Civics Exam

The Third Amendment protects citizens against

• Getting drafted into foreign wars

• Housing soldiers in their homes

• Donating firearms to the federal government

• Forced participation in factories during times of war

In criminal cases, the Sixth Amendment guarantees what?

• A speedy, public, trial by impartial jury

• A speedy, public, execution by jury

• A slow, private, trial by biased jury

• A slow, private, execution by jury

The Seventh Amendment guarantees what right in Federal Civil Cases?

• Trial by jury

• Trial by fire

• Trial by combat

• Trial by judge

True or False: The Ninth Amendment states that American people only have rights that are listed in the Bill of Rights and Constitution.

• True

• False

No freeman [person] shall be taken or imprisoned… or outlawed, or banished, or in any way destroyed, unless by the lawful judgement of his peers, or by the law of the land…” Which of these constitutional protections is described in the excerpt

• Government leaders are chosen by the people

• Citizens will receive a fair price for land for public use

• Citizens accused of crimes will be heard by an impartial jury

• Power is divided between the three branches of government

“Americans are free… to disagree with the law but not to disobey it. For in a government of laws and not men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous is entitled to defy a court of law.” President John F. Kennedy. The quotation above most directly supports presidential actions that

• Improve international relations

• Improve the economy

• Ensure public order and safety

• Ensure individual rights

Rule by the political elite is called

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

• Dictatorship

• Single party state

Power is divided between the national and state government is called

• Unitary

• Confederal

• Federal

• Monarchy

Rule by one powerful leader is called

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Anarchy

Voters choose a president to lead the government as head of the executive branch is called

• Direct Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Electoral College