a governor c. judges

b. a secretary d. all of the above

Hoping to stop the British from forcing seamen from American merchant ships into service in the

British Navy, President Jefferson urged Congress to pass an embargo prohibiting all American

export trade. The law proved to be ineffective and harmful to American trade.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an embargo be, and hereby is laid on all ships and vessels in the ports and places within the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, cleared or not cleared, bound to any foreign port or place; and that no clearance be furnished to any ship or vessel bound to such foreign port or place, except vessels under the immediate direction of the President of the United States: and that the President be authorized to give such instructions to the officers of the revenue, and of the navy and revenue cutters of the United States, as shall appear best adapted for carrying the same into full effect:

____ 30. According to the Embargo Act, which vessels were exempted from the Act?

a. those headed for nations friendly to the United States

b. those under the immediate direction of the president

c. vessels within the jurisdiction of the United States

d. ships carrying food or medicine

Matching: Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. casework f. franking privilege

b. joint resolutions g. gerrymander

c. census h. writ of habeas corpus

d. cloture i. riders

e. president pro tempore j. elastic clause

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____ 31. population count taken every 10 years

____ 32. oddly shaped district designed to increase one group’s voting strength

____ 33. usually acts as chairperson of the Senate

____ 34. another name for Clause 18, the “necessary and proper” clause

____ 35. requires police to explain why they are holding a prisoner

____ 36. congressional members’ right to send job-related mail without paying postage

____ 37. helping people in dealing with the federal government

____ 38. passed by both houses of Congress, they become laws if signed by the president

____ 39. completely unrelated amendments to a bill

____ 40. procedure used to end a filibuster


a. special-interest groups f. pork-barrel projects

b. ex post facto law g. pocket veto

c. select committees h. Speaker of the House

d. filibustering i. impeach

e. constituents j. lobbyists

____ 41. people from a representative’s district

____ 42. the most powerful leader in the House of Representatives

____ 43. created to do a special job for a limited period

____ 44. to accuse an official of misconduct in office

____ 45. makes an act a crime after the act has been committed

____ 46. hired by private groups to influence government decision makers

____ 47. government projects that primarily benefit a Congress member’s home state

____ 48. organizations that try to influence government decisions

____ 49. tactic of delaying a vote until a bill’s sponsor withdraws the measure

____ 50. a bill dies after the president ignores it while Congress is adjourned

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Chapter 7: The President and The Executive Branch

Chapter 8: The Judicial Branch

In Chapter 7 you will learn about the chain of command and Supreme Court rulings. The

President has limited power; in this section these limitations will be discussed.

Determining the number of senators and representatives allowed from each state will be

explained as well as the way in which the Electoral College works. American foreign

policy and dealings with other nations will be covered, and the differences between Federal

and District Courts will be examined.

Lesson Assignment 6: Read Chapter 7 and Chapter 8. Then answer the following questions.

True/False


____ 1. If both the president and vice president die or leave office, the Speaker of the House becomes

president.

____ 2. The maximum length of time someone can serve as president is 10 years.

____ 3. The vice president also serves as the president of the House of Representatives.

____ 4. The president cannot order troops into battle without the approval of Congress.

____ 5. The president plans the federal budget each year.

____ 6. Congress declared war on Korea but not on Vietnam.

____ 7. The president is the living symbol of the nation.

____ 8. The Constitution grants the First Lady very limited powers.

____ 9. The civil service system is a spoils system.

____ 10. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an executive agency.

____ 11. Government corporations were created to make a profit for the government.

____ 12. Regulatory boards and commissions do not have to report to the president.

Multiple Choice


____ 13. What is the indirect method we use to elect the president?

a. Executive College c. Electoral College

b. executive agreement d. electoral agreement

____ 14. Who follows the vice president in succession to the presidency?

a. Speaker of the House c. attorney general

b. secretary of state d. secretary of defense

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____ 15. The president may issue a ____ to delay a person’s punishment until a higher court can hear the

case.

a. pardon c. reprieve

b. executive order d. restraining order

____ 16. What is the most important role of the president?

a. head diplomat c. chief of state

b. Chief Executive d. economic leader

____ 17. The Twenty-fifth Amendment makes provisions for presidential

a. impeachment. c. protection.

b. pardons. d. succession.

____ 18. What is the basic goal of American foreign policy?

a. national security c. trade sanctions

b. treaty negotiation d. embargo resolution

____ 19. The president can bypass the Senate by making

a. a treaty. c. a trade sanction.

b. an embargo. d. an executive agreement.

____ 20. What is the term for efforts to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers?

a. blockades c. tariffs

b. trade sanctions d. spoils

____ 21. The United States Postal Service is an example of

a. an executive agency. c. a government corporation.

b. a regulatory board. d. an independent agency.

