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0:06well hello my name is jennifer bieber
0:08gal i am the associate dean in the
0:10center for teaching and learning here at
0:12florida atlantic university
0:14so you have made it we are on the third
0:16and final workshop in our civic literacy
0:18exam preparation series
0:21so today is a little bit different than
0:23the other workshops in that you already
0:26know the content and now we're going to
0:28practice and test you on it so the first
0:31part of this workshop when taken in
0:33person
0:34is to take a practice test so we're
0:37going to go through a little bit of
0:38information and then i will give you
0:40time where you will then pause the video
0:43while you take the practice test and
0:45then we will go over the responses and
0:47help you feel confident in the material
0:51so again here's the agenda we will have
0:53you take the individual practice test
0:55and answer some discussion questions
0:58we'll discuss the results of the
1:00practice test and questions and then i
1:02will refer you to some quizlets and
1:04kahoot and other ways that you can
1:06practice to be best prepared
1:10so just as a reminder the state of
1:12florida passed a civic literacy
1:14requirement for all students who are
1:16planning to graduate with either an
1:18associate's or a bachelor's degree from
1:21any florida state college or university
1:24so this is required of you even if you
1:26weren't at fau at any of the public
1:29universities and colleges in the state
1:31of florida it is a graduation
1:33requirement so you just need to complete
1:35it prior to graduation and it's a check
1:37mark they do not give you a grade in it
1:39if you take the civic literacy test
1:42so there are several ways that this
1:43requirement can be met
1:45as we have discussed in previous
1:47workshops there are courses that you can
1:49take and if you have taken or plan to
1:51take the pos 2041 government of the us
1:55or the amh 2020 u.s history since 1877
1:59courses then that would satisfy the
2:02requirement however you need to be
2:03careful when and where you took that
2:05course to make sure it is satisfied
2:08however it will be satisfied from any
2:10institution that you take that class at
2:12um
2:13after fall 2018 in the state of florida
2:16you can also pass certain exams so if in
2:18high school you took the ap us history
2:21or the ap government and scored the
2:23appropriate score that would meet it and
2:25there is a college level exam for
2:27proficiency otherwise known as clep cost
2:30about a hundred dollars to take the clep
2:32test and unlike the civic literacy test
2:34if you pass that test
2:36you do get college credit for that
2:41so
2:43oh cool we can zoom in
2:45so
2:46just a little bit of information about
2:48the civic literacy test a reminder it is
2:50100 multiple choice questions
2:52so even if you're not certain of an
2:54answer hopefully you can narrow it down
2:56and take your best educated guess
2:58it is free to take on campus at florida
3:01atlantic university through our testing
3:02and evaluation office
3:04it's offered typically monday through
3:06friday at either 9 or 10 a.m 12 p.m and
3:102 p.m
3:11they do give you two hours to take the
3:13test 120 minutes however most students
3:16tend to complete it in far less than the
3:18two hours allocated and you are able to
3:20leave as soon as you complete the test
3:23once you submit the test you will get
3:25your results
3:26immediately
3:28with 100 questions you only need to get
3:3060 of them correct to get that 60
3:32and the score does not show up on your
3:34transcripts or anything so passing with
3:37a 60 is just as
3:39as wonderful as passing with a 95.
