I'm actually surprised at myself for getting 82% correct. http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692 Also... http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html
32 out of 33. I missed: What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?
91%, 30 out of 33. 2 of the wrong ones I question, and one was because I went too fast. (How can anyone not know who the Commander in Chief is? Yep, I got it wrong.) As for Maxiep's quote, I memorized the speech in question when I was 9 and can still recite the first 2/3 of it. So I stumbled through that one....since the quote's in the last third.
You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 % Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858? Your Answer: Is slavery morally wrong? Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories? Question: If taxes equal government spending, then: Your Answer: government debt is zero Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average Question: A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because: Your Answer: insurance companies cannot afford to replace all houses after a flood Correct Answer: a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it Question: The Puritans: Your Answer: were Catholic missionaries escaping religious persecution Correct Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
Question: If taxes equal government spending, then: Your Answer: government debt is zero Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average That one got me too. I got 84%. The economic questions are a weakness for me. I've never been an economics person.
30 out of 33 Question: What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the United States Constitution? Your Answer: their arguments helped lead to the abolition of the slave trade Correct Answer: their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to: Your Answer: override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of Congress Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views Question: A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because: Your Answer: citizens value it as much as bread and medicine Correct Answer: a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it