____ 22. The ____ is the clearest statement of the administration’s plans and goals for the coming year.

a. cabinet c. federal budget

b. bureaucracy d. Council of Economic Advisers

____ 23. A state has as many ____ as the total of its U.S. senators and representatives.

a. spoils c. points

b. electoral votes d. ballots

____ 24. The president has the power to issue an ____, which is a rule or command that has the force of law.

a. executive order c. amnesty order

b. economic sanction d. execution order

____ 25. The president may grant ____ to pardon a group of people.

a. sanctions c. executive agreements

b. treaties d. amnesty

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____ 26. According to the War Powers Act, the president must notify ____ immediately when troops are

sent into battle.

a. the Pentagon c. the attorney general

b. Congress d. the public

____ 27. What is a nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations?

a. embargo c. foreign policy

b. trade sanction d. treaty

____ 28. ____ is a formal agreement between two or more countries.

a. An executive agreement c. An embargo

b. A treaty d. An accord

____ 29. What is money, food, military assistance, or other supplies given to help other countries?

a. international trade c. ambassadors

b. trade sanctions d. foreign aid

____ 30. What is an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target

nation?

a. an embargo c. a sanction treaty

b. a blockade d. a tariff

____ 31. ____ jurisdiction refers to the fact that only federal courts can hear and decide federal cases.

a. Executive c. Supreme

b. Mandatory d. Exclusive

____ 32. District courts have ____ jurisdiction, or the authority to hear federal cases first.

a. mandatory c. executive

b. original d. exclusive

____ 33. What jurisdiction allows a court to hear appeals from a lower court?

a. concurrent c. appellate

b. incremental d. exclusive

____ 34. An appeals court can ____ a case, that is, send it back to the lower court for retrial.

a. reverse c. remit

b. remand d. precede

____ 35. A ____ is a court order requiring someone to appear in court.

a. subpoena c. warrant

b. writ d. docket

____ 36. The Supreme Court claimed the power of judicial review in the decision of what case?

a. Mayberry v. Shelbyville c. Brown v. Topeka

b. Plessy v. Ferguson d. Marbury v. Madison

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____ 37. What written document explains one side’s position on a case?

a. subpoena c. brief

b. docket d. writ

____ 38. A justice who disagrees with the majority’s decision may write a ____ opinion.

a. dissenting c. concurring

b. overruling d. minority

____ 39. A ____ is a previous case that gives guidance to other judges hearing similar cases.

a. rule of law c. brief

b. precedent d. docket

____ 40. Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving ____ law.

a. criminal c. military

b. maritime d. state

____ 41. What is the term for a court’s authority to hear and decide cases?

a. justice c. jurisdiction

b. judgment d. juris doctoris

____ 42. If a case can be heard in either a federal or a state court, those courts have ____ jurisdiction.

a. exclusive c. concurrent

b. executive d. liberal

____ 43. The job of the ____ courts is to review decisions made in the lower district courts.

a. appeals c. concurrent

b. supreme d. exclusive

____ 44. An ____ offers a detailed explanation of the legal thinking behind a court’s decision.

a. inference c. observation

b. obfuscation d. opinion

____ 45. What is the term for the geographic area covered by an appeals court?

a. jurisdiction c. circuit

b. appellate d. judiciary zone

____ 46. By ____, the Supreme Court decides if a law is constitutional.

a. stare decisis c. dissenting opinion

b. judicial review d. docket

____ 47. When the Supreme Court accepts a case for review, it places it on the ____, or calendar.

a. circuit c. caseload

b. brief d. docket

____ 48. The ____ opinion states the facts of the case, announces the ruling, and explains the Court’s

reasoning in reaching the decision.

a. majority c. concurring

b. ruling d. dissenting

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____ 49. What is the guiding principle for all judges?

a. stare decisis c. rule of law

b. majority opinion d. docket

____ 50. Any disagreements between ____ are initially heard by federal courts.

a. businesses c. individual citizens

b. state governments d. military officer

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Chapter 9: Political Parties and Politics

Chapter 10: Voting and Elections

In Chapters 9 and 10 you will learn about campaigning and the election process for

Presidential Candidates. You will be introduced to many different political parties in

addition to the Republican and Democratic. Voting statistics based on age, those registered

to vote, and people who actually voted, will be examined. You will discover that each state

is affiliated with one political party. Terms such as propaganda, delegates, and precinct

will be defined in this section.

Lesson Assignment 7: Read Chapters 9 and 10. Then, answer the following questions.

True/False


____ 1. The U.S. Constitution says nothing about political parties.

____ 2. Abraham Lincoln was the first Democrat to be president.

____ 3. Only one third-party candidate has won the presidential election.

____ 4. In a one-party system, the party and the government are nearly the same thing.

____ 5. A ward is made up of several adjoining states.

____ 6. A strong party organization is called a political machine.

____ 7. If you are a United States citizen, you are legally required to join a political party.

____ 8. A plurality is a number greater than half the total.

____ 9. Most states hold closed primaries.

____ 10. Independent candidates can get on the ballot simply by making a formal request.

____ 11. The political party out of power still plays an important role as watchdog.

____ 12. Trusted supporters of an elected candidate are often appointed to high-level jobs.

Multiple Choice


____ 13. ____ parties rarely win major elections, and have never won a presidential election.

a. Ideological c. Single-issue

b. Third d. Radical

____ 14. What is the term for an individual part of a party’s platform?

a. caucus c. plank

b. ward d. Unit

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____ 15. The United States is said to have a ____ system.