3:42the end of the workshop i will go over
3:44some information about how to sign up
3:45for the test but what i'm going to have
3:47you do now is pause the video and
3:50download the practice test there are 48
3:53questions currently on that practice
3:54test and give them your best guess and
3:57when we come back we'll go over those
3:59questions
4:00there is also a second at the end of
4:03those questions a second part which are
4:06open-ended questions i labeled them
4:08discussion items while the test does not
4:11have any fill in the blank or open-ended
4:13questions this is an opportunity for you
4:16to make sure you truly understand the
4:18content
4:19and we will see how you did
4:21so go ahead and pause the video right
4:23now and
4:25take the
4:26practice test answer the discussion
4:28questions and then come back good luck
4:42[Applause]
4:44all right so welcome back
4:48so
4:50we are going to go over the practice
4:52questions
4:56the first question that was asked is the
4:58u.s constitution does all of the
5:00following accept
5:02so the correct answer to that is b
5:05the constitution does not define what
5:07states can do we know what states can do
5:10based on what is not in the constitution
5:14so the constitution outlines what the
5:16federal government can do
5:18it sets up the structure of government
5:21and then it protects basic rights of
5:22americans through the amendments in the
5:24bill of rights but it does not outline
5:26what states can do
5:28so that was how our government was set
5:30up that the only rights for the federal
5:32government are those that are
5:33specifically outlined in the
5:36constitution or those that are necessary
5:38and proper for the federal government to
5:41do their business all other rights
5:43belong to the states
5:45question two the first amendment gives
5:47the following rights except
5:50and the correct answer to that is d it
5:52does not give the right to vote the
5:54first amendment deals with all areas of
5:57freedom of
5:58speech and freedom of um how you present
6:01yourself so you're
6:03presenting yourself through your
6:05religion so we remember the free
6:07exercise clause which says that you can
6:10exercise
6:12you have the right to exercise and
6:13practice any religion that you choose or
6:16no religion at all the first amendment
6:19also allows for the right for assembly
6:22and the right to petition the government
6:23along with other things like the right
6:27rights for speech both symbolic speech
6:30spoken speech written
6:31speech it does not give the right to
6:33vote we'll talk later about all of the
6:36amendments that deal with the rights
6:38dealing with voting
6:40how many amendments are there currently
6:41to the u.s constitution the correct
6:43answer is c 27.
6:46question four freedoms not outlined in
6:49the u.s constitution were outlined in
6:52the correct response is b the bill of
6:54rights so the bill of rights were the
6:57first ten amendments to the constitution
6:59when the constitution was written the
7:02founding fathers realized that it was
7:04really setting up more the structure of
7:05government and what government can do
7:07and it did not do enough to protect the
7:09rights of the citizens and those living
7:11in the united states so the bill of
7:12rights was added in 1791 four years
7:16after the constitution was written
7:19question five which of the following are
7:21rights in the declaration of
7:22independence the correct answer is b the
7:25declaration of independence gives the
7:27rights for life liberty and the pursuit
7:30of happiness
7:32question six the idea of self-government
7:35is in the first three words of the
7:36constitution
7:38what are these words the first three
7:40words of the constitution are we the
7:43people and that goes back to the concept
7:45of self-government that the people
7:47in the colonies which became the united
7:49states are given their permission
7:52for this government and the structure of
7:54government
7:55that's an important concept
7:58question seven what is the economic
8:00system in the united states the correct
8:02answer is b
8:03we are a capitalist economy here in the
8:05u.s
8:07question eight
8:08the rule of law states and the correct
8:11answer to that is a no one is above the
8:13law hopefully we remember
8:16that because of the u.s versus nixon
8:20case where it was demonstrated by the
8:22supreme court that even the president of
8:24the united states has to abide by the
8:27laws
8:29question nine the proper order of
8:31succession if the president is no longer
8:34able to serve is c
8:37the vice president then the speaker of
8:39the house
8:40currently the vice president of the
8:41united states is mike pence
8:43and followed by the speaker of the house
8:45which would be nancy pelosi
8:48question 10
8:50who makes federal laws the correct
8:52answer is the legislative branch so
8:55remember congress creates the
8:57legislative branch makes the laws and
8:59then the executive branch enforces those
9:02laws
9:04question 11 we elect elect a u.s senator
9:07for how many years the correct answer is
9:10c
9:11six years we collect
9:12we elect a senator for six years
9:16um two years is how long we elect a
9:19house of representatives and remember we
9:21discussed in the workshops that the
9:23reasoning behind that is that the
9:25members of the house of representatives
9:27are closer to
9:29the representation directly of their
9:31constituents so remember in the state of
