EAH Pretest

Hence arises the maxim that everyone is the best and the sole judge of his own private interest, and that society has no right to control a man’s actions, unless they are prejudicial to the common weal [good] or unless the common weal [good] demands his co-operation. This doctrine is universally admitted in the United States. —Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Which U.S. government action is MOST CLOSELY based on this idea?

• The federal government passes laws to protect individual liberties.

• The Supreme Court votes to approve the appointment of presidential cabinet members.

• The Electoral College votes to approve the winner of congressional elections

• The federal government passes laws to regulate businesses.

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USHS1877.C.21

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

Which phrase best describes the goal of this amendment?

• To restrict civil liberties

• To limit due process rights

• To restrain the power of judicial activists

• To limit the power of the federal government

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USHS1877.C.1.a

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . . . —Declaration of Independence, 1776

Which phrase from this excerpt is MOST directly related to the Nineteenth Amendment?

• “We hold these truths to be self-evident”

• “they are endowed by their Creator”

• “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

• “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”

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USHS1877.C.1.b

USHS1877.C.1.a

Select three that apply

Which are examples of civic responsibilities?

• Voting in a city council election

• reporting for jury duty

• staying informed about about issues affecting the country before voting

• Getting a high-paying job with health care and retirement benefits

• Participating in a grand jury trial every month

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USHS1877.C.22.c

New Jersey lawyer Ravinder Singh Bhalla . . . went to visit a client at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. . . . The guards would not let him in because he refused to remove his turban. Mr. Bhalla informed the guards that the turban is not a hat, but is a religious symbol required of all observant Sikhs.... He cited his ​ (a)   right to practice his religion and his ​ (b)   protection against unreasonable searches, noting that he had already passed through the metal detector. Mr. Bhalla took his case to the Federal District Court in Newark. Then on January 17, the Federal Bureau of Prisons changed the policy.

—U.S. Congressman Edolphus Towns, address to the House of Representatives, February 7, 2003

• 1st  amendment
• 4th amendment
• 2nd amendment
• 5th amendment

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