Alabama Civics Test Study Guide - Ccs

AL: What state borders Alabama on the east side? {Ans: Georgia}8. What is the political party of our current President? {Ans: Democrat}7. Name one of the important things that Abraham Lincoln did. {Ans: Saved (or preserved) the Union.}63. What were the 13 original states? {Ans: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Bay Colony, NewJersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island}78. Who wrote the Gettysburg Address? {Ans: President Abraham Lincoln}61. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison were the authors of what publication? {Ans: The Federalist Papers}55. When powers are divided between the states and the national government it is referred to as what? {Ans: Federalism}28. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? {Ans: Franklin Roosevelt}67. How can Congress override the veto of the President? {Ans: with a 2/3 vote}81. The first war of the twentieth century was what war? {Ans: World War I}AL: Who wrote the words to Alabama's state song? {Ans: Julia Tutwiler}57. What was written at the Constitutional Convention? {Ans: the Constitution}21. What are the two major political parties of the United States? {Ans: Republican