Civics - Quiz 1 review

1. What is the method for changing, or making additions, to the US Constitution?

• A. Ratifying Amendments

• B. Voting for a Referendum

• C. Signing Petitions

2. What is the purpose of national party conventions?

• A. To vote for Supreme Court justices

• B. To select a presidential candidate

• C. To throw down at the end of a busy election season

3. Which Amendment contains the equal protection clause, which guarantees all persons equal access to public facilities?

• A. The First Amendment

• B. The Fourteenth Amendment

• C. The Nineteenth Amendment

• D. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment

4. What is a frequent criticism of special interest groups?

• A. They have too much influence on the political process because they donate large sums of money to political campaigns

• B. They are too weak and have little use in American politics

• C. They have poor taste in fashion and music

5. Which action is protected by the Bill of Rights?

• A. Threatening your Congressperson with violence

• B. Yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater

• C. Requiring prayer in public school

• D. Writing a letter of complaint to the mayor

6. All powers that the Constitution does not give the Federal Government:

• A. Are reserved powers that go the states, thanks to the 10^th Amendment

• B. Are given to the president

• C. Are given to Congress

• D. Are raffled off in state lotteries

7. The purpose of system of Checks and Balances outlined in the US Constitution is to:

• A. Make a bicameral legislature in Congress consisting of the House and the Senate.

• B. To prevent any branch of the federal government from having too much power.

• C. To put a limit on the power of the vice-president, who has a history of breaking the rules.

8. Which of the following is an implied responsibility?

• A. Paying taxes

• B. Jury Duty

• C. Voting

• D. Dining at a fancy restaurant once a month (the “treat yourself” clause, in article 15)

9. What type of government do we have in the United States?

• A. Totalitarian

• B. Fascist

• C. Republican

• D. Pescatarian

10. How does the Electoral College limit the voting power of citizens?

• A. The Electoral College vote is the final tally. This sometimes results in a popular vote by citizens that differs from the official electoral college vote.

• B. The Electoral College system doesn’t educate American voters.

• C. The Electoral College has a telemarketing branch which tries to convince callers to donate.