05/18/2020
United States Citizen Pop Quiz — Test your civic virtue in a few minutes
This quiz is designed to challenge common misconceptions about our government.
WARNING — If your education began after the 1960s you will likely fail this test. Moreover, if you fail this test you may wish to study the rights and responsibilities of being a citizen in this country (see links below the answers).
Finally, if you fail this basic test and think or say things like, “Who cares!” or “This doesn’t mean anything” then please consider the fact that your right to express such an inane opinion here and elsewhere are protected by the very government you fail to understand. Hopefully, this right will still be yours when this global crisis is behind us.
Please answer true or false.
1. Building a strong form of republic government is bad for democrats.
2. We have a democracy to protect our individual rights.
3. The word democracy is fundamental to our constitution.
4. The source of power in the Constitution is God.
5. Democracies ensure we are protected by established laws.
6. Democracies prevent tyranny and mob rule.
7. Belief in God is secured by our republic.
Answers at the bottom of quotes:
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“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.” ― Plato, The Republic
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.” — Thomas Jefferson
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When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. — Martin Luther King Jr.
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“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
“A Republic, if you can keep it.” — Benjamin Franklin (Stated at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation.)
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“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.” — Abraham Lincoln
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Answers:
1. FALSE — A republic form of government can contain political parties, but it does not support either republicans or democrats.
2. FALSE — A REPUBLIC protects individual rights, not a democracy. Democracies offer NO PROTECTION for individual rights.
3. FALSE — The word democracy does not appear in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights
4. FALSE — The word God does not appear in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. The source of all government power and legitimacy is “the People.”
5. FALSE — In a REPUBLIC we are protected by established laws. In a democracy majority rules.
6. FALSE — A REPUBLIC avoids the extremes of mobocracy and tyranny. Democracies ALWAYS end in turbulence and violence.
7. TRUE — In a REPUBLIC freedom of religion is protected. In a democracy it can result in a death sentence if the majority does not like your religion.
The United States of America is NOT a democracy; it is a REPUBLIC.
Scoring:
100% Please help; repost, educate others, save our Constitution
-1 = You are likely a virtuous citizen
-2 = You had a class called “Civics” in high school and were not stoned.
-3 = You had a class in high school called “Social Studies” and you were stoned.
-4 = You likely will never stop voting based on other’s endorsements.
-5 = Abraham Lincoln’s quote above is the likely destiny.
-6 = You likely enjoy telling others how wrong they are on social media.
-7 = God Save Us!
Resources:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/97/8e/e5/978ee5527b3797cd75b86e8df5c0db3f.jpg
https://www.thoughtco.com/republic-vs-democracy-4169936
https://www.senate.gov/civics/resources/pdf/US_Constitution-Senate_Publication_103-21.pdf
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/citizenship-rights-and-responsibilities
