CS 3-5: EOC Bootcamp

Multiple Choice

A coalition of environmental groups released a study on how a proposed new housing development would impact local wildlife. Which factor should be considered in evaluating the credibility of the study?

• cost of publishing the study

• use of graphs to display research data

• possible biases of the sponsoring organization

• public opinion about the housing development

Hotspot

A student is writing a research paper about impoundment. She is searching for sources of information about the events in the time line. Select the boxes to identify the types of information that could be found for each of the sources listed.

Multiple Choice

A city government is holding a vote to decide whether to construct a new airport on city land. An undecided voter has gathered several sources of information about the proposed airport to help her decide how to vote.

Which source of information about the issue is both credible and relevant?

• a guide to identifying aircraft released by the Federal Aviation Administration

• a website where residents of the city post their opinions about the possible construction of the airport

• a brochure published by the airport's developers promoting the economic benefits of building the airport

• a report on the environmental impact of the airport authored by a group of scientists and urban planners

Multiple Choice

A citizen reads something negative about a political candidate on social media. If the information is true, it could change her opinion of the candidate. How can she most effectively verify the information she reads?

• She can find the same information in multiple credible sources.

• She can research the opposing candidate's response to the information.

• She can share the information on social media and ask for confirmation.

• She can read the candidate's campaign website for confirmation of the information.

Hotspot

The president wants to sign a treaty that will lower trade barriers and increase free trade between the United States and other countries. The U.S. Senate must approve the treaty by a two-thirds vote. Several senators are concerned that the treaty will hurt American workers by increasing unemployment.

Select the boxes to identify whether each action the president could take to gain Senate approval of the treaty is an example of compromise, consensus building, or persuasion.

Multiple Select

Suppose the President decided that none of the proposed strategies will work and directed his advisors to develop negotiation based strategies.

Select the two strategies that the president's advisors could propose that represent forms of negotiation.

• conduct media interviews about the treaty an why it should be approved

• offer senators support on a domestic spending bill that is important to them

• meet with a group of senators opposed to the treaty to discuss their concerns

• give a speech to the Senate outlining reasons that they should approve the treaty

• hold meetings with members of both parties to settle differences on aspects of the treaty

Multiple Choice

What do compromise, persuasion, negotiation, and consensus building all have in common?

• all of them are nonviolent methods of conflict resolution

• all of them involve getting each party to make sacrifices

• all of them typically produce unequal results for opposing parties

• all of them involve enabling opposing parties to have their postitions accepted

Hotspot

Government officials use various tactics, including persuasion, compromise, consensus building, and negotiation, to resolve differences. Identify the sentences in this description that could be categorized as consensus building. Click on the beginning of the two sentences you wish to select.

Multiple Choice

The legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government each have specific powers. Which belongs to the judicial branch?

• enforcing laws

• interpreting laws

• passing resolutions

• recongnizing foreign nations

Multiple Choice

An excerpt from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is shown.

"No person acting under color of law shall ... in determining whether any individual is qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Federal election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure different from the standards, practices, or procedure applied under such law or laws to other individuals within the same country, parish, or similar political subdivision who have been found by State officials to be qualified to vote ..."

Which basic principle of the Constitution was reinforced as a result of the Act?

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• separation of church and state

Multiple Choice

An excerpt from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is shown.

"No person acting under color of law shall ... in determining whether any individual is qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Federal election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure different from the standards, practices, or procedure applied under such law or laws to other individuals within the same country, parish, or similar political subdivision who have been found by State officials to be qualified to vote ..."

Why was this excerpt from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 needed to reinforce the principle you selected in the previous question?

• to provide protections for voters facing discrimination

• to clarify when the courts could review voting rights cases

• to remove federal oversight from local and state elections

• to limit the influence of religious groups on state and federal elections

Labelling

The U.S. Constitution created a system of dynamic interaction among the three branches of the federal government.

Move the branches of government into the boxes on the left side of the chart to identify which branch performs the checks and balances shown on the right side of the chart.

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Judicial

Legislative

Executive

Multiple Choice

Which phrase describes the system of federalism established in the United States Constitution?

• the restriction of the government to exercise only the powers granted to it by the people

• the ability of one branch of government to restrain the powers of the other branches

• the distribution of powers among independent branches of government

• the division of powers between the national government and the states

Multiple Choice

Click on the image to enlarge it. In which year do the events in the timeline illustrate the principle of federalism?

• 1803

• 1972

• 1974

• 1975

Labelling

One of the basic principles of government in the United States is checks and balances. Identify how the branches check each other. Move the Constitutional Powers into the blank boxes in the diagram. You will only use two.

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can veto laws

approves judges

can declare a law unconstitutional

appoints judges

Multiple Choice

The president vetoes a bill that was passed by Congress.

Which action can Congress take to check the power of the president?

• override the presidential veto

• enforce the bill as if it were law

• file an appeal with the federal court system

• declare the presidential veto unconstitutional