9:34florida we only have two senators and
9:37those senators
9:38are supposed to represent the whole of
9:40the state however because there are only
9:43two
9:44and our state is very divided in terms
9:46of democrat and republican
9:49in certain years both senators may be
9:51from a certain party that half of the
9:54residents don't necessarily agree with
9:57so currently
9:59our two senators for florida
10:02are both republican but about 50 of
10:05florida is democratic so this is going
10:08to
10:09um certainly show that the
10:12senators may not always be representing
10:15the whole of the needs and interests of
10:18our state however
10:20in the um
10:22congress in the house of representatives
10:24the representatives are a lot more local
10:27in fact in palm beach county
10:29which is more heavily democrat the
10:32majority of the representatives
10:33currently are democrat so they are more
10:36likely going to represent our folks here
10:39locally
10:40and
10:41the reason that they are only elected
10:43for two years is they know they really
10:45have to be focused on the needs and the
10:47issues of their local communities
10:49because those folks are going to be
10:51hopefully re-electing them again in two
10:53years but the senators are for six years
10:56because there's a lot of work to be done
10:58and a lot of things to be learned and it
11:00takes time for them to make a difference
11:02and remember for president it is a
11:04four-year term and there is a maximum of
11:07two terms
11:09moving on to question 12 there are how
11:11many voting members in the u.s house of
11:13representatives
11:14the correct answer is c
11:16435
11:18question 13 who is the
11:20commander-in-chief of the military the
11:22correct answer is a the president of the
11:24united states however as part of the
11:26checks and balances
11:28the pres the commander in chief or the
11:30president is not able to declare war so
11:33they are not able to use that military
11:35fully without a checks and balance in
11:38place
11:39question 14 who is the current chief
11:42justice of the u.s supreme court the
11:44correct answer is a john roberts jr
11:48question 15 which of the following is
11:50not a power of the states
11:53the correct answer is d to print money
11:55so the state's powers there are about
11:58six powers that we discussed in our
11:59workshops they provide all of the local
12:02type things such as education
12:05safety and security so police fire also
12:08licensures so they can determine things
12:10like driver's license requirements and
12:13that's why in florida 16 year olds can
12:16get a driver's license however it has
12:19in the state of new york you have to be
12:2117. same with marriage licenses there
12:23are different requirements by state
12:26um
12:27and approving zoning and land use is the
12:29final thing we talked about as a state
12:31power printing money is a federal power
12:33we would not want to have currency
12:36different across each of the 50 states
12:39question 16. all of the following are
12:41powers of the federal government except
12:44b to approve zoning and land use as we
12:46just discussed it is up to the
12:49individual states to determine how land
12:51within their state will be used what
12:53will be zoned as commercial land
12:55residential land agricultural land and
12:58so on
12:59question 17 each of the following
13:01amendments to the u.s constitution would
13:03deal with who can vote except
13:07the correct answer to that is a the 13th
13:09amendment remember the 13th amendment
13:11abolished slavery
13:13and while it did lead to the 15th
13:16amendment which gave the right to vote
13:18for black and african american citizens
13:20it did not directly
13:23address who can vote so the 15th
13:25amendment addressed voting by race the
13:2819th amendment allowed women the right
13:30to vote and the 26th amendment lowered
13:32the voting age to 18.
13:35question 18 the principle of american
13:38government that establishes concurrent
13:41state and national governments is known
13:43as sea
13:44federalism
13:46so remember in our original constitution
13:49known as the articles of confederation
13:51there was a very weak federal government
13:54and it just didn't work so there were a
13:56lot of folks
13:58who the anti-federalists who did not
14:00want a new constitution that had a
14:02strong federal government they were
14:04afraid we would get into
14:06too strong of a national ruling like
14:09they had in europe so
14:11the federal
14:12the concept of federalism shows that
14:14balance where there are
14:17uh powers that are shared and powers
14:19that some powers that belong to the
14:21federal and some to the state government
14:24question 19 the 15th i'm sorry the fifth
14:27amendment protects citizens from all of
14:30the following except
14:32the correct answer is b
14:33being tried for capital crime if someone
14:36is accused of committing a capital crime
14:38they certainly can be tried for that the
14:40fifth amendment does protect against the
14:43other three uh
14:46choices offered so the fifth amendment
14:48protects
14:50citizens
14:51and folks in the united states from
14:53being tried twice from the same crime
14:56which is known as double jeopardy it
14:58also
14:59protects them from self-incrimination
15:01where they do not have to serve as a
15:03witness against themselves remember
15:05that's why we said people will say they
