Which civic virtue best applies to citizens who join the Peace Corps?
a. Civic knowledge
b. Civic participation and service
c. Self-confidence
d. Self-reliance
e. Self-restraint
ANS: B
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a. Prudential Insurance Company v. Cheek (1922) b. Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) c. Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925) d. Fiske v. Kansas (1927).
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a. military power b. democratic reform c. ethnic homogeneity d. international recognition
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Baron de Montesquieu made the case for an independent judiciary in
a. The Spirit of the Laws. b. Common Sense. c. The Federalist Papers. d. The Declaration of the Rights of Man. e. Leviathan.