OHS Civics Final Review 1

In Saudi Arabia, men and women may be prevented from gathering 

together in public. People are forbidden from expressing views that 

the government believes may threaten the nation. People have a 

choice of whether they want to join the armed forces. People are not 

allowed to form political parties. 

Based on the information, in which area is the role of citizens in Saudi Arabia MOST 

similar to the role of citizens in the United States?

• organizing for change in government

• enjoying freedom of assembly

• exercising freedom of speech

• serving in the military

What statement BEST explains the significance of the Supreme Court decisions 

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) for the development of the federal government? 

• They shifted some duties of the national government to the states.

• They revised the election process for president and vice president.

• They agreed that states could nullify national laws that they disliked.

• They upheld the authority of the national government over the states.

Use the excerpt below to answer the question. 

Prohibition against discrimination; exceptions. No person in the United States shall, on the basis of [gender], be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal 

financial assistance. . . .  

Which title BEST completes this citation line? 

• Voting Rights Act of 1965 

• Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 

• Title IX Amendments of 1972

• Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963

How did the War Powers Act of 1973 change the relationship between the executive and legislative branches? 

The U.S. Constitution divides the war powers of the national government 

between the executive and legislative branches: the President is Commander-in 

Chief of the armed forces while Congress has the power to declare war, and to 

raise and support the armed forces. 

—Library of Congress 

• Congress must pass a declaration of war before military forces are deployed.

• Cabinet members must assure Congress that peaceful options have been exhausted before military actions are authorized.

• The president can collect intelligence support of a United Nations resolution without congressional approval. 

• The president must consult with Congress before sending any troops into hostile 

  situations.

Which BEST describes a responsibility of county and municipal governments?

• establishing a navy

• writing a state constitution

• responding to fire emergencies

• setting a minimum driving age

What is a responsibility of municipal and county governments?

• to obey state laws

• o build state prisons

• to collect taxes for the state

• to hire workers for the state

How does this clause of the Constitution limit state governments? 

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in 

Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under 

the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land. . . . 

—Article VI of the Constitution 

• State governments are banned from voting on the ratification of federal amendments. 

• States are required to seek congressional approval for any new state laws. 

• State governments are restricted from entering into trade agreements with other 

  states. 

• States are prohibited from passing any law that violates federal laws.

Use the information in the table to answer the question.

Which type of government typically allows the MOST citizen participation?

• Dictatorship 

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

Why did President Roosevelt request specific action from Congress in this speech? 

Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States 

of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked . . . I ask that the Congress 

declare that since the . . . attack by Japan . . . a state of war has existed between 

the United States and the Japanese Empire. 

—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to Congress, December 8, 1941 

• The Constitution assigns Congress the power to declare war

• The War Powers Act requires regular declarations from the president.

• The president wanted to demonstrate national unity in the face of attack.

• The response to the attack would require military appropriations.

Use the passage to answer the question. 

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, 

nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States 

respectively, or to the people.” 

—Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution 

This amendment is an example of which principle of American government?

• Representatives serve the people who elect them.

• The national government must obey the laws it makes.

• States may enact laws that do not contradict the Constitution.

• The national government may not make laws that conflict with state law.