15:07are pleading the fifth that means that
15:09they are using the fifth amendment right
15:11to
15:12not have
15:14to serve as a witness against themselves
15:15or incriminate themselves
15:17and finally the fifth amendment does
15:19provide for due process of the law to
15:21make sure there is fairness and equity
15:23for everyone
15:25question 20 which of the following are
15:27rights for anyone living in the u.s
15:29regardless of citizenship the correct
15:31answer is d to petition the government
15:34so you must be a u.s citizen to vote in
15:36a federal election you must be a u.s
15:38citizen to serve on a federal jury or to
15:41run for federal office however the first
15:43amendment does give the right to
15:44petition the government and if we
15:46remember the amendments are for all
15:49people in the united states regardless
15:50of citizenship
15:53question 21
15:54what steps are taken to ratify an
15:56amendment remember we talked about this
15:58there are only 27 amendment amendments
16:01to our constitution in over 230 years
16:05so it is not easy to get an amendment
16:07and it should not be easy because we are
16:09changing the supreme law of the land so
16:12it is a challenge the correct answer is
16:14a it must be proposed by two-thirds of
16:17both houses of congress or by two-thirds
16:20of the states
16:22for a special election and then ratified
16:25by three-fourths of the states
16:28question 22 all of the following are
16:30ways americans can participate in their
16:32democracy except the correct answer is d
16:35volunteer to help the needy in your
16:37community you still should volunteer to
16:40help the needy in your community it is a
16:41good thing to do however it is not
16:44necessarily participating in democracy
16:46you participate in democracy by having
16:48your political voice heard so joining a
16:50political party voting
16:52giving an elected official opinion on on
16:55an issue through email or lobbying or
16:58writing an article in the public
17:00newspaper or running for office yourself
17:04question 23 the colonists fought the
17:06british for all of the following reasons
17:09except the correct answer was land
17:12ownership disputes the colonists did
17:15fight the british and declare
17:16independence because of taxation without
17:19representation
17:20quartering of soldiers in their homes
17:23and because they wanted self-government
17:24they did not want a government that was
17:26thousands of miles away that they
17:29weren't represented in
17:31question 24
17:32all of the following were original
17:34colonies except the correct answer is d
17:37vermont
17:38remember there was only one colony that
17:40began with the letter v and that was
17:42virginia
17:44question 25 the federalist papers were
17:46written by the following authors except
17:49the correct answer is a thomas jefferson
17:52thomas jefferson did write the
17:54declaration of independence he also
17:56served as our third president of the
17:58united states he did a lot of good
18:00things
18:02but he did not write the federalist
18:03papers if you saw the play hamilton
18:05hopefully you remember the authors were
18:07alexander hamilton along with james
18:09madison and john jay
18:12question 26
18:14benjamin franklin is known for all of
18:16the following except he was not the
18:19first secretary of state so the correct
18:21answer is c he was our first postmaster
18:23general in the u.s he started the first
18:26free libraries and he did serve as a us
18:28diplomat
18:30question 27 all of the following were
18:32reasons that led to the civil war except
18:36the correct answer is taxation without
18:38representation
18:39that was the reason for the
18:41revolutionary war but not the civil war
18:44the civil war focused on the economic
18:46issue and the human rights issue
18:48regarding slavery so states rights do
18:50states have the right to have slaves is
18:52that a state right
18:54economic reasons which dealt with
18:56slavery and of course slavery was the
18:58big issue
19:00question 28 susan b anthony is best
19:02known for the correct answer is a
19:05fighting for women's rights
19:07question 29 who was president during
19:10world war one hopefully you remember our
19:12trick world war
19:14woodrow wilson the correct answer is b
19:17question 30 during the cold war the main
19:20concern of the united states was a
19:22communism
19:24question 31 what part of the
19:26constitution protects the freedom of
19:29religion the correct answer to that is
19:31the bill of rights it is in the first
19:33amendment the fir the free exercise
19:36clause
19:38the preamble starts with we the people
19:41so remember that's the concept of
19:43self-government article one sets up the
19:46legislative branch and article two sets
19:48up the executive branch
19:50question 32 we're getting into the
19:52supreme court cases this case
19:55established the policy of judicial
19:57review the correct answer is c marbury
20:00versus madison
20:02you notice one of the
20:04cases there we did not even discuss it
20:07is likely that if we did not discuss it
20:09it is most likely not the correct answer
20:12um but the correct answer for that for
20:14judicial review was marbury versus
20:16madison remember this is when there was
20:18a transition in power from the second to
20:20the third president john adams to thomas
20:22jefferson adams had right before the end
20:25of his presidency
20:27um appointed all of these judges and
