Government Revenue Sources Quiz

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According to the 2019 federal budget, which of the following spending categories consumed the largest percentage of the total budget?

Medicare, Medicaid, and marketplace subsidies (correct)

Social Security

Defense and international security assistance

Safety net programs

Approximately what percentage of the federal budget is spent in just three categories: Social Security, health care and health insurance programs, and defense?

50 percent

60 percent

80 percent

70 percent (correct)

Which provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013?

Entire act

Redistricting provision

Key provision (correct)

Voter ID provision

Which of the following is a potential benefit of technological surveillance tools, according to the text?

Reducing traffic congestion Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the trade-off citizens need to consider when it comes to technological surveillance tools?

Privacy and freedom vs. feeling safe Signup and view all the answers

Which civil rights organizations focused their attention on the city of Selma, Alabama?

SCLC and SNCC Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the march from Selma to Montgomery in March 1965?

To draw attention to voter registration resistance Signup and view all the answers

Which group is more likely to live below the poverty line?

Women Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of seats in Congress were held by women as of June 2021?

27% Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a restriction that states have attempted to impose on women's access to abortion?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

Which organization declared its support for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)?

NOW Signup and view all the answers

When was the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) first proposed to Congress?

1923 Signup and view all the answers

Which act granted Native American tribes control over programs that were previously controlled by the BIA, such as education and resource management?

The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 Signup and view all the answers

Which law prevented the frequent practice of removing Native American children from their homes and placing them with non-Native American families?

The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 Signup and view all the answers

Which court case led to a landmark decision that a large part of Oklahoma is tribal land and crimes committed on those lands are subject to federal, not state authority?

McGirt v. Oklahoma Signup and view all the answers

Which recent development has strengthened Native American rights in terms of water negotiations?

The McGirt v. Oklahoma Supreme Court decision Signup and view all the answers

Who became the first Native American to hold the position of Secretary of the Interior in the United States?

Deb Haaland Signup and view all the answers

Which law was passed by the Indiana legislature following the legalization of same-sex marriage throughout the United States?

Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) Signup and view all the answers

In which court case did the Supreme Court rule that the 1993 law applied only to the federal government and not to state governments?

City of Boerne v. Flores Signup and view all the answers

What did the legalization of same-sex marriage throughout the United States lead some people to feel?

Their religious beliefs were under attack Signup and view all the answers

During World War II, citizens of which ethnicity were interned under Executive Order 9066?

Japanese Signup and view all the answers

What was the Supreme Court decision in the 1944 case of Korematsu v. United States?

The internment of Japanese Americans was upheld as a necessary precaution Signup and view all the answers