Civics Pretest Fall 2022 - MHS

In a true free market economy, which of the following would occur?

• Access to natural resources would be uncontrolled.
• Safety regulations would offer consumer protections.
• Successful producers would be given tax breaks.
• Workers would obtain fair wages by law.

The president of the United States can veto a bill passed by the Congress, preventing it from becoming a law. This is an example of which principle of democracy?

• accountability
• control of the abuse of power
• rule of law
• transparency

An inalienable right that is stated in the Declaration of Independence and contributes to our current national identity is the right to

• a representative government.
• be able to vote in elections.
• be economically secure.
• pursue happiness.

Shays’s Rebellion caused the new nation’s leaders to realize that

• a stronger national government was needed.
• the Articles did an inadequate job of protecting individual rights.
• the Articles did an inadequate job of protecting states’ rights.
• the nation needed to outlaw slavery.

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could

• declare war, but it could not make treaties.
• establish post offices, but it could not levy taxes.
• force everyone to abide by the law, but it could not establish a court system.
• levy taxes, but it could not establish an executive branch.

In The Federalist Papers, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay supported

• absolute control of states by state government.
• division of power into three branches of government.
• presidential power over Congress and the judiciary.
• unlimited power of the federal government.

The Articles of the Constitution include the Supremacy Clause, which states that

• the Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.
• laws passed by the states shall be considered supreme law.
• people shall be free from unlawful searches and seizures.
• Supreme Court justices can pass amendments to the Constitution.

Unlike all other states, Nebraska has a(n) _____ legislature.

• bicameral
• federal
• judicial
• unicameral

A concurrent power is

• reserved for the federal government only.
• reserved for the state governments only.
• shared by both federal and state governments.
• voted on by the Congress before enactment.

According to the Supreme Court, what made the 2010 Affordable Care Act constitutional?

• It allowed people to opt out of health insurance.
• It favored small businesses, not big businesses.
• It fell under Congress’s commerce power.
• It fell under Congress’s taxing power.