a. three-party c. two-party

b. one-party d. multiparty

_ 16. ____ represent their state at their party’s national convention.

a. Delegates c. Wards

b. Precincts d. County chairpersons

____ 17. What is the election unit that is made up of several adjoining precincts?

a. district c. delegation

b. caucus d. ward

____ 18. Local party leaders try to build support for their party at the ____, or neighborhood, level.

a. district c. grassroots

b. ward d. street

____ 19. In ____ primaries, only declared members of a party are allowed to vote for that party’s nominees.

a. open c. public

b. closed d. limited

____ 20. Most states award the party’s nomination to the candidate who receives a ____ of votes.

a. majority c. plurality

b. percentage d. minority

____ 21. When no candidate gains a required majority, the party holds a ____ primary between the top two

vote-getters.

a. mandate c. closed

b. secret d. runoff

____ 22. Representatives from every state make up a political party’s ____ committee.

a. electoral c. precinct

b. ward d. national

____ 23. A ____ party is an association of voters with broad common interests who want to elect candidates

that share those interests.

a. third c. political

b. Populist d. social

____ 24. A ____ is a series of statements expressing a party’s principles, beliefs, and positions on election

issues.

a. platform c. plank

b. caucus d. ward

____ 25. The ____ Party opposes the power of corporations and favors decision making at the grassroots

level.

a. Progressive c. Libertarian

b. Green d. Populists

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____ 26. Each party chooses its convention delegates through a combination of primary elections and

a. wards. c. caucuses.

b. canvassing. d. committees.

____ 27. All voters in a ____ cast their ballots at the same voting place.

a. ward c. county

b. caucus d. precinct

____ 28. Which age group had the largest percentage of registered voters in the election of 2000?

a. 18–24 c. 55–64

b. 65–74 d. 45–54

____ 29. Which age group has the largest number of people of voting age?

a. 35–44 c. 18–24

b. 65–74 d. 45–54

____ 30. Approximately how many voters between ages 25 and 34 reported that they voted in the

election?

a. 37.3 million c. 3.7 million

b. 18.7 million d. 187 million

____ 31. A ____ is a voting district.

a. polling place c. bailiwick

b. precinct d. electorate

____ 32. If you vote for candidates from both parties, you are voting a ____ ticket.

a. double c. split

b. twin d. straight

____ 33. People who cannot go to the polls can request an ____ ballot in advance.

a. absentee c. apathy

b. electorate d. Exit

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____ 34. ____ polling often allows specialists to predict the winners before all votes are officially counted.

a. Elector c. Exit

b. Media d. Absentee

____ 35. Many people think ____, or lack of interest, is the main reason for low voter turnouts.

a. initiative c. propaganda

b. apathy d. ignorance

____ 36. The ____ is a way that citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments.

a. mandate c. electorate

b. referendum d. initiative

____ 37. What provides a way for citizens to approve or reject state or local laws?

a. referendum c. mandate

b. proposition d. initiative

____ 38. ____ is an attempt to promote a particular person or idea.

a. Canvassing c. Incumbency

b. Propaganda d. Personification

____ 39. Special-interest groups help fund a candidate’s campaign by forming

a. propaganda units. c. money beds.

b. bankrolls. d. political action committees.

____ 40. ____ enable a candidate to attack an opponent without offering a chance to respond.

a. Canvassers c. Political advertisements

b. Stump challenges d. Debates

____ 41. At what location is voting carried out?

a. precinct c. polling place

b. electorate d. return

____ 42. Elections are a two-part process involving primary races and

a. the campaign. c. the nomination.

b. the general election. d. the campaign financing.

____ 43. If you vote for all the candidates in one political party, you are voting a ____ ticket.

a. split c. conservative

b. narrow d. straight

____ 44. When the polls close, election workers take the ballots and the ____ to the election board.

a. exit polls c. tallies

b. returns d. chads

____ 45. What term refers to all of the people who are eligible to vote?

a. electorate c. tabulates

b. constituents d. masses

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____ 46. If neither presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, who elects the president?

a. House of Representatives c. Supreme Court

b. Senate d. outgoing president

____ 47. If enough people sign a petition for it, a ____ is put on the ballot at the next general election.

a. referendum c. proposition

b. recall d. mandate

____ 48. Citizens can vote to remove a public official from office in a

a. referendum. c. proposition.

b. recall. d. initiative.

____ 49. Donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidate’s campaign are

called

a. public funds. c. slush funds.

b. bankrolls. d. soft money.

____ 50. Political action committees give most of their money to

a. Democrats. c. incumbents.

b. Republicans. d. third-party candidates.

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Chapter 12: State Government

In Chapter 12 you will learn about the different courts and each of their functions. The

power of the governor over each state is discussed as well as the different types of judges

that proceed over particular cases. You will become aware of the powers shared by the

state and federal governments as well as their differences. The differences between

National and State Governments and their similarities will be covered. The severity of

crimes will be explained in terms such as felony and misdemeanors.


