How much do you know about American institutions?
Are you in the know about America—its healthcare, legal, and social welfare systems, its freedoms, its Government, and its economy? Test your knowledge with today’s Daily Quiz.
Answer each question correctly:
1. True or false: Although a post-World War II superpower, the U.S. has seen the rise of several new superpowers, including China, the European Union, and Russia.
2. The twin evils of the current U.S. healthcare system are (choose 2 of the following):
a. high costs
b. Republicans and other conservatives
c. millions of people without any healthcare coverage
d. pharmaceutical companies
3. True or false: Many Americans feel that the U.S. legal system unduly protects the rights of the accused—and even the guilty.
4. Which of the following programs are part of America’s social welfare system (“Social Security”):
a. Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance
b. Unemployment benefits
c. Food stamps
d. Health insurance for the aged and disabled (“Medicare”)
e. Grants to states for medical assistance programs (“Medicaid”)
f. State Children’s Health Insurance Program
5. True or false: At times throughout America’s history, American freedoms have sometimes been sacrificed for what the Government has termed the “greater good.”
6. Which are other names for the U.S. media:
a. the watchdog of democracy
b. the Fourth Estate
c. a blue state
7. The U.S. Constitution provides for a _______________ by creating three branches of Government—the Executive, the Judicial, and the Legislative.
8. The growing power of lobbyists has had an effect on democracy. Has this phenomenon been positive or negative?
9. True or false: Although the U.S. is a free enterprise or capitalist system, in recent years, because of Government bailouts, the line between “capitalist” and “centrally-planned” systems has blurred.
10 What percentage of Americans vote? Choose one: 40-50%; 50-60%; 60-70%; more than 70%
Answers:
- true
- a. and c.
- true
- all of these
- true—notable examples are Former Vice President Cheney allowing wiretapping of Americans’ private phone conversations and Former President Roosevelt’s incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
- a. and b.
- a “separation of powers”
- negative
- true
- 50-60%
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