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Hi. Welcome back. Today's poll is based on the survey I referred to in this column. The test was created by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking it was 49 percent; college educators scored 55 percent. Elected officials scored lower than the average person. But HERE is the mark to beat: I got 'em all. The answers will be given during the chat.
1) Which of the following are the inalienable rights referred to in the Declaration of Independence? |
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A. life, liberty, and property
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B. honor, liberty, and peace
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C. liberty, health, and community
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D. life, respect, and equal protection
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E. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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2) In 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed a series of government programs that became known as: |
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3) What are the three branches of government? |
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4) What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858? |
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5) The United States Electoral College: |
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6) The Bill of Rights explicitly prohibits: |
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7) What was the source of the following phrase: "Government of the people, by the people, for the people"? |
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8) In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to: |
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9) Under Our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? |
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10) Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment. |
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11) What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the United States Constitution? |
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12) Which of the following statements is true about abortion? |
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13) Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that: |
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15) The phrase that in America there should be a "wall of separation" between church and state appears in: |
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16) In his "I Have a Dream" speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: |
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17) Sputnik was the name given to the first: |
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18) Susan B. Anthony was a leader of the movement to: |
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19) The Scopes "Monkey Trial" was about: |
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20) Who is the commander in chief of the U.S. military? |
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21) Name two countries that were our enemies during World War II. |
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22) What part of the government has the power to declare war? |
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23) In October 1962 the United States and the Soviet Union came close to war over the issue of Soviet: |
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24) In the area of United States foreign policy, Congress shares power with the: |
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25) Free enterprise or capitalism exists insofar as: |
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27) Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government's centralized planning because: |
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29) A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because: |
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30) Which of the following fiscal policy combinations would a government most likely follow to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession? |
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31) International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the following? |
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32) Which of the following is a policy tool of the Federal Reserve? |
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33) If taxes equal government spending, then: |
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