Civics Test Part Two

What did the Emanicipation Proclomation do?

• called for an end to the Civil War

• called for the creation of state borders

• called for an end to Southern Secession

• called for the freeing of slaves in the Confederate States

Who was President during World War One?

• Warren Harding

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

What stops ONE branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• the military

• the Bill of Rights

• checks and balances

• the Federal Reserve

What is ONE responsibilty that only applies to United States citizens?

• pay taxes

• obey the laws

• serve on a jury

• attend private school

Which of the following includes TWO rights of everyone living in the United States?

• freedom to work and freedom of speech

• freedom to work and freedom to make laws

• freedom of speech and freedom of assembly

• freedom to make laws and freedom of assembly

Which war was fought by the United States in the 1900s?

• Civil War

• World War One

• Revolutionary War

• Mexican-American War

What is the supreme law of the land?

• the U.S. Constitution

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Declaration of Independence

What does the Constitution do?

• set up and defines the government

• draws boundaries of congressional districts

• sets codes of conduct for obeying local and federal laws

• determines whether citizens are prosecuted to the full extent of the law

The idea of self-government is in the first THREE words of the Constitution. What are these words?

• We the United

• We the People

• We the Citizens

• We the Americans

What is an amendment?

• a change to the Constitution

• a preamble to the Constitution

• an explanation of the Bill of Rights

• an introduction to the Bill of Rights