Multiple Choice


____ 1. State governments may exercise ____ powers, as outlined by the Tenth Amendment.

a. reserved c. militia

b. federal d. concurring

____ 2. The ____ states that the laws Congress makes outweigh all state laws.

a. Tenth Amendment c. Fifth Amendment

b. supremacy clause d. congressional clause

____ 3. What regulates the ways state and local governments can raise and spend money?

a. Internal Revenue Service c. state constitutions

b. Article IV d. Tenth Amendment

____ 4. State electoral districts must be equally ____, or based on population.

a. commuted c. apportioned

b. paroled d. magistrate

____ 5. A governor can ____, or reduce, a criminal’s sentence.

a. veto c. apportion

b. parole d. commute

____ 6. The state ____ reviews state agencies’ records to make sure their money is being used according to

state law.

a. auditor c. attorney general

b. treasurer d. governor

____ 7. A(n) ____ is a judge who presides over a justice court.

a. magistrate c. attorney general

b. circuit judge d. justice of the peace

____ 8. What court usually hears minor cases and civil cases involving small sums of money?

a. people’s court c. mayor’s court

b. magistrate court d. community court

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____ 9. In a civil case, the person being sued is the

a. magistrate. c. witness.

b. defendant. d. plaintiff.

____ 10. The ____ combines appointment of judges by the governor with popular elections.

a. judicial review c. Missouri Plan

b. confirmation trial d. judicial selection

____ 11. In a ____ system, the central government and the state governments share power.

a. central c. republic

b. democratic d. federal

____ 12. What powers are shared by the state governments and the federal government?

a. concurrent c. reserved

b. militia d. national

____ 13. The federal government provides ____ to help states pay for some of their programs.

a. grants-in-aid c. taxes

b. federal loans d. bullion

____ 14. Only Nebraska has a ____, or one-house, legislature.

a. bicameral c. unicameral

b. apportioned d. mono-level

____ 15. Most governors can reject only a specific part of a bill, which is called a

a. commute. c. line-item veto.

b. parole. d. magistrate.

____ 16. Governors have the power to grant a prisoner a ____, or early release from prison.

a. commutation c. citation

b. parole d. pardon

____ 17. A(n) ____ usually manages elections and maintains the state’s official records.

a. secretary of state c. attorney general

b. treasurer d. recorder

____ 18. Justice courts almost always handle less serious crimes, or

a. lawsuits. c. plaintiffs.

b. felonies. d. misdemeanors.

____ 19. What is the person filing a lawsuit called?

a. defendant c. plaintiff

b. magistrate d. victim

____ 20. ____ are more serious crimes heard in general trial courts.

a. Appeals c. Civil cases

b. Misdemeanors d. Felonies

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____ 21. Which of the following powers is shared by national and state governments?

a. to coin money c. to administer elections

b. to borrow money d. to declare war

____ 22. Establishing courts is an example of a(n) ____

a. expressed power. c. reserved power.

b. concurrent power. d. implied power.

____ 23. State governments can do all of the following EXCEPT ____

a. establish courts. c. administer elections.

b. coin money. d. levy taxes.

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____ 24. A man was convicted of robbery. The man’s lawyer believes her client did not have a fair

trial. Which court will she probably contact?

a. justice c. general trial

b. municipal d. Appellate

____ 25. You live in a large city. If you have a traffic accident, which court would handle your case?

a. justice court c. supreme court

b. appellate court d. municipal court

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Prior to the adoption of the Constitution, many people spoke out for or against its adoption. George

Mason was one of these people. Below are excerpts from a pamphlet written by Mason.

There is no declaration of rights: and the laws of the general government being paramount to the laws and constitutions of the several states, the declarations of rights, in the separate states, are no security. Nor are the people secured even in the enjoyment of the benefit of the common law, which stands here upon no other foundation than its having been adopted by the respective acts forming the constitutions of the several states.

In the House of Representatives there is not the substance, but the shadow only of representation; which can never produce proper information in the legislature, or inspire confidence in the people.—The laws will, therefore, be generally made by men little concerned in, and unacquainted with their effects and consequences.

The Senate have the power of altering all moneybills, and of originating appropriations of money, and the salaries of the officers of their appointment, in conjunction with the President of the United States—Although they are not the representatives of the people, or amenable to them. These, with their other great powers, (viz. their powers in the appointment of ambassadors, and all public officers, in making treaties, and in trying all impeachments) their influence upon, and connection with, the supreme executive from these causes, their duration of office, and their being a constant existing body, almost continually sitting, joined with their being one complete branch of the legislature, will destroy any balance in the government, and enable them to accomplish what usurpations they please, upon the rights and liberties of the people.

____ 26. In the passage, George Mason argues that ____

a. the Constitution should not be adopted.

b. the Constitution protected the rights of the states.

c. the Constitution should be ratified.

d. the Constitution would provide for a balance in government.

____ 27. According to Mason, what serious defect did the Constitution have?

a. It lacked a provision for a House of Representatives.

b. It lacked a provision for a Senate.

c. It lacked a declaration of rights.

d. It lacked rules for the appointment of ambassadors.

