Intercollegiate Studies Institute Quiz

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
Your Answer: Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?

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: What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?
Your Answer: Declaration of Independence
Correct Answer: Gettysburg Address

Had no idea that came from Gettysburg...

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Well... Not as bad as I was expecting.

But what do Plato, Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas have to do with Civic Literacy??? Did our founding fathers use their ideas?

Hillsdale College Constitution 101 on-line and free.

The polarization of left from right may date from Plato/Aristotle ideals/relativism.

Herr Heckler Koch said:

Hillsdale College Constitution 101 on-line and free.

The polarization of left from right may date from Plato/Aristotle ideals/relativism.

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Ohhh free classes. Thank you!

Stanley said:

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %



Well... Not as bad as I was expecting.

But what do Plato, Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas have to do with Civic Literacy??? Did our founding fathers use their ideas?

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Thomas Aquinas was a huge influence the philosophy of natural rights and tried to reconcile Aristotle's study of various forms of government with what would be best.

Stanley said:

But what do Plato, Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas have to do with Civic Literacy??? Did our founding fathers use their ideas?

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Yes. Our Founding Fathers were keen students of history, particularly of various forms of government, what worked, what didn't, and most importantly, why.

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

Had to guess on a couple.

Citizen said:

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So we're the only two who paid attention in or to history?

well,,,,

Tawnos said:

So we're the only two who paid attention in or to history?

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its funny that you would question that...

i got 27,,, but the op gave me the answer to one i would have missed, so i would have got only 26, better than average.
i got that one, that citizen missed, without help.

paying attention to history might not be the end all to learning in school,, im sure it is not...

i learned things i thought would be usefull, more than the things i thought i would not need.

i remember finding "N" in my machinist work when i was about 35 yrs old.
and i was only able to find it cause of my study of navigation.

you are a very smart guy, i know that, but
have you ever learned how to find your position on the earth using a sextant?
did you ever do it, while bobbing in 35 ft waves out in the pacific ocean?

we all learn and, understand, differant things, at differant rates.
i liked the test, but it is not a real measure of our understanding of the values or laws of our country.

you a good guy tawnos, i am glad you are here.

Tawnos said:

So we're the only two who paid attention in or to history?

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If missing one counts as having paid attention make it three.

Dreamer said:

87.88 %

I'm appalled and embarrassed to say that I scored this low, but I take issue with several of the answers this quiz says I got "wrong"...




Just sayin'...

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Interestingly enough, I got precisely the same score as yourself, with precisely the same incorrect answers, made for precisely the same reasons.

I didn't bother to share because I would have required a lengthy post in the same vein as your own. But, since you've done the work...

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

In my defense, there were several questions in that test that I had zero schooling on, yet I still managed to exceed the national average.