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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Teresa Heilevang on February 17, 2010, 04:35:45 PM
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Okay you red-blooded Americans...let's see how you do on this test... 24 out of 30 is considered a passing grade.
Supposedly 96% of all high school Seniors FAILED this test. AND if that's not bad enough, 50% + of all individuals over 50 did too!!
Take the test and be surprised at what we know~~ or in my case... what I don't know. :-\
I only got 20 right.. I sucked!
http://games.toast.net/independence/
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26 of 30....dissapointing....figured I'd get em all..
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23, and it said I passed, but it is embarassing!
I confused House and Senate for length of term, and am real bad on Amendments.
Where's my pointy hat ... I need it. But no corner for me, because that would be considered a treat.
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25. I should have known Adams was the first VP, Didn't realize Eisenhower was the only PRes from TX, Got the 26 Amendment wrong oops. Couldn't remember that Clinton was officially impeached. Duh
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24. I passed, but barely.
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I sucked too. 21 for me.
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ok something is wrong with the test. Officially I scored a 20 / 30 but the are 2 that I know I had the right answer on and it says I got them wrong. >:( Oh well. 2 outa 3 aint bad
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ok something is wrong with the test. Officially I scored a 20 / 30 but the are 2 that I know I had the right answer on and it says I got them wrong. >:( Oh well. 2 outa 3 aint bad
I tried that excuse with my high school government teacher. It didn't work then, either. ;D
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26 out of 30
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I got 28 right, I missed the last amendment ratified and the number of assassinations
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I got 28 right, I missed the last amendment ratified and the number of assassinations
Until someone either aces it or misses just one ...
You Suck! Curve Buster >:(
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I tried that excuse with my high school government teacher. It didn't work then, either. ;D
1st of all there weren't computers back in the stone age. ;D
2ndly I know that I clicked the correct answer on the amount of terms a senator can have. Unlimited. and hmm.. I just closed the screen to remember the 2nd one. Either way 22 is still a failing grade. I was surprised to get that many right though. Some were educated guesses of what I thought were right.
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I'm waiting to hear from Tom Bogan, bet he aces it... ;D
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1st of all there weren't computers back in the stone age. ;D
2ndly I know that I clicked the correct answer on the amount of terms a senator can have. Unlimited. and hmm.. I just closed the screen to remember the 2nd one. Either way 22 is still a failing grade. I was surprised to get that many right though. Some were educated guesses of what I thought were right.
Same here, so my adjusted score shows that. ;)
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25 of 30......I would like to have my grandneices and grandnephews (teenagers and know-it-alls)see the results of their old granduncle.
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23, thought I'd do better >:(
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25, The amendment questions got me. Bill T.
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The amendment questions and Texas questions got me.
Stupid Texas.
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"Your Score is 24
Congratz, you Pass! You should be proud."
I'm surprised I did that well. I thought I would get 10 or 12.
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The amendment questions and Texas questions got me.
Stupid Texas.
Hey..........take it easy? Yikes!
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28 of thirty, not bad, but not considering what I do for a living. I got screwed on the how many ammendments proposed and the date of pasage questions. I also inferred on the assasintion one. I remembered Garfield, Kennedy and Lincoln, so it couldn't have been 2, ergo 4. But who is the fourth? I'm spacing on it and feeling too lazy to google.
FQ13
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Missed 4. The amendment questions got me, and I missed the John Adams question.
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I motivated myself. The fourth was William Mckinley. I am now doubly embarrassed as the election of 1896 was a very big one. :-\ And oh, by the way, it put TR in office. Not like I should have remembered that or anything. :-[
FQ13 who blames a large meal and a bottle of wine for this particular brain fart.
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Hey..........take it easy? Yikes!
;D
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24, damn ratified amendments, and what year.... >:(
Plus the 26th Amend. thing....
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Now my head hurts... ;D
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Your Score is 28......
Missed the one on prohibition outright.......and misread an easy one cause I was in a hurry. >:(
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I need to go back to history class. 22 out of 30.
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30 out of 30, did guess on 2 of them.
number 22 and 29. 22 was the number of amendments that fialed, and 29 was presidents born in texas.
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30 out of 30, did guess on 2 of them.
number 22 and 29. 22 was the number of amendments that fialed, and 29 was presidents born in texas.
TAB,
I won't say that I hate you, but I will point out that you took Majer's place at the top of my list.
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it should also be noted that the question about who can declare war is kind of a trick question... the president can wage war(for 30 days with out the approval of congress) only congress can declare it. I missed that question on a Poly sci test in college, went to talk to the prof about it, got a earfull and a half.
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26
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26 Hey I'll take that! I haven't even had my coffee yet this morning!