____ 28. Why was Mason concerned about the House of Representatives as set up by the

Constitution?

a. He thought the House had too much power.

b. He thought the House had too little power.

c. He thought the House would not be truly representative of the people.

d. He thought the Constitution gave too little information about the House.

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Here are Sections 1 and 2 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution, which was ratified in

1789,.

ARTICLE I. Sect. 1. ALL legislative powers, herein granted, shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Sect. 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every

second year by all the people of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.

No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of

twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

Representatives and direct taxes shall be appointed among the several States which

may be included within this Union, according to the respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxes, three fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each State shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New-Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantation one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New-Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North-Carolina five, South-Carolina five, and Georgia three.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive

authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers, and

shall have the sole power of impeachment.

____ 29. According to Article I, a representative must ____

a. have been a citizen of the United States for five years.

b. be at least 30 years old.

c. live in the state from which he or she is chosen.

d. be appointed by the president.

____ 30. Article I, Section 2 states that ____

a. the people of each state shall choose members of the House.

b. the governor of each state selects members of the House.

c. each state will have an equal number of representatives.

d. each state will have at least two representatives.

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a. unicameral f. secretary of state

b. parole g. concurrent powers

c. misdemeanors h. line-item veto

d. state supreme court i. felonies

e. grants-in-aid j. federal system

____ 31. system in which the central government and state governments share power

____ 32. shared by the state governments and the federal government

____ 33. money awarded to states by the federal government for state programs

____ 34. a one-house legislature

____ 35. a governor’s ability to reject only a specific part of a bill

____ 36. conditional release from prison before a full sentence is served

____ 37. usually manages elections and maintains the state’s official records

____ 38. less serious crimes heard in justice courts

____ 39. court of last resort in most states

____ 40. more serious crimes heard in higher state courts

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a. justice of the peace f. reserved powers

b. attorney general g. board of health

c. Article IV h. state constitutions

d. magistrate courts i. apportion

e. defendant j. supremacy clause

____ 41. all powers not given to the federal government or denied to the states

____ 42. states that the laws Congress makes outweigh state laws

____ 43. regulate the ways state and local governments can raise and spend money

____ 44. base legislative districts on population

____ 45. encourages interstate cooperation

____ 46. represents the state in lawsuits

____ 47. judge that presides over a justice court

____ 48. usually hear minor cases and civil cases involving small sums of money

____ 49. person being sued

____ 50. runs programs in disease prevention

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Chapter 13: Local Government

Chapter 14: Dealing with Community Issues

In Chapters 13 and 14 you will learn about city laws and how they function. A city has

numerous people in charge such as a major, a city council, and a sheriff. In this section you

will learn the responsibilities of each title in the community. Terms such as rural, urban,

township, and village, will be defined. You will discover some of the issues brought up in

a city and what measures are done to make sure its community is safe and satisfied.

Lesson Assignment 9: Read Chapter 13 and Chapter 14. Then, answer the following

questions.

True/False


____ 1. A member-at-large is a council member elected by a ward.

____ 2. A city manager is not connected to any political party.

____ 3. In the commission form of city government, the mayor performs mainly ceremonial functions.

____ 4. Most metropolitan areas suffer from urban sprawl.

____ 5. The parish is normally the largest political subdivision in a state.

____ 6. The sheriff is the county’s prosecutor.

____ 7. The town form of government occurs only in the New England states.

____ 8. Town meetings are an exercise in representative democracy.

____ 9. Townships are smaller than New England towns.

____ 10. Many Midwestern townships appear perfectly square on a map.

____ 11. Metropolitan Statistical Areas have a population of 50,000 or more.

____ 12. Special districts are districts in which no political party has a clear majority.

Multiple Choice


____ 13. ____ usually set(s) out the powers and duties of local governments.

a. Home rule c. Strong mayors

b. State constitutions d. Council-managers

____ 14. City councils usually approve the city budget and pass

a. city charters. c. commissions.

b. ordinances. d. bylaws.

____ 15. Under a ____, the mayor’s power is limited and the city council has greater authority.

a. city charter c. city ordinance

b. strong-mayor system d. weak-mayor system

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____ 16. A ____ is an executive appointed to run a city in an apolitical manner.

a. city manager c. mayor

b. council member d. commissioner

____ 17. What is the term for a central city and its surrounding suburbs?

a. district c. ward

b. metropolitan area d. special district

____ 18. Where is the county courthouse located?

a. special district c. township

b. ward d. county seat

____ 19. The ____ keeps official government records and often supervises elections within a county.

a. district attorney c. county clerk

b. auditor d. county secretary

____ 20. Still practiced in New England states, ____ are an exercise in direct democracy.

a. town meetings c. townships

b. county seats d. county fairs

____ 21. What is the smallest unit of local government?

a. village c. township

b. town d. ward

____ 22. Who supervises the county funds and is authorized to make payments?

a. county auditor c. county seat

b. county clerk d. county treasurer

____ 23. In legal terms, most states define a municipality as a place that is

a. regimented. c. incorporated.

b. rural. d. urban.

