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WorksheetsCivics End of Course Exam Reporting Category 1 and 2
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 38mins
Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke
This is the idea that "the people" give the government power to protect their natural rights and must live by the rules?
Separation of Powers
Social Contract
Checks and Balances
Rule of Law
Montesquieu is most known for his ideas on?
Social Contract
Natural Rights
Separation of Powers
Protection of life, liberty and property
A pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England.
Common Law
Mayflower Compact
Common Sense
Magna Carta
A government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility: written by English Nobles in 1215.
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
Common Sense
English Bill of Rights
The idea that people have the rights to fair and reasonable laws, and that the government leaders and officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and treat all people in the same way
Limited Government
Rights
Due Process
Self Government
What was the significance of the stamp on the newspaper?
It demonstrated that Parliament ignored colonists media communications.
It represented the colonists' opposition to English tax policies
It demonstrated that Parliament controlled the colonists' press outlets
It represented the colonists' fulfillment of English tax policies.
Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act?
The colonists established a blockade against British goods
The colonists started buying British goods
The colonists were able to produce their own goods
The colonists began boycotting British goods.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." Which document contains this passage?
Declaration of Independence
English Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
The List of Grievances is the part of the Declaration that
detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.
introduced the Declaration
listed a man's natural rights.
concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.
According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government get its power?
From the King
From God
From the courts
From the people
First came colonial independence, then _______, Shay's Rebellion, and then the Constitutional Convention. What is missing?
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Whiskey Rebellion
Which weakness of the Articles of Confederation led to Shay's Rebellion?
The national government lacked the power to tax
Executive regulation of farm trade
The national government lacked a national court system
Debt relief was enacted
Which of the following phrases from the Preamble is best described by saying: "We should have a military to protect us!"
common defense
perfect union
domestic tranquility
liberty
Which of the following phrases from the Preamble is best described by saying: "Everyone deserves to be treated fairly!"
domestic tranquility
common defense
establish justice
form a more perfect union
The President can "check" the Judicial Branch by appointing justices to the Supreme Court
True
False
The Legislative Branch can "check the Executive Branch by overriding the President's veto with a 2/3 majority.
True
False
The ability of one branch of government to limit the power of the other branches of government is known as?
separation of powers
checks and balances
rule of law
limited government
Which statement best reflects the views of an Anti-Federalist?
“I demand a new constitution”
"I support ratification"
"I fear a strong central government"
"I oppose a Bill of Rights"
Which principle is included in the U.S. Constitution?
rule of law
right to trial
capitalism
confederalism
The Code of Hammurabi (1772 BC) includes laws focusing on contracts. What type of U.S. law is based on the Code of Hammurabi?
civil
criminal
military
constitutional
Which situation would most likely lead to a civil case?
A person robs another person at gunpoint.
A person is caught breaking into a house.
A person breaks a leg at a friend’s house.
A person fails to stop at a red light.
What is the process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen?
law of blood
law of soil
naturalization
deportation
__________ means being a member of a nation or country and having full responsibilities under the law.
citizenship
naturalization
immigration
alien
Which is a requirement for a person to become a naturalized U.S. citizen?
Marrying a U.S. citizen and having a child with that person.
Being a legal resident of the U.S. for at least five years.
Gaining employment in the U.S. for at least five years.
Reaching age eighteen while living in the U.S. capital.
A citizen received this notification in the mail. What civic obligation does this notification represent?
getting a driver's license
appearing for jury duty
paying income tax
registering to vote
The first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution are called
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Rights
This is a protection found in the 5th amendment. It means that a defendant can't be prosecuted for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried.
double jeopardy
jury duty
no cruel or unusual punishment
eminent domain
What is the right of the government to take private property for public use? The Fifth Amendment requires that people be paid fairly (compensated) for their property if it is taken by the government.
cruel and unusual punishmnet
eminent domain
double jeopardy
search and seizure
Which constitutional principle is applied when police inform suspects of their rights?
due process
eminent domain
double jeopardy
trial by jury
Which three rights are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?
freedom of speech, right to work, right to petition the government
right to bear arms, right to a speedy trial, right to an education
freedom of speech, right to bear arms, right to a speedy trial
right to vote, right to work, right to a speedy trial
What is a guarantee under the 14th Amendment that a state must treat a citizen or class of citizens the same as it treats other citizens or classes in similar circumstances?
equal protection under the law
suffrage
unenumerated righhts
right to legal counsel
Which type of law makes an act a crime after it has been committed?
summary judgement
double jeopardy
habeas corpus
ex post facto
What is the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion that words creating a “clear and present danger” are not protected by the First Amendment?
The Constitution limits individual rights
The Constitution safeguards individual rights.
The Constitution does not limit individual rights.
The Constitution does not safeguard individual rights.
Below is a statement from Chief Justice John Roberts.
“…students do not shed their First Amendment rights at the school house gate.”
Source: Morse v. Frederick (2007)
Why is this statement significant?
The Constitution limits individual rights.
The Constitution does not limit individual rights.
The Constitution safeguards individual rights.
The Constitution does not safeguard individual rights.
Which amendment gave African American males 21 and over the right to vote?
15th amendment
19th amendment
24th amendment
26th amendment
What was a common characteristic about groups denied voting rights before the 15th, 19th and 26th amendments were ratified?
State legislatures could decide whether women, African-Americans and young people could vote.
The president could decide whether women, African-Americans and young people could vote.
Members of these groups were employed.
Members of these groups had not graduated from college.
What do the 15th , 19th , 24th and 26th amendment all have in common?
They all gave more citizens the right to vote
They all helped people in poverty
They all limited citizens' right to vote
They all related to racial discrimination
Which principle was the focus of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
freedom of expression
self incrimination
freedom of speech
right to counsel
Which was an outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
Administrators may limit the content of student publications.
Public school districts that segregate deny equal protection.
Students have a reduced expectation of privacy in school.
Criminal defendants have the right to an attorney.
States must pay for public defenders as a result of which U.S. Supreme Court case?
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Which U.S. Supreme Court decision addresses the need for public schools to balance students’ rights with principals’ responsibilities?
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Juveniles accused of crimes continue to be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults as a result of which U.S. Supreme Court case?
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
In re Greene (1930)
In re Gault (1967)
