Low humor alarm....danger Will Robinson....danger Will Robinson....
You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %
30 of 33 correct. 90.91%
I would imagine that our population is, by choice, better educated about government in general. I was shocked, however, by the 55% score of college educators.
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- 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?
The general topic was slavery in general, with a few hours spent on discussing slavery policies and laws in the 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
Somehow, I doubt that even if current tax revenues equaled government spending, that I wold enjoy the same tax-benefit ratio of governmental spending that someone like Bill Gates or Warren Buffett would, simply because the benefits they can receive from the government based on their influence in the judicial and legislative branch are far greater than mine, based not on their worth to society, but on the amount of cmpaign contributions they make...
- 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: impeach several Supreme Court justices
Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
OK, I botched this one...
- Question: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession? Your Answer: increasing both taxes and spending Correct Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending
During the recession of the 1980's Reagan increased corporate income tax.
During the Great Depression, the Marginal Individual Income Tax rate rose from 25% (in 1930) to 79% (in 1937).
You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %
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You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.
I'm not ashamed by this. Not bad for a GED holder.Question: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
Your Answer: moral ideas are best explained as material accidents or byproducts of evolutionCorrect Answer: certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Question: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession?Your Answer: increasing both taxes and spendingCorrect Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending
Question: Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:Your Answer: markets rely upon coercion, whereas government relies upon voluntary compliance with the lawCorrect Answer: the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:Your Answer: government debt is zeroCorrect Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average
Question: What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?Your Answer: U.S. ConstitutionCorrect Answer: Gettysburg Address
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?
The only one that is disputable is the Lincoln Douglas debates.
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"...
Somehow, I doubt that even if current tax revenues equaled government spending, that I wold enjoy the same tax-benefit ratio of governmental spending that someone like Bill Gates or Warren Buffett would, simply because the benefits they can receive from the government based on their influence in the judicial and legislative branch are far greater than mine, based not on their worth to society, but on the amount of cmpaign contributions they make...
Just sayin'...
But spending decreased during the great depression. It wasn't until New Deal policies came along that spending was increased.During the Great Depression, the Marginal Individual Income Tax rate rose from 25% (in 1930) to 79% (in 1937).
There is a practice citizenship test on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration website that will also humble you. My lovely bride has been studying both English and for her citizenship exam and, at her urging, I took the practice test. As I said, humbling.
SNIP Like Tawnos said that one was a simple math question with the answer clued in the question, I missed that and thought deficit.
Covered hereThe only one that is disputable is the Lincoln Douglas debates.
You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %
History never was my strongest subject. Need to watch more History Channel!