____ 24. ____ allows cities to write their own charters and manage their own affairs.

a. Incorporation c. Mayoralty

b. Urbanization d. Home rule

____ 25. Under a ____, the mayor has the power to veto ordinances and appoint city officials.

a. strong-mayor system c. weak-mayor system

b. city charter d. city ordinance

____ 26. A ____ is a council member elected by the entire city.

a. ward c. mayor

b. representative d. member-at-large

____ 27. What is a unit of government that deals with a specific function?

a. ward c. special district

b. commission d. county seat

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____ 28. Normally, the ____ is the largest territorial and political subdivision of a state.

a. ward c. district

b. county d. metropolitan area

____ 29. The ____ investigates crimes and brings charges against suspected lawbreakers for a county.

a. district attorney c. deputy

b. sheriff d. county clerk

____ 30. In New England, a ____ consists of a both a city and the surrounding rural area.

a. township c. town

b. district d. ward

Matching


a. community policing f. conservation

b. charter schools g. short-term plan

c. solid waste h. infrastructure

d. smoking i. privatized schools

e. public policy j. incinerators

____ 31. government strategies to address community issues and problems

____ 32. a community’s underlying physical operations and structures

____ 33. policy meant to be carried out over the next few years

____ 34. schools that are funded by the state but do not have to meet public school regulations

____ 35. schools run by corporations hired by local districts

____ 36. under this program, police become a visible presence in the neighborhoods

____ 37. the technical name for garbage

____ 38. air-polluting alternatives to landfills

____ 39. the careful preservation and protection of natural resources

____ 40. a source of indoor air pollution

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a. environmentalist f. NIMBY

b. water pollution g. planning commission

c. priorities h. tuition vouchers

d. competency test i. master plan

e. recycling j. TANF

____ 41. an advisory group that helps local government anticipate community needs

____ 42. community goals given precedence over alternatives

____ 43. states a set of goals and explains how the government will carry them out

____ 44. government money used to send children to private schools

____ 45. passing one is required for a student to be promoted to the next grade level

____ 46. program under which the federal government gives money to the states for welfare

____ 47. concerned with stopping air, water, and soil pollution

____ 48. attitude of the public against having a garbage dump in their general area

____ 49. reusing old materials to make new products

____ 50. it comes mainly from factories, which produce all sorts of chemical waste

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Chapter 15: Legal Rights and Responsibilities

Chapter 16: Civil and Criminal Law

In Chapters 15 and 16 you will learn about Codes from the past that are still in effect today

such as the Napoleonic Code. You will discover that laws date back to ancient times and

the similarities and differences of present day laws will be discussed. Terms such as

defendant and plaintiff will be defined. You will learn what evidence a jury needs to

convict and the different types of crimes. All terms used in a courtroom setting will be

relevant. The differences in charging an adult and a juvenile will be explained.

Lesson Assignment 10: Read Chapter 15 and Chapter 16. Then, answer the following

questions.

True/False


____ 1. The earliest written system of law was the Justinian Code.

____ 2. In criminal cases, the government is always the defendant.

____ 3. The writ of habeas corpus requires officials to bring arrested people to court.

____ 4. Administrative law is not part of public law.

____ 5. The World Court hears cases involving international law.

____ 6. The only crime defined by the Constitution is treason.

____ 7. For serious crimes, suspects must answer all questions put to them by the police.

____ 8. A person can be retried for a crime up to three times.

____ 9. If the police obtain evidence of a person’s guilt illegally, it can still be used against him or her.

Multiple Choice


____ 10. What was the first known system of written law?

a. Napoleonic Code c. Code of Hammurabi

b. Morse Code d. Justinian Code

____ 11. Roman emperors would issue ____, which were commands that were equivalent to laws.

a. precedents c. codes

b. statutes d. edicts

____ 12. What are the legal decisions that become part of the common law?

a. statutes c. edicts

b. precedents d. legalisms

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____ 13. Serious crimes with serious consequences are called

a. statutes. c. torts.

b. felonies. d. misdemeanors.

____ 14. If a person is injured because of another’s negligence, the injured person can file a ____ action.

a. tort c. edict

b. statute d. misdemeanor

____ 15. What is the term for a law written by a legislative branch of government?

a. edict c. tort

b. statute d. legislative edict

____ 16. What is the only crime defined by the Constitution?

a. murder c. treason

b. robbery d. tax evasion

____ 17. The Fifth Amendment states that people may not be required to

a. incriminate themselves. c. obey a tort.

b. face a jury. d. permit a search.

____ 18. A ____ decides if there is sufficient evidence to formally charge a suspect.

a. judge c. public defender

b. warrant officer d. grand jury

____ 19. A ____ is a negotiation between the defense attorney and the prosecutor.

a. bench trial c. plea bargain

b. petit jury d. bill of attainder

____ 20. ____ are disagreements over non-criminal matters.

a. Statutes c. Felonies

b. Civil disputes d. Misdemeanors

____ 21. What is the study of law?

a. jurisprudence c. deliberation

b. legalism d. judgment

____ 22. What is the term for law based on prior court decisions rather than on a legal code?

a. jurisprudence c. decisionary law

b. statutory law d. common law

____ 23. In criminal cases, the government is always the

a. victim. c. tort.

b. plaintiff. d. defendant.

