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NAEP Civics Grade 8 - Question List

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46. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. . . . Resolved, that all laws which prevent women from occupying such a station in society as her conscience shall dictate, or which place her in a position inferior to that of man, are contrary to the great precept of nature, and therefore of no force or authority.What is the main point made in the passage?
  1. Men and women should be treated equally.
  2. Men’s and women’s roles in society are somewhat different.
  3. Women are entitled to special legal protections.
  4. Women played an important role in the founding of the United States.
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47. What are the three parts of the national (federal) government of the United States?
  1. President, Governor, Supreme Court
  2. President, Congress, Supreme Court
  3. Congress, State Legislature, Supreme Court
  4. Congress, Mayor, Supreme Court
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48. What idea is part of American democracy?
  1. Every citizen has the right to have a job.
  2. The law applies to everyone equally.
  3. All children must get a high school education.
  4. People who do not vote lose their right to protest against unfair laws.
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49. Why is it important to have the right to a trial by a jury if you are arrested and accused of a crime?
  1. To help make sure that you do not go to jail if you are innocent
  2. To help make sure that your lawyer does a good job defending you
  3. To help make sure that you are not tried twice for the same crime
  4. To help make sure that you tell the truth when the judge asks you questions about the crime
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50. If the proposed bill becomes law, a government-appointed board will review all television programming and have the right to censor shows the board believes are too violent. This is a bad idea.It is true that there is a lot of violence on television. Studies show that children are likely to see thousands of violent acts on television by the time they are adults. But we do not really know what effect seeing violence on television has on children. No one has been able to prove that watching violence on television makes kids commit crimes. Censoring television would be restricting the right to free speech. This is not the way to solve our crime problem. There are plenty of direct causes of crime in our society, and we would be better off tackling them.The editorial DISAGREES with which of the following opinions?
  1. There is not more crime today than there was at other times; television just makes us more aware of it.
  2. Young people are responsible for more crime in our society than are older people.
  3. The violence young people see on television leads them to commit violent crimes.
  4. Violent crime has increased so much that most criminal laws need to be strengthened.
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