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26 out of 30, enough to pass ;D
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25/30... not bad for a publicly educated 26 year old from TX
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26. I suck at amendments.
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;D You and me both BAC ;D
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26 at 0047 take that public education! :P
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24/30
HMMM.. DOES THAT MEAN I CAN BE A CITIZEN NOW?? ;D ;D ( I BLEW IT ON THE AMENDMENTS!) ??? ???
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29/30 Forgot about Garfield in the assassination question.
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For what it is worth next time I'll read all of the pages and get hints and answers before I take the test, so I can be right up there with TAB
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I aced it but will admit to a couple of SWAG's. Scientific Wild Ass Guess.
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I got a 21.
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22 but that last one is also a trick question, they were never actually kicked out of office! >:(
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I scored 29. I missed the "how many senators are there?" question! D'OH!!?? :-[ :-[
I did exactly what I tell my kids not to do...hurry and not think when you take a test. I'm so embarrassed!
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26 - Got beat up by the amendment questions.
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25 right. The questions on the the Amendments were what got me.
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22 but that last one is also a trick question, they were never actually kicked out of office! >:(
No trick. Impeachment is a big word (politically speaking), but it just means indictment. As well as the fact that the Congress thinks you are a crook. The standard is preponderance of the evidence. Conviction (in the Senate) means you're gone. That requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt. The Constitution doesn't spell this out, but its the way its been interpreted through a fair few numbers of lesser office holders. The idea is that any decent politician, judge or whomever would resign after being impeached, or "take the honorable way out". No such luck here. :P
FQ13
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No trick. Impeachment is a big word (politically speaking), but it just means indictment. As well as the fact that the Congress thinks you are a crook. The standard is preponderance of the evidence. Conviction (in the Senate) means you're gone. That requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt. The Constitution doesn't spell this out, but its the way its been interpreted through a fair few numbers of lesser office holders. The idea is that any decent politician, judge or whomever would resign after being impeached, or "take the honorable way out". No such luck here. :P
FQ13
Wrong.
Clinton actually was convicted with out being removed.
The penalty for conviction is not definite, it is settled by the Senate after conviction.
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Wrong.
Clinton actually was convicted with out being removed.
The penalty for conviction is not definite, it is settled by the Senate after conviction.
I'll see you a wrong and raise you a BS ;D. He was not convicted. Saved by the Senator from Scotland (Guilty, but not proved), Specter. Heres a link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton.
FQ13
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I'll see you a wrong and raise you a BS ;D. He was not convicted. Saved by the Senator from Scotland (Guilty, but not proved), Specter. Heres a link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton.
FQ13
I would say that that is the key word.
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Andrew Johnson was actually impeached when Congress became unhappy with the way he was dealing with some post-Civil War matters, but Johnson was acquitted in the Senate by one vote and remained in office.
Congress introduced a resolution to impeach John Tyler over state's rights issues, but the resolution failed.
Congress was debating his impeachment over the Watergate break-in when President Richard Nixon resigned.
William J. Clinton was impeached by the House on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in relationship to his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton was eventually acquitted by the Senate.
The Impeachment Process
In the House of Representatives
The House Judiciary Committee decides whether or not to proceed with impeachment. If they do...
The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee will propose a Resolution calling for the Judiciary Committee to begin a formal inquiry into the issue of impeachment.
Based on their inquiry, the Judiciary Committee will send another Resolution to the full House stating that impeachment is warranted and why (the Articles of Impeachment), or that impeachment is not called for.
The Full House (probably operating under special floor rules set by the House Rules Committee) will debate and vote on each Article of Impeachment.
Should any one of the Articles of Impeachment be approved by a simple majority vote, the President will be "impeached." However, being impeached is sort of like being indicted of a crime. There still has to be a trial, which is where the US Senate comes in.
In the Senate
The Articles of Impeachment are received from the House.
The Senate formulates rules and procedures for holding a trial.
A trial will be held. The President will be represented by his lawyers. A select group of House members will serve as "prosecutors." The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (currently John G. Roberts) will preside with all 100 Senators acting as the jury.
The Senate will meet in private session to debate a verdict.
The Senate, in open session, will vote on a verdict. A 2/3 vote of the Senate will result in a conviction.
The Senate will vote to remove the President from office.
The Senate may also vote (by a simple majority) to prohibit the President from holding any public office in the future.
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22 but that last one is also a trick question, they were never actually kicked out of office! >:(
impeachment is more like a grand jury saying its ok to go to trial. the senate is the one that actually can remove them from office.
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22 but that last one is also a trick question, they were never actually kicked out of office! >:(
Boy I raised a little shit storm here! :P I swear I didn't mean to LOL, but I do appreciate the the education lesson. Their is a fair bit I didn't understand about the Impeachment process.