____ 24. In civil cases, the person or group being sued is the

a. victim. c. challenger.

b. plaintiff. d. defendant.

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____ 25. Rights guaranteed under the Constitution are considered part of ____ law.

a. tort c. public

b. criminal d. “Johnny”

____ 26. What is a law that punishes an accused criminal without a trial or a fair hearing in court?

a. bill of attainder c. writ of habeas corpus

b. stare decisis d. ex post facto law

____ 27. Police may obtain a search warrant if they can prove they have

a. double jeopardy. c. stare decisis.

b. habeas corpus. d. probable cause.

____ 28. If a judge believes a person is interfering with the judicial process, the judge may hold that person

in

a. double jeopardy. c. contempt of court.

b. stare decisis. d. attainder.

____ 29. In federal cases, ____ juries must reach a unanimous verdict in order to convict or acquit.

a. hung c. biased

b. petit d. grand

____ 30. Which legal system was developed in A.D. 1066?

a. Napoleonic Code c. Justinian Code

b. Ten Commandments d. English Common Law

____ 31. Which of the following is a court order that commands a person or group to stop a certain action?

a. complaint c. summons

b. injunction d. plaintiff

____ 32. A ____ is a formal statement naming the plaintiff and the defendant and describing the nature of

the lawsuit.

a. summons c. complaint

b. injunction d. subpoena

____ 33. Which of the following is a process by which each side can check facts and gather evidence before

going to trial?

a. summons c. complaint

b. pleadings d. discovery

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____ 34. ____ are people who act somewhat like a judges by reviewing cases and resolving the disputes.

a. Mediators c. Juries

b. Arbitrators d. Lawyers

____ 35. Crimes and the punishments for them are spelled out in each state’s

a. arraignment. c. penal code.

b. pleadings. d. injunction.

____ 36. ____ is given under an oath to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

a. Testimony c. Cross-examination

b. Acquittal d. Arraignment

____ 37. ____ means that the defendant does not admit guilt but will not fight the prosecution’s case.

a. Plea bargain c. Hung jury

b. No contest d. Acquittal

____ 38. When the jury cannot reach a verdict, the judge declares

a. a plea bargain. c. a hung jury.

b. an acquittal. d. an indictment.

____ 39. A young person under the age of adulthood who commits a crime is considered

a. an adolescent. c. a minor.

b. a juvenile. d. a juvenile delinquent.

____ 40. What is the term used to describe a jury made up of juveniles who hear a juvenile justice case?

a. hung jury c. peer jury

b. juvenile jury d. Gault jury

____ 41. The ____ is the party bringing the lawsuit.

a. lawyer c. judge

b. defendant d. plaintiff

____ 42. A ____ is a document that tells a person or group of a lawsuit against them and orders them to

appear in court on a given date and time.

a. injunction c. summons

b. subpoena d. complaint

____ 43. What is the term for the party being sued?

a. defendant c. plaintiff

b. victim d. accuser

____ 44. What is the term for the complaint and the answer taken together?

a. injunction c. pleadings

b. settlement d. Arbitration

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____ 45. A ____ is an act that breaks a federal or state criminal law and causes harm to people or society in

general.

a. delinquent c. felony

b. misdemeanor d. crime

____ 46. The ____ is when a defendant is presented with the charges and asked to enter a plea.

a. arraignment c. indictment

b. trial d. hearing

____ 47. After a witness testifies for one side, the other side is allowed to ____ him or her.

a. indict c. arraign

b. cross-examine d. contest

____ 48. After a vote of ____, the defendant is immediately released.

a. a hung jury c. an indictment

b. an arraignment d. an acquittal

____ 49. A(n) ____ is the term for a young person under the legal age of adulthood.

a. delinquent c. juvenile

b. adolescent d. parens patriae

____ 50. ____ aims to correct a person’s behavior rather than punish the person.

a. Probation c. Juvenile justice

b. Rehabilitation d. Peer juries

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Chapter 27: Comparing Systems of Government

In Chapter 27 you will learn about Britain and China’s modern government and the

governments of other nations. Constitutional monarchies and dictatorships will be

discussed. You will also become aware of the titles of foreign leaders and their

responsibilities and duties. The percentage of government systems around the world will

be shown. You will also encounter the recent British Prime Ministers as well as the

political parties they are affiliated with. In addition to information listed above, the

national policies of these countries will be explained.


