Government EOC

Based on the chart, which statement is MOST accurate?

• Health received the least amount of federal funding
• National Defense received less federal funding than Medicare
• Social Security received the greatest amount of federal funding
• Transportation received more federal funding than veterans' benefits and services

Which statement BEST explains why a citizen would participate in an interest group rather than a political party?

• political parties get less media coverage
• political parties are more expensive to join
• Interest groups focus on a specific political issue
• Interest groups have more members than political parties

Read the quotation from Isaac Wilkins, a member of the General Assembly of the New York colony. He wrote the address below before he left his home and family in New York for England. Based on the quotation, which phrase BEST describes the writer?

• a patriot
• a loyalist
• a Federalist
• an Anti-Federalist

Select the statement that BEST illustrates the major economic weakness of the Articles of Confederation. Article IX of the Articles of Confederation states, "The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority or by that of the respective States." While Congress had the right to regulate all forms of American currency, the Articles failed to call for a singular form of currency. This meant that the national government could print money. but each state could print money as well. Consequently, America had no uniform system of currency, which made trade between states and with foreign entities much more difficult and less efficient.

• the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck
• Congress had the right to regulate all forms of American currency
• the national government could print money.
• America had no uniform system of currency

Based on the quotation, which weakness of the Articles of Confederation is described?

• no power to tax citizens
• inability to control commerce
• lack of a strong central government
• difficulty making changes to government

Which ideas expressed in the excerpt are addressed in the United States Constitution? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

• due process of law
• limited government
• Judicial Review
• gender equality
• divine right of knights

Read the quote. How does the quotation demonstrate Jefferson's beliefs about the importance of capitalism on the development of early American government?

• It explains the idea that people are free to create their own happiness and prosperity.
• It explains the idea that people who work will be paid with bread and other household goods.
• It explains the idea that people who work in certain industries will be expected to pay high taxes to the federal government.
• It explains the idea that people can choose to work in any industry, but the role of the federal government is to pay them for their work.

Which Supreme Court cases helped to improve equal opportunity? Select ALL that apply

• "We conclude that , in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place." (Brown v. board of Education)
• "Gauged by this standard, we cannot say that a law which authorizes or even requires the separation of the two races in public conveyances [places/areas/situations] is unreasonable." (Plessy v. Ferguson)
• "But when, under conditions of modern warfare, our shores are threatened by hostile forces, the power to protect must be commensurate with the threatened danger." (Korematsu v. United States)
• "Not only these precedents, but also reason and reflection, require us to recognize that, in our adversary system of criminal justice, any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." (Gideon v. Wainwright)
• "We think [people of African ancestry] are not, and that they are not included, under the word 'citizens' in the Constitutuion, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States." (Dred Scott v. Sandford)

Which institution is an example of representative democracy?

• United States Congress
• Department of the Interior
• Social Security Administration
• Federal Bureau of Investigation

How did these programs change the role of the government in the United States?

• The federal government reduced its power because a loan was taken out to pay for the programs
• the state governments gained greater power by having control over which programs would be used.
• the state governments grew less influential because the federal programs were designed to control the local economies.
• the federal government gained influence because the programs changed the way people viewed the responsibilities of the government