Civics EOC Review #2 - Citizenship to the Constitution

Which of these is not a requirement to apply for U.S. citizenship?

• be a law-abiding citizen
• pass a U.S. History test
• join the military
• read, write, and speak English

Why are citizens required to serve on a jury?   

• to guarantee court hearings remain public 
• to protect the constitutional right to be tried in a court of law by one’s peers
• to protect the constitutional right to confront one’s accuser 
• to guarantee courts provide probable cause 

started the idea of limited government 

• English Bill of Rights 
• Mayflower Compact   
• Magna Carta
• Common Sense

created the first direct democracy in the new American colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts.   

• Common Sense
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

guarantees certain rights to the people 

• English Bill of Rights
• Enlightenment 
• Common Sense
• Mayflower Compact   

knowledge movement in which people began to question how the government  had complete control over people

• Common Sense
• Enlightenment 
• Mayflower Compact   
• English Bill of Rights

pamphlet that encouraged colonists to declare their independence from Britain 

• Enlightenment 
• English Bill of Rights
• Common Sense
• Magna Carta 

presented the idea of separation of powers in the government 

• John Locke 
• Thomas Paine 
• Baron de Montesquieu 
• Thomas Jefferson

wrote Common Sense, argued that the colonies should govern themselves 

• Thomas Paine 
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Baron de Montesquieu 

Result of the January 1776 publication of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense

• had little effect on the attitudes of colonists 
• moved the colonists closer to declaring independence 
• occurred just after the Declaration of Independence 
• caused Parliament to sympathize with the American colonies