Civics quiz
POSTED BY: Khyron
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 06:30
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Ahhh, NOW you get it, Pizmo.
Tell me, have you considered Anarchism as a philosophy ?
"Hey look, our brand of snake oil is better than their brand of snake oil!"
Yeah, I'm being mocking and ironical there.
Fact is, Sturgeons Law applies to humans too, as well as their philosophies, both religious and political.
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Quote:1) Which of the following are the inalienable rights referred to in the Declaration of Independence?
You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
Average score for this quiz during November: 78.1%
Average score: 78.1%
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If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.
You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.
Where to from here?
A. life, liberty, and property
B. honor, liberty, and peace
C. liberty, health, and community
D. life, respect, and equal protection
E. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Straightforward: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
2) In 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed a series of government programs that became known as:
A. the Great Society
B. the Square Deal
C. the New Deal
D. the New Frontier
E. supply-side economics
Also straightforward.
In the summer of 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor of New York, was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. In his acceptance speech, Roosevelt addressed the problems of the depression by telling the American people that, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people."
3) What are the three branches of government?
A. executive, legislative, judicial
B. executive, legislative, military
C. bureaucratic, military, industry
D. federal, state, local
"3 Branches of the U.S. Government
Separation of powers under Articles I, II, and III
LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL"
4) What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
A. Is slavery morally wrong?
B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
C. Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
D. Are free African Americans citizens of the United States?
You have to have a specific reason to know this, it's not normally taught in schools.
5) The United States Electoral College:
A. trains those aspiring for higher political office
B. was established to supervise the first televised presidential debates
C. is otherwise known as the U.S. Congress
D. is a constitutionally mandated assembly that elects the president
E. was ruled undemocratic by the Supreme Court
Pretty much everyone who's been following the last 3 elections should know this.
6) The Bill of Rights explicitly prohibits:
A. prayer in public school
B. discrimination based on race, sex, or religion
C. the ownership of guns by private individuals
D. establishing an official religion for the United States
E. the president from vetoing a line item in a spending bill
This is one of those 'trick' questions in the sense that if part of the answer is wrong and part is right, then the whole answer is wrong. You have to focus on the word explicitly.
7) What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, for the people, by the people”?
A. the speech “I Have a Dream”
B. Declaration of Independence
C. U.S. Constitution
D. Gettysburg Address
Historical reference, again, you'd probably have to have a specific reason to know this.
8) In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
A. impeach several Supreme Court justices
B. eliminate the Supreme Court
C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
D. override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of Congress
Historical reference. But the story doesn't begin OR end there. Long story s
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
So "A" implies that if you are living in the USA, and aren't Muslim, it is perfectly okay to violate the human rights of those deemed "enemy combatants" by the state?
My point has been, and remains, that A is not the correct answer because it relies upon transient policies of man. Neither Socrates, Plato, Aristotle nor St. Thomas Aquinas would hold that the momentary devices of humanity (be they good or evil) yield truth.
You also need to possess an understanding of how these philosophers regarded "truth". It's not always as simple as "A is true and B is false"
The Intent of the question is to determine the test takers understanding of the thinkers who preceded John Locke and from whom he drew to propose democratic truth. It is Locke's writings in "The Second Treatise of Government" on the subject of "State of Nature" that inspires Thomas Jefferson's famous words:
"We hold these TRUTHS to be self-evident.."
Cites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Treatise_on_Civil_Government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_nature
Rue and Chris want this test to be slanted. As a philosopher I can prove that it is.
Someone like AUraptor would say that it's entirely fair. As a philosopher I can prove that it is.
I the libertrian believe the questions are fair, but need to be expanded.
And Rue, to answer your question....YES...I'd say I've have taken my fair share of philosophy. I'm the person who wants to write an academic paper related to Objects in Space after all.
Do not fear me. Our's is a peaceful race and we must live in harmony.
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Then you know that no such concept as the rights of man existed in the west (and perhaps not anywhere in the world) until recently, historically speaking.
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Silence is consent.
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Ahhh, NOW you get it, Pizmo.
Tell me, have you considered Anarchism as a philosophy ?
"Hey look, our brand of snake oil is better than their brand of snake oil!"
Yeah, I'm being mocking and ironical there.
Fact is, Sturgeons Law applies to humans too, as well as their philosophies, both religious and political.
-F
Yep, they flat out got me. I was ego driven to see how well I'd do and they got me. I hate falling for the same old tricks.
Liberal ninny friend of mine has one of those bullsh*t Scandanavian, up down "good for your back" chairs that cost $260 that he now uses as a coat rack - same deal.
Sturgeon? You think that applies to forums too?
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I think it applies to everything, Piz.
90% of everything is crap, but the other 10% often makes up for it.
To see a good example of that in practice I need look no further than the rack of video games on the wall here...
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