Civics March Madness

The right of the government to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment requires that fair compensation be made when property is taken under this is called...

• civil disobedience

• economic freedom

• forced internment

• eminent domain

What conclusion can be made about voting patterns of native-born and naturalized citizens?

• Registered native-born citizens are more likely to vote than registered naturalized

  voters.

• Registered naturalized citizens are more likely to vote than registered native-born

  citizens.

• The ratio of registered voters who vote is basically the same for native-born and

  citizens.

• The ratio of registered voters who vote is significantly higher for registered native born

  citizen.

The diagram below shows the requirements for becoming a naturalized

citizen.

Which statement completes the diagram

• Pay federal income tax

• Have a parent, spouse or child who is a U.S. citizen

• Have resided in the United States for five years

• Have an annual income of $20,000 or more

While Alex was at school, police officers broke into his home and took his computer. They did not have a warrant and there was no reason to believe that Alex had broken any laws. Alex was not avoiding the police or planning to move away from his home. Which right did the police officers violate?

• the right against unreasonable searches and seizures in the Fourth

  Amendment

• the right to due process of law in the Fourteenth Amendment

• the right to the equal protection of the laws in the Fourteenth

  Amendment

• the right to assistance of legal counsel in the Sixth Amendment

What does freedom to petition the government mean?

• the freedom for citizens to engage in any nonviolent, legal means of encouraging or disapproving government action, directed to the judicial, executive or legislative branch; guaranteed in the First Amendment

• the right for citizens to practice the religion of their choice without government involvement; guaranteed in the First Amendment

• the right for citizens to speak freely without government involvement; guaranteed in the First Amendment

• the right of the press to write and print news and information free from government involvement; guaranteed in the First Amendment

What was the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803)?

• It established the right of the Court to advise Congress in advance on the

  validity of proposed laws.

• It gave the Court original jurisdiction in disputes involving foreign

  governments.

• It gave the Court the power to mediate disputes between different states.

• It established the power of the Court to declare an act of Congress

  unconstitutional.

Which US Landmark Supreme Court Case allowed for executive privilege, but not in criminal cases; "Even the President is not above the law;" Watergate Scandal.

• Bush v. Gore

• U.S. v. Nixon

• Hazelwood v. Kulmeier

• D.C. v. Heller

The vast Roman Empire gave rights like right to vote, right to make legal contracts, and right to defend oneself in a trial, to its citizens.

• True

• False

The United States of America practices what form of government?

• Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Communism

Name the three branches of government in the United Steates

• Federal, State, and Local

• Legislate, Congress, President

• Legislative, Cops, Military

• Legislative, Judicial, Executive