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CIVICS FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

  1. What is a political position a naturalized citizen cannot hold?
  2. What are three things that can be done with one’s citizenship once they have it?
  3. What are the duties of a citizen?
  4. What are the responsibilities of a citizen?
  5. What are examples of ways you can legally be an American citizen?
  6. What are the rights of a citizen?
  7. What were the requirements to vote in colonial times?
  8. What are some freedoms we have today that have their roots in the colonial period?
  9. Under “consent of the governed”, who has power?
  10. Where was direct democracy first practiced?
  11. What do the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights have in common?
  12. What were the ideas that inspired colonists in the writings of Locke and Montesquieu?
  13. What is the name of the document that listed colonist reasons for separating from England?
  14. Who had the power under the Articles of Confederation?
  15. What are natural rights?
  16. Why were delegates afraid to form a strong national government?
  17. What are the components of the Great Compromise?
  18. What power does the President hold under the Constitution?
  19. What was missing from the new Constitution, according to Anti-Federalists?
  20. What were the goals of the new government under the new Constitution (Preamble)?
  21. How is the Constitution organized?
  22. What are ways the government’s power is limited?
  23. What was the Federalists argument for a strong national government?
  24. What do the first three articles of the Constitution set up?
  25. What does the first amendment protect?
  26. What is the freedom of petition?
  27. What amendments protect against the abuse of power by the government?
  28. What amendment does the Miranda warning fall under?
  29. Why is the Bill of Rights hard to interpret?
  30. What was the outcome of the Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court case?
  31. What does the fourth amendment protect citizens from?
  32. What rights does an accused person have?
  33. What did the fourteenth amendment do?
  34. What did the twenty-fourth amendment end?
  35. What group of people strongly supported the nineteenth amendment?
  36. What was the argument that led to the twenty-sixth amendment?
  37. Who has the final say when it comes to interpreting the Constitution?
  38. What Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?
  1. What is the main responsibility of a Congressperson?
  2. What is Congress’ most important job?
  3. Who makes up Congress?
  4. What are the requirements for a Senator and a Representative?
  5. What are some of the powers of Congress?
  6. What number of presidents have been impeached and convicted?
  7. What has to happen to a bill before it reaches the President?
  8. Who is the most powerful person of the House of Representatives?
  9. What is a filibuster and where can it occur?
  10. How is representation determined for the Senate and the House?
  11. What are the requirements to be President?
  12. How many terms can a President serve
  13. What is the job of the Department of State?
  14. What led to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security?
  15. Why does a president need to, at times, act on their own?
  16. What is the system of checks and balances?
  17. How does Congress check the power of the President?
  18. How can you determine who is the defendant and who is the plaintiff/prosecutor in a case?
  19. What is the primary purpose of the Supreme Court?
  20. What did the Judiciary Act do?
  21. Who are the workhorses of the federal courts and why?
  22. How does one become a judge in any of the federal courts?
  23. How does the Supreme Court decide what cases to hear amongst the thousands it receives annually?
  24. What is judicial review?
  25. What is a Supreme Court opinion?
  26. What is a precedent? How can it help judges make court decisions?
  27. What kinds of cases can the Supreme Court hear?
  28. How is a voter likely to vote?
  29. Third party candidates can change the outcome of an election. How?
  30. What is a political party?
  31. What are requirements for voting in general elections?
  32. When are Presidential elections held?
  33. What is an absentee ballot?
  34. What is the purpose of voter registration?
  35. Why has television had a major impact on elections?
  36. What does a candidate need to win a presidential election?
  37. How is the number of electors determined for each state?