QB 2 Civics 2022-23 #2

A key issue in the post-Civil War era, the 14th Amendment guarantees which of the selections below under the laws for all citizens?

• equal protection

• a fair trial

• a well-regulated militia

• the right to levy taxes

Which selection listed below is used when referring to a person born outside the US to parents who are US citizens and who is granted automatic US citizenship?

• Law of Soil

• Law of Blood

• Naturalization

• Oath of Allegience

Active participation in civic life has its philosophical basis in ‘the common good’, which asserts which of the following selections?

• The cooperative efforts of citizens is the best way to ensure the betterment of all

• Individual achievement is the best goal in life

• Very little of our lives is affected by the environment and community around us

• All men are created equal

Which right listed below is NOT established by the first section of the 14th amendment to the US Constitution?

• The right to citizenship

• The right to keep and bear arms

• The right to due process of law

• The right to equal protection under the laws

Primarily because of its importance in the spread of ideas and investigating candidates’ claims, which of the freedoms listed below is critical to ensure fair elections?

• of the press

• to petition the government

• from quartering of soldiers

• to bear arms

US citizens are required to pay income taxes. In civics, this is referred to as an obligation. However, US citizens are not obligated to run for elective office. Citizens are able to run for elective office because of which of the following answer choices?

• right of citizens

• prerequisite for citizens

• responsibility of citizens

• benefit of statehood

While some citizens may run for political office, the primary method of participation in the political system for most citizens is which of the following selections?

• voting

• standing for election

• sitting on a jury

• petitioning their government

Which selection below reflects how the majority of Americans receive their citizenship to the United States?

• Naturalization

• Birth

• Lottery

• Purchase

The English Bill of Rights of 1689 states, “That levying money for or to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, without grant of Parliament, for longer time, or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.”

Which right also asserted by American colonists best describes this passage?

• freedom of speech

• right against taxation without representation

• right against the suspension of the colonial judiciary

• instituting new colonial offices to harass colonists

The Stamp Act was eventually repealed due to protests from the colonies, however which of the following selections also occurred?

• the military situation was already too dire

• the colonists agreed Britain had the right to tax them

• new taxes took their place

• the British did not attempt further taxes