Unit 1
What answer entails your duties as a citizen?
A. school, jury duty, selective service, law-abiding, paying taxes
B. volunteering, following the law, voting, liberty
C. Liberty, taxes, voting, respecting the rights of others
D. Equality, secuirty, teaxes, voting, school.
A. school, jury duty, selective service, law-abiding, paying taxes
He coined the term, "All men are created equal" which is found in the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
What branch of government makes laws?
What amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18?
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What are the President's powers?
Explain the difference between an oligarchy and a theocracy.
They're both a small groups of leaders but a theocracy is a religious group.
He believed in a system of checks and balances to ensure one branch would not become too powerful.
Montsqieu
A. 1
B. 2
C. 5
D. It depends on the population
B
Which state first gave women the right to vote?
Wyoming
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What is Thomas Hobbes's definition of the social contract?
A. Between the people and government; rights are exchanged for protection
B. Between the people and government; some freedoms are given up only if the government protects their rights.
A. Between the people and government; rights are exchanged for protection
In his book the Social Contract, he believed that no one should have the power to rule over others.
Rosseau
What type of powers are left to the states?
A. Implied Powers
B. Reserved Powers
C. Concurrent Powers
D. Exclusive Powers
B
When was the Voting Right Act Passed?
1965
What locations have the President sent troops to when he did not ask for a war declaration?
Vietnam
What was the most upsetting of the acts passed (1765)?
Stamp act that imposed taxes on papers, documents, and playing cards.
What majority does congress need to pass a bill if congress vetos it?
2/3
What did the white men have to prove they owned in colonial times in order to vote?
property
Which President issued the most executive orders?
Franklin Roosevelt
Which of the acts were a response to the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable acts were used to punish the colonies.
Which one of these is not a concurrent power?
A. Build Roads
B. Run Public Schools
C. Borrow Money
B. Run Public Schools
What war influenced them to change the voting age to 18?
Vietnman