2018. Category 3: Government and Citizenship

Why did Congress honor this woman by putting her on a coin?

• Because she was an influential First Lady

• Because she designed the nation's first flag

• Because she fought for women's suffrage

• Because she was the first woman elected to Congress

The actions described in this excerpt were carried out in order to -

• encourage the outbreak of war between England and France

• protest British taxation policies

• end trade disagreements between colonists and French traders

• protest a ban on selling beverages in the colonies

What was the purpose of this amendment?

• To encourage citizens to monitor the federal government

• To prevent conflicts between state and local governments

• To limit the authority of the federal government

• To increase the participation of citizens in state government

How did President Lincoln succeed in permanently abolishing the practice represented by the tree in this cartoon?

• By ordering the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery

• By encouraging an armed rebellion of slaves in the South

• By promoting the passage and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

• By helping abolitionists fund the Underground Railroad

This statement is most likely from a handbook designed to prepare citizens for -

• voting in elections

• jury duty

• paying income taxes

• military service

Why was this congressional structure created by the framers of the Constitution?

• To follow the plan outlined in the Articles of Confederation

• To reach a compromise between large and small states

• To reach a compromise between slave states an non-slave states

• To implement the outcome of a popular vote

Those who agreed with this point of view were known as -

• Minutemen

• Loyalists

• Federalists

• Patriots

Which constitutional principle is Jefferson referring to in this excerpt?

• Full faith and credit

• Popular sovereignty

• Federalism

• Judicial review

Which numbered pair correctly replaces (1) and (2) in this table?

• (1) three-fourths

  (2) eligible voters

• (1) two-thirds

  (2) Electoral College

• (1) three-fourths

  (2) Supreme Court

• (1) two-thirds

  (2) state legislatures

In this reply, Daniel Webster is reacting to -

• the inability of citizens to elect Supreme Court justices

• an attempted nullification of a federal law by a state

• a proposal to revise the amendment process of the U.S. Constitution

• the federal seizure of private land for transportation networks