Civil Discourse — Cumulative exam Answers

How many states must request a national convention to amend the US Constitution?

Read this description about social media.Social media can have both positive and negative effects. Sometimes, users post comments that spread hate, promote racism, or encourage violence. As a result, most social media platforms have policies in place to address this problem. The platforms will remove offensive posts. They also will flag and sometimes close accounts they think are inappropriate.

An ideological group would most support legislation that

What do the media do in their role as watchdog?

What is one argument in favor of federal judges getting lifetime appointments?

Read the scenario. Sandra identified a problem in her community and researched how a community garden could help solve the problem. She created an outline and transferred her research and cost estimates to a multimedia presentation. Now she is working on the aesthetics of the presentation.

Which statement describes super PACs?

What is a power shared by both the federal government and state governments?

Review the chart comparing the demographics of Congress and the US population.

Read the summary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court case.The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court case combined five different cases centering on state-sponsored segregation in public schools. Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Supreme Court justice, argued the case against school segregation. In the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court had ruled that separate facilities for black and white people were legal as long as there was no meaningful difference in the quality of the facilities. This became known as the "separate but equal” rule. Marshall argued that separate schools could never be equal and were thus unconstitutional.