GED Quiz

The "brains" that achieved the Tammany Victory at the Rochester Democratic Convention.

Which statement best describes the main point of the cartoon?

• Wealthy people should not run for political office

• Money cannot ensure victory in political contests

• It was money, not "brains", that led to political victory

• "Brains" do not help win Presidential elections.

I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to founding them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you, in the most solemn manner, against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally.

The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. (President George Washington's "Farewell Address"

What is President George Washing main point in this excerpt?

• The United States should not enter into too many foreign alliances

• The will of the people must be allowed through universal suffrage

• Political parties are necessary and vital to democracy

• Political parties are destructive to democracy

I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to founding them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you, in the most solemn manner, against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally.

The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. (President George Washington's "Farewell Address".)

Based on the information in the excerpt, what would have troubled Washington the most?

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The power of lobbyists in Washington DC

• The development of competing political parties

• Long and expensive political campaigns

I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to founding them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you, in the most solemn manner, against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally.

The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. (President George Washington's "Farewell Address").

Why was Washington concerned with the role of 'geographical discriminations' in politics?

• Discrimination is morally wrong in all forms

• Geographical discriminations could lead to political division among Northern & Southern states

• Geographical discriminations would prevent Westward expansion

• Geography made no difference in American politics before 20th century

Which of the following was NOT a major source of fuel during the 20th century

• Coal

• Natural gas

• Nuclear power

• Hydrogen

President John Adams once wrote, “The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.” Which statement best describes his main point?

• There should be no governments

• Governments are ineffective at controlling unruly people

• People undermine their own freedoms and liberties

• Liberty should not be given to all

Laissez-faire capitalism is a system in which the government does not intervene in the marketplace and allows economic events to take their own course. Which of these expresses an opinion and not a fact about laissez-faire capitalism?

• Many politicians express a belief in "laissez-faire" capitalism

• "Laissez-faire" capitalism is not an official legal doctrine

• "Laissez-faire" capitalism does not involve the ownership of all major industries by government

• "Laissez-faire" capitalism is irresponsible and should not play a role in the development of law

The legal right to free speech is protected by what important legal document?

• The Stamp Act of 1765

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

Consequently, no State, since the adoption of the Constitution, can by naturalising an alien invest him with the rights and privileges secured to a citizen of a State under the Federal Government...

[According to the Constitution, African Americans are] beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect. (Excerpt from Supreme Court decision in 1857 -Dred Scott V Sanford)

What does this decision claim about American citizenship?

• American citizens must be born in the continental United States

• American citizens have special right that non-citizens cannot possess

• American citizens should be denied his rights and privileges if he violates the law

• American citizens can include members of any race

Which amendment mandates that American citizens cannot be denied the right to vote based on color, race, or prior servitude?

• Sixth amendment

• Eleventh amendment

• Thirteenth amendment

• Fifteenth amendment