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WorksheetsCA 4 Pretest
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
All political power in the United States comes from...
The King
Martin Luther King Jr.
The President
Citizens
Every July 4th, Americans celebrate...
Independence Day
The Selective Service
Presidents Day
Malcolm X
Someone who has betrayed his or her country might be convicted of a crime called...
Republicanism
Amendment
Treason
Democracy
The right to life, liberty, property, and the freedom to find happiness.
Social Contract
Natural Rights
Civic Participation
Naturalization
Taking part in government.
Consent of the governed
Checks and Balances
Civic Participation
Social Contract
If a government failed, then citizens would no longer agree to be governed and they would have the right to revolt.
Social Contract
Consent of the Governed
Tyranny
Oath of Allegiance
Third grader that tried to enroll into an all white school in Topeka, Kansas (Brown v. Board of Education)
Little Rock Nine
Medgar Evers
Martin Luther King Jr.
Linda Brown
Director of the NAACP in Mississippi and a lawyer who defended accused Blacks. He was murdered in his driveway by a member of the KKK.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Medgar Evers
Linda Brown
Legislative Branch
A change or addition to the Constitution.
Republicanism
Amendment
The U.S. national anthem
Checks and Balances
The idea that a country's leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election.
Tyranny
State of Nature
Democracy
Republicanism
The final step of becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen is taking the...
Executive Branch
Citizenship
Social Contract
Oath of Allegiance
When you are a member of a country with full rights and responsibilities in that country, you have...
Citizenship
Constitution
Tyranny
State of Nature
Citizens give up some freedom they would have in a state of nature, and in exchange, the government protects the citizen's right to life, liberty, and property.
State of Nature
Republicanism
Natural Rights
Social Contract
The unjust use of power.
Allegiance
Tyranny
Democracy
Republicanism
A legal member of a country.
Amendment
First Constitutional Amendments
Citizen
Democracy
A system in which no one government branch has too much power.
Checks and Balances
Bill of Rights
Amendment
Legislative Branch
The document that established the U.S. government branches.
Bill of Rights
Social Contract
Consent of the Governed
Constitution
African American civil rights leader. Used nonviolent means such as marches, boycotts, and legal challenges to win civil rights.
Medgar Evers
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Linda Brown
The first ten amendments to the Constitution. Defined many of the rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens.
Executive Branch
Social Contract
Bill of Rights
The Selective Service
The government branch that carries out laws and directs foreign policy and national defense.
Judicial Branch
Bill of Rights
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
The government branch with the job of writing new laws.
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Republicanism
The government branch that interprets the Constitution and shapes the law.
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Bill of Rights
When Americans say the Pledge of Allegiance, they are...
creating naturalization.
consenting to the Little Rock Nine.
spreading tyranny.
showing loyalty to the flag.
Another word for loyalty is...
allegiance.
amendment.
social contract.
democracy.
If there was no government at all, people would have no rules and complete freedom, but would not have any protection from each other.
Natural Rights
Bill of Rights
State of Nature
Democracy
An African American minister and human rights activist. Leader of the Black Panthers. Disagreed with MLK on non-violent methods.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
Linda Brown
List of rights guaranteed to all U.S. citizens in the Bill of Rights...
Constitution
Republicanism
First Constitutional Amendments
Checks and Balances
People who weren't born in the U.S. can still obtain citizenship through a process called...
civic participation.
the Selective Service.
checks and balances.
naturalization.
Integrated their all white high school in 1957.
Executive Branch
Malcolm X
Little Rock Nine
Linda Brown
Male U.S. citizens age 18-26 must register with...
the Judicial Branch.
the Selective Service.
the Constitution.
the Oath of Allegiance.
A form of government in which citizens hold political power; citizens are the ultimate source of government and authority.
Naturalization
Republicanism
Tyranny
Democracy
When Americans sing "The Star-Spangled Banner," they are singing...
the Selective Service.
the Checks and Balances.
the U.S. national anthem.
the Independence Day.
