civics quiz

What level of government is the highest?

What is the Mayflower Compact?

what is an alien?

which 'freedoms' are included in the first amendment?

true or false, due process of law means that you have/get fair treatment

true or false, eminent domaine mean that government cannot take your land even if you are paid compensation

true or false, popular sovereignty means if the popular vote is to deport a personal, then the person will go to court with the original case creators

the first ten amendments are called...?

the 19th amendment gave the right for [blank_start]women[blank_end] to vote

the 7th Amendment said that you had the right to jury in civil cases that involve more than [blank_start]$20[blank_end]

the 8th amendment says that you cannot have [blank_start]excessive bail[blank_end] or cruel and unusual punishment

Shay's Rebellion, made the Framers realize that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised.

Which amendment abolished slavery?

the first step to nominating a candidate is that there will be a caucus or a primary election. A caucus is when there is a room of people and you go to the side of the room that you want to vote for. There are [blank_start]two[blank_end] different types of primary elections. One type is where you can only vote for a certain party if you are a declared member. This is called a [blank_start]closed[blank_end] primary election.

the two main parties in the US are called?

mass media

check off all the propaganda techniques that we have learned:

what is this called?

true or false: In the Electoral College, the number of delegates each state is given is based on the number of people in Congress (per state).

[blank_start]9th Amendment:[blank_end] guarantees some rights not listed in the Constitution [blank_start]24th Amendment:[blank_end] outlawed of poll taxes in national elections [blank_start]8th Amendment:[blank_end] forbids excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments [blank_start]14th Amendment:[blank_end] required states to grant all of it citizens equal protection of the laws, and forbade discrimination [blank_start]18th Amendment:[blank_end] prohibition of alcohol [blank_start]19th Amendment:[blank_end] gave women the right to vote [blank_start]17th Amendment:[blank_end] right to elect senators through direct election [blank_start]23rd Amendment:[blank_end] gave people in Washington D.C. the right to vote [blank_start]21st Amendment:[blank_end] repeal of prohibition of alcohol [blank_start]22nd Amendment:[blank_end] limit the presidential office to only 2 terms in office [blank_start]10th Amendment:[blank_end] any powers that are not specifically given to the nation government are given to the state government