SS Unit 3 Review

How did African Americans try to solve community issues of segregation in New Orleans?

• Serving on a jury

• by protesting

• by obeying the laws

• by voting

How did voting rights expand from the time the US was founded through 1920?

• Bill of rights expanded voting rights and allowed all men and women the right to vote

• 14th and 19th Amendments expanded democracy by allowing all men and women the right to vote

How can a good citizen contribute to the US?

• By writing letters to leaders in congress

• By not voting in elections

• by refusing to protest laws

• by advocating for everyone's rights

Why did the stamp act make colonists so angry?

• They did not have men to represent them in Parliament

• felt the king should provide everything for his subjects

• they were forced to pay the tax

• did not want members of the King's family to receive any type of money

Which statement best explains the main reason for the American Revolution?

• Colonies wanted their own king

• colonies did not like the people of britain

• colonies felt they had outgrown the British empire

• colonies didn't want to pay taxes without representation

Which was a result of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• African Americans were freed from slavery

• Newly Freed men and women moved west to claim land

• African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election

• Freed African American slaves were given citizenship

What does this sequence best illustrate?

Congress passes bill--> The president vetoes bill--> Congress overrides bill

• Judicial Review

• Checks and Balances

• Responsibilities

• Rights of Citizens

Which one of these qualities is NOT a habit of a good citizen?

• Leader

• Honest

• Lazy

• Problem Solver

Why did the founding fathers create legislature with BOTH house of representatives and senate?

• They created a system of checks and balances

• Each state had equal and fair representation in the federal government

• States with larger populations gained more power in the federal government

True or False:

After the American Revolution The Loyalists were being treated unfairly by other citizens that had different beliefs causing many of them to leave America.

• True

• False