Civics Exam

The Declaration of Independence proclaimed the inalienable rights of

Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness

The Declaration of Independence listed which of the following grievances against Parliament

Quartering of soldiers, Suspending of Legislatures, Interference with the Colony’s trade

The US Constitution was adopted in the year

1787

The Constitution is the supreme law of

The land

The Constitution, as designed by the Founding Fathers, established a ___ form of government.

Republican

T/F: By dividing power between the national and state governments, the Constitution establishes a Unitary form of government

False

The Federalist Papers were written in order to

Convince new Yorkers to ratify the Constitution

The Anti-Federalists opposed ratification of the Constitution because

It lacked a Bill of Rights, They feared a too powerful judiciary, They feared a too powerful central government

The Northwest Ordinance

Set terms by which a territory becomes a state, Prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory, Was written by Thomas Jefferson

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the

Bill of Rights

What freedoms are included in the First Amendment?

Speech, Religion, Assembly

Powers that are shared by the federal and state governments, like collecting taxes, are called

Concurrent

The 26th Amendment established that US citizens must be __ years of age to vote in national elections

18

T/F: With two houses the United States Congress is referred to as being Unicameral.

False

There are currently ___ serving US Senators

100

There are currently ___ members of the US House of Representatives

435

At the Constitutional Convention the delegates agreed that slaves would count as __ of a free person for the purpose of determining a states population and therefore, its representation in the House of Representatives

3/5

The term of a US Senator is __ years

6

The term of a United States Representative is __ years

2

The President is the head of the ___ branch of the government

Executive

Officers in the ____ advise the President and are confirmed by the Senate

Cabinet

The term of the President of the United States is ___ years

4

The 22nd Amendment limits the President to no more than __ terms in office

2

President _______ unsuccessfully proposed that the United States join the League of Nations following WWI.

Woodrow Wilson

Franklin D Roosevelt’s presidency was marked by

America’s entry into WWII

Which President campaigned for office on the platform of Trickle Down Economics as a means to rebuild the American economy?

Ronald Reagan

There are __ justices on the US Supreme Court

9

The _____ is responsible for appointing all federal judges

The President

The ____ is responsible for confirming appointments of federal judges

Senate

The federal court system has ___ main tiers

3

The Supreme Court provides a statement of legal reasoning behind its decisions, this is known as

Opinion

The first African American Justice appointed to the US Supreme Court was

Thurgood Marshall

The internment of Japanese-American citizens by the US Government during WWII was supported by the Supreme Court case

Korematsu v. United States

The case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Upheld laws that allowed racial segregation

In Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the US Supreme Court ruled that

“Separate is inherently unequal”

In 1967 the Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, overturned

Laws that barred interracial marriage

The Era of Good Feelings, from 1815-1825, can be characterized by

The decline of Federalist Party, The domination of Democratic-Republican Party, Relaxed international tensions following War of 1812

The Mexican-American War

Was opposed by many Americans, Resulted in acquisition of CA, NM, AZ, Ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The Reconstruction Amendments (13, 14, 15) together

Defined voting as a male right, ended slavery, granted citizenship to AA

The Dawes Act

Redistributed Tribal Land to individual heads of households

Constitutional Amendments passed during the Progressive era include

Federal Income Tax, Women’s Suffrage, Prohibition

The declared enemy of the US and its allies during the Cold War was

Communism

The President of the United States is

Donald Trump

Missouri’s US senators are

Schmitt and Hawley

The Govenor of the State of Missouri is

Mike Kehoe

Which Constitutional Amendment contains the Establishment Clause?

First

The Commerce Clause to the US Constitution deals with what American institution?

The Congress

What does it take to impeach the President of the United States?

A majority vote in the House of Representatives

According to the US Constitution, who has sole power to “declare war”?

Congress

Who controls monetary policy in the US?

The Federal Reserve