Civics Final

Based on the inquiry assignment, what reasoning best explains this evidence from Ghosts of Gold Mountain: Despite their critical role in American history, the Railroad Chinese remain silent spikes to this day.

• The contributions of Chinese rail workers in the Gilded Age have been preserved in many of their letters.
• Americans workers wanted to remember the Chinese who build the transcontinental railroad.
• No Chinese rail workers wrote down anything about their experiences.
• All first hand writings of Chinese rail workers have been lost.

What does Mark Twain's term "Gilded Age" imply about the late 19th century?

• It was a period of unchallenged prosperity and happiness.
• It was characterized by superficial wealth masking deeper corruption.
• It was a time of complete social equality and harmony.
• It was a period of technological stagnation and decline.

Federalism is defined as the sharing of power between

• legislative, executive and judicial levels of government.
• judges, Congress, and the President.
• national, state, and local governments.
• Marshall, Calhoun, and Jackson.

The 1803 Supreme Court decision in the case of ______________ v. _______________ established the precedent of judicial review.

• Marbury v. Madison
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Brown v. Board of Education
• McCulloch v. Maryland

John C. Calhoun proposed that ________________ nullify the Tariff of 1828 because it was helping northerners at the expense of southerners.

• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Virginia
• Massachusetts

According to the chart, John Quincy Adams won the election of 1824 by a 13 to 7 to 4 margin in the ____________________ .

• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Popular Vote
• Electoral Vote

What phrase from the Declaration of Independence did many enslaved people use to support the argument to abolish slavery?

• the pursuit of happiness
• all men are created equal
• consent of the governed
• the right of the people to alter it

Based on the action in the image below, it was probably published soon after which of these changes went into effect?

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence
• Ratification of the 1st amendment
• Ratification of the 11th amendment
• Ratification of the 15th amendment

The Declaration of Independence was influenced by John Locke's 1690 Two Treatises of Government. According to the image below, where does Locke say that peaceful governments get their power?

• from the light of History
• from firm Foundations
• from the Consent of the People
• from the British monarchy

The 1620 Mayflower Compact was one of the earliest examples in America of people signing and agreeing to govern themselves. In the text of the Mayflower Compact, this idea of government is defined as ________________ .

• the "necessary and proper" clause
• the "civil body politic"
• "rule of law"
• "freedom of speech"