Civics Midterm Review

What is the last step of the naturalization process?

• Declaring intent
• Oath of Allegiance
• Taking a History/English Test
• Immigrating Legally, Living in the US 5 years

What is an agreement between people and the government?

• Consent
• Natural Rights
• Social Contract
• Voting

The Constitution contains no Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties like freedom of speech, trial by jury, and the right against searches and seizures.

• Federalist 
• Anti-Federalist 

In the Constitution, the implied powers of Congress come from the 

• Necessary and Proper Clause
• Supremacy Clause
• Relative Clause
• Santa Clause

America has  a ___________ _______________ political system. 

• three party
• one party
• two party
• four party

Since 1860s the ____________________ and ____________________party have dominated American politics. 

• Green,  Libertarian 
• Communists, Socialists
• Anarchist, Theocracy 
• Democratic, Republican

The ________________ Party wants to share wealth with workers.

• Communists
• Federalists
• Socialists
• Green

Which Enlightenment thinker gave the idea of Separation of Power?

• John Locke
• Voltaire
• Thomas Hobbes
• Baron de Montesqieu

Why were checks and balances necessary?

• Prevent any branch from becoming more powerful than the others
• Prevent the judicial branch from becoming more powerful than the executive
• Prevent the executive from being more powerful than the judicial
• Prevent the legislature from controlling the judical and the executive branches

In the Preamble, what does it mean when it says, "We the people..."?

• The constitution was written for all the people of the United States.
• The constitution was only written for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention.
• Referring to "the people" who authored the constitution.
• The people of Massachusetts.