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Civics Test

Answer Questions 1-15 by using the answers listed. You will you each answer only once:

Lawsuits Citizenship Given To Black Americans
Restricting pay raise for Congress Poll Tax
Electoral College Voting Rights for Black Americans
Voting Age Lowered From 21 to 18 Washington DC
Ended Slavery in US Federal Income Tax
Rules on Presidential Succession Placed Two Term Limit on Office
US Senate Inauguration Day
18th Amendment Alcohol
Women House of Representatives
Due Process


1. The 11th Amendment, ratified in 1795, placed a RESTRICTION ON citizens of another state or foreign country from bringing _______________ on a state in federal courts.

2. The 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804,brought about CORRECTIONS in what flawed system following the controversial presidential election of 1800. _________________________________________.

3. Amendments 13, 14, and 15 are often called the Civil War Amendments. Describe what each amendment specifically did:

Amendment 13 (ratified 1865) - _____________________________________________________
Amendment 14 (ratified 1868) - _____________________________________________________
Amendment 15 (ratified 1870) - _____________________________________________________

4. The 16th Amendment, ratified in 1913, gave Congress the authority to IMPOSE what universally unpopular action upon each individual citizen (be specific) _______________________________

5. The 17th Amendment, also ratified in 1913, changed a particular voting process from a vote of state legislatures to a popular vote for those running for the ________________________________

6. The 18th Amendment, ratified in 1919 enacted into federal law a ban on the sale, manufacture, or transportation of what? _____________________________________________

7. The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, guaranteed equal representation and voting rights to ______________ for the first time in American history.

8. The 20th Amendment changed the date of this special occurrence, moving it from March 4 to January 20, closer to a prior year’s presidential election. _______________________________________________________

9. The 21st Amendment, ratified in 1933, was the only amendment to specifically repeal another. Which previous amendment did this one repeal? _________________________________

10. Ratified in 1951, the 22nd Amendment significantly altered the presidency. What did this amendment do? ________________________________________________________________________________

11. The 23rd Amendment, ratified in 1961 (a great year!), gave citizens in this federal area popular AND electoral college representation in presidential elections. What area or locale did this amendment impact? _________________________________________________

12. The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, stated that the _________ ____________ was unconstitutional. This had been used historically to keep certain Americans from voting.

13. Ratified in 1967 as a direct result of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the 25th amendment finally makes clear what important RULES involving the presidency? _____________________________________________________________________________________
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14. The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, came about largely due to the impact of the ongoing Vietnam War. What did the amendment do/change regarding voting? _______________________________________________

15. The 27th Amendment, the last amendment to be ratified (1992), was first proposed as part of the group of amendments that would be known as the Bill of Rights. This amendment placed a LIMIT or RESTRICTION on what Congressional action? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16. The Constitutional term for every citizen being afforded equality and fairness under the law is known as _______________________________________

17. Under the Constitution, if no presidential candidate receives a majority of the electoral college vote, what group/body determines who will serve as POTUS? ________________________________

Answer questions 18-33 by filling in the blank with the correct word for the definition. Each word will be used only ONCE:

Worldview Absolute Truth
Religious freedom Clause of 1st Amendment Deism
Secular Atheism
Social compact Moral Relativism
Humanism Theism
Pantheism Materialism
Natural Law/rights Civil Rights/liberties
Polytheism Monotheism


18. __________________ - a belief system whereby one understands or interprets the world
19. __________________- apart from religion/God
20. _________________ - worldview that views man as the measure of all things.
21. __________________- legal theory that states that law is set and rights are guaranteed from God and are within the nature of man and applies to all human beings.
22. __________________- belief that Truth exists which is derived from God, eternal, and applies to all people in all circumstances and situations.
23. __________________- belief that moral truth is not absolute, but relative, changing according to personal opinion, circumstance, and situation.
24. __________________- rights and freedoms given by civil authorities/government. These rights and freedoms protect the individual and guarantee equality under law. Because they are given by man, these guarantees can change and may be taken away.
25. __________________ - belief that the only thing that exists is matter and that all matter, phenomena, and causes are natural. Matter is the only substance - there is no spiritual aspect to life and no supernatural.
26. ____________ - belief in God (from Greek theos - God)
27. ___________ - belief in no God (a- no; theos - God)
28. ____________ - belief that God created all things, then withdrew from his creation and allowed all things to operate by natural process. Belief that God does not intervene directly in the lives of individuals or in creation itself.
29. ________________ - belief in one God
30. ________________- belief in many gods
31. ________________ - belief that God or gods are in all things and as such creation itself or that which is natural should be worshipped.
32. ________________ - idea that government structure should be based on a concept that those in authority are placed in that position by the consent of the governed. Government is of, by, and for the people
33. _______________________________________- ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

Answer the following based on the 7 things all the founders believed:

34. God created all men _________ in value a. equal b. rich c. lacking d. unequal
35. God gave to all men certain ___________rights, rights that cannot be taken away rightly. a. civil b. unalienable c. political d. American
36. The greatest of all individual rights is the right of ____________ a. free speech b. conscience c. due process d. gun ownership
37. All men are by nature ____________ a. corrupt b. selfish c. sinful d. all of these.
38. Power must be ___________ a. expanded b. preserved c. limited d. tyrannical in all areas because man is apt to abuse power.
39 - 40 The two pillars of freedom are the concepts or ideals of _______ ________(2 words) under law and ________, __________, and _________.


BONUS QUESTIONS

1. The Voting Rights Act (not an amendment) finally ended voting discrimination in all states in terms of voting rights, but it did not occur until a. 10 years b. 20 years c. 50 years d. 100 years after the Civil War.

2. Prior to term limits for POTUS, what US president was the only one to be elected to more than two terms in office? a. Abraham Lincoln b. Andrew Jackson c. George Washington d. Theodore Roosevelt e. Franklin D. Roosevelt f. Grover Cleveland g. Norman A. Rust Sr.

3. The Civil War amendments were a direct result of the impact of the war, in which over a. 6,000 b. 60,000 c. 600,000 d. 6,000,000 Americans died.

4. The 25th Amendment on the line of succession in the case of the death of the president came about after the assassination of ________________________ a. John F. Kennedy b. Abraham Lincoln c. William McKinley d. James Garfield

5. Wednesday was the ______________ anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor a. 49th b. 59th c. 69th d. 50th

6. The ship upon which the most lives were lost was the USS __________________ a. Alabama b. Arizona c. Oklahoma d. Nevada