1. What is the form of government of the United States? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Republic Constitution-based federal republic Representative democracy
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2. The U.S. Constitution starts with the words "We the People." What does "We the People" mean? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Self-government Popular sovereignty
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3. What does the Bill of Rights protect? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer (The basic) rights of Americans (The basic) rights of people living in the United States
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4. Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Equality Liberty Social contract Natural rights Limited government Self-government
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5. Many documents influenced the U.S. Constitution. Name one. Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Federalist Papers Anti-Federalist Papers Virginia Declaration of Rights Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Mayflower Compact Iroquois Great Law of Peace
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6. Why do U.S. representatives serve shorter terms than U.S. senators? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer To more closely follow public opinion
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7. Why does each state have two senators? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Equal representation (for small states) The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
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8. The President of the United States can serve only two terms. Why? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer (Because of) the 22nd Amendment To keep the president from becoming too powerful
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9. Why is the Electoral College important? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer It decides who is elected president. It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection.
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10. How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to decide a case? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Five (5)
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11. Supreme Court justices serve for life. Why? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer To be independent (of politics) To limit outside (political) influence
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12. What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer (It states that the) powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people.
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13. How can people become United States citizens? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Naturalize Derive citizenship Be born in the United States
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14. Why is it important to pay federal taxes? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Required by law All people pay to fund the federal government Required by the (U.S.) Constitution (16th Amendment) Civic duty
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15. The American Revolution had many important events. Name one. Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer (Battle of) Bunker Hill Declaration of Independence Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton) (Battle of) Saratoga Valley Forge (Encampment) (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
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16. What founding document was written in 1787? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer The (U.S.) Constitution
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17. Why were the Federalist Papers important? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution. They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.
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18. The Civil War had many important events. Name one. Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer (Battle of) Fort Sumter Emancipation Proclamation (Battle of) Vicksburg (Battle of) Gettysburg Sherman's March (Surrender at) Appomattox (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg Lincoln was assassinated
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19. What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer 14th Amendment
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20. Name one leader of the women's rights movement in the 1800s. Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
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21. *BONUS QUESTION* The Nation's first motto was 'E Pluribus Unum.' What does that mean? Possible correct responses are listed below: Please select your answer Out of many, one We all become one
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