True/False


____ 1. Modern constitutional monarchies generally follow democratic practices.

____ 2. Until the late 1600s, absolute monarchy was the dominant form of government.

____ 3. Britain’s House of Lords has relatively little power.

____ 4. For most legal matters, a committee of the House of Lords is the highest court of appeal.

____ 5. Britain’s Labour Party supports private enterprise and minimal government intervention.

____ 6. Great Britain is not a member of the European Union.

____ 7. Despite constitutional recognition of human rights, Chinese authorities frequently mistreat people.

____ 8. China’s judiciary is a completely independent branch of government.

Multiple Choice


____ 9. What are hereditary rulers with unlimited authority to do as they wish?

a. prime ministers c. absolute monarchs

b. dictators d. presidents

____ 10. In a ____ state, the government’s control extends to almost all aspects of people’s lives.

a. democratic c. unitary

b. totalitarian d. parliamentary

____ 11. In a ____, the power of the hereditary ruler is limited by a constitution and laws.

a. republic c. representative democracy

b. absolute monarchy d. constitutional monarchy

____ 12. In which form of government do the executive and legislative functions both reside in an elected

assembly?

a. constitutional monarchy c. constitutional republic

b. parliamentary system d. totalitarian regime

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____ 13. In a ____ system of government, power is centralized.

a. constitutional c. unitary

b. parliamentary d. devolutionary

____ 14. What is the British equivalent of our Democratic Party?

a. Labour Party c. House of Commons

b. House of Lords d. Conservative Party

____ 15. ____ are the fundamental rights that belong to every person on Earth.

a. Constitutional rights c. Liberties

b. Freedoms d. Human rights

____ 16. The ____ makes China’s national policy.

a. National People’s Congress c. State Council

b. Politburo d. Parliament

____ 17. Britain’s House of ____ is not an elected body and has relatively little power.

a. Commons c. Lords

b. Labour d. Conservatives

____ 18. What has controlled the People’s Republic of China since 1949?

a. People’s Party c. Communist Party

b. dynasties d. military dictatorship

____ 19. In ____ regimes, power is held by an individual or group not accountable to the people.

a. absolute c. unitary

b. democratic d. authoritarian

____ 20. ____ exercise complete control over a state, usually by relying on the police and military.

a. Dictators c. Absolute monarchs

b. Prime ministers d. Presidents

____ 21. Idi Amin, Uganda’s ruler, was ____ in 1979, after leading a brutal regime.

a. constrained c. retracted

b. deposed d. impeached

____ 22. A ____ is a representative government in which no leaders inherit office.

a. republic c. constitutional monarchy

b. dictatorship d. absolute monarchy

____ 23. What is the title given to the head of a parliamentary government?

a. president c. prime minister

b. governor d. monarch

____ 24. Most democratic countries follow this system of government, modeled by Great Britain.

a. absolute c. presidential

b. ministerial d. parliamentary

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____ 25. China was once ruled by ____, or families that held power for many generations.

a. dictators c. collectives

b. dynasties d. absolute monarchs

____ 26. What is China’s executive body?

a. State Council c. Politburo

b. Parliament d. National People’s Congress

____ 27. The House of ____ is the main lawmaking body of the British Parliament.

a. Conservatives c. Labour

b. Commons d. Lords

____ 28. The approximately 3,000 members of China’s ____ Congress are elected from different provinces.

a. Politburo c. State Council’s

b. National People’s d. Parliamentary

____ 29. In the year 2000, the largest percentage of government systems throughout the world were

____

a. authoritarian. c. monarchies.

b. limited democracies. d. democracies.

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____ 30. In 1972, Great Britain’s prime minister was ____

a. Harold Wilson. c. Edward Heath.

b. James Callaghan. d. John Major.


a. prime minister f. republic

b. National People’s Congress g. dictator

c. dynasty h. State Council

d. authoritarian i. depose

e. House of Commons j. Conservatives

____ 31. regime in which power is held by an individual or group not accountable to the people

____ 32. exercises complete control over the state, usually by relying on the police and military

____ 33. to remove from power

____ 34. a representative government in which leaders do not inherit office

____ 35. the head of a parliamentary government

____ 36. the British equivalent of our Republican Party

____ 37. a family that holds power for many generations

____ 38. China’s executive body

____ 39. main lawmakers of the British Parliament

____ 40. its approximately 3,000 members are elected from different provinces

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a. EU f. unitary system

b. House of Lords g. Labour

c. constitutional monarchy h. parliamentary system

d. totalitarian i. Politburo

e. CCP j. absolute monarchs

____ 41. hereditary rulers with unlimited authority to do as they wish

____ 42. a state in which the government’s control extends to almost all aspects of people’s lives

____ 43. system in which the power of the hereditary ruler is limited by a constitution and laws

____ 44. government in which executive and legislative functions both reside in an elected assembly

____ 45. system of government in which power is centralized

____ 46. the British equivalent of our Democratic Party

____ 47. an organization of European countries

____ 48. it makes China’s national policy

____ 49. it is not an elected body and has relatively little power

____ 50. it has controlled China since 1949

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It is time to take your Final Exam:

Please check with your school official to schedule a date and time to take your final exam.

Your final exam was sent with your midcourse exam and is at your school already.

Review lessons 6-11 paying close attention to anything you answered incorrectly. Your

exam will come from the material you learned in those lessons and will be similar to your

lesson assignments.

Please remember you must pass the Final Exam in order to pass the course.

Study hard, Good Luck!

Please remember you must pass the Final Exam in order to pass the course. Study hard,

Good Luck!