20:30judicial magistrates and
20:34justices of the peace they it was rushed
20:37through a senate confirmation hearing
20:38they were approved but a couple of them
20:40did not have time to get sworn into
20:41office before jefferson took on the
20:44presidency and jefferson tried to block
20:47that so it went to the supreme court and
20:50the supreme court said that the
20:52constitution is the supreme law of the
20:54land and that the supreme court has the
20:56right to decide whether things are in
20:58violation of the constitution
21:00otherwise known as judicial review
21:03question 33
21:04this case ended segregation in public
21:07schools the correct answer is b brown
21:09versus board of education
21:11if you remember a plessy versus ferguson
21:14said that separate but equal was okay
21:17that was with the louisiana railroad car
21:19act the separate car act which allowed
21:22um
21:23the state to require
21:25separate cars for whites and non-whites
21:27and the supreme court said separate but
21:29equal was okay and that was overturned
21:32in
21:33brown versus board of education where
21:35they said separate but equal is not okay
21:38and it began the end of segregation in
21:40public schools
21:42question 34. this at case advocated for
21:45free speech in schools in the form of an
21:48anti-war protest so hopefully you
21:50remember that anti-war protest was
21:52against the vietnam war and the tinkers
21:54wore black armbands as a
21:57symbol of their
21:59um
22:01disagreement with the war so the correct
22:03answer is a tinker versus des moines and
22:06we remember our symbol the letter t
22:09for our two cases that dealt with
22:11symbolic speak speech texas versus
22:14johnson which dealt with the burning of
22:15the u.s flag and tinker versus des
22:18moines which dealt with the black
22:19armbands as a symbol
22:23question 35 this case guaranteed certain
22:26rights for individuals being arrested
22:28the correct answer is miranda versus
22:31arizona so we remember miranda versus
22:33arizona was the first case we looked at
22:36looking at the rights for people being
22:37arrested in miranda versus arizona
22:41miranda was not told what his rights
22:43were and he gave a lot of information
22:45during questioning that both
22:46incriminated himself and he did not know
22:49that he could have requested a lawyer be
22:51present for his questioning so that is
22:53the m for miranda that's the you have
22:56the right to remain silent anything you
22:58say can and will be used against you in
23:00a court of law and you have the right to
23:02have an attorney present and if we
23:04remember we turned that um upside down
23:06for gideon versus wainwright which said
23:09if you cannot afford a
23:11an attorney one will be provided for you
23:15question 36 this decision allowed for
23:17women to have abortions and the correct
23:20answer is a roe v wade remember this was
23:22in texas and it said that no state can
23:26have a law prohibiting first semester
23:28sorry first trimester abortions see what
23:31happens when you're in the middle of a
23:32semester at the university
23:35question 37 in plessy versus ferguson
23:37the supreme court ruled segregation was
23:40c
23:41legal as long as facilities were equal
23:43and again that was a separate rail
23:45railcar act
23:46question 38 we just talked about this
23:48case flag burning is protected by free
23:51speech in the case texas versus johnson
23:54that's while it might not be cool to
23:56burn a flag it is a symbol of speech and
23:59protected speech according to the first
24:01amendment
24:03question 39
24:04in this case the courts found that
24:07public prayer and bible readings in
24:09school
24:10was against the constitution and we
24:13remember our upside down v
24:16otherwise known as our prayer hands so
24:18that will hopefully help you decide that
24:20it was engel versus vital
24:24question 40 schools only need reasonable
24:27suspicion not a warrant to search
24:29students this is necessary to provide a
24:31safe learning environment and this was
24:33the finding in the supreme court case
24:36new jersey versus tlo if you remember in
24:39this case a young woman was
24:42under suspicion of having smoked in the
24:44bathroom the school administration asked
24:47to search her belongings and she refused
24:50citing they didn't have a warrant and
24:52the supreme court ruled that
24:54in a school setting especially dealing
24:56with minors that the school
24:58administration um does not have to have
25:01the same probable cause that they would
25:04um in out in the community
25:08question 41 in this case the court ruled
25:11the policy of an institution using
25:13quotas or a predetermined number
25:15as part of affirmative action is
25:17unconstitutional institutions are not
25:20allowed to use race or gender quotas for
25:23either hiring or acceptance and
25:25admission policies
25:27and that was the case regents of the
25:29university of california versus becky if
25:32you remember ellen becky was
25:34a white male
25:36and he did not get into the med school
25:38at the university of california davis
25:40while there were other folks who had
25:41lesser academic credentials but because
25:44they were in an underrepresented race in
25:47that school they were admitted
25:50question 42 was during world war ii the
25:52supreme court ruled that relocation of
25:55japanese american citizens to internment
25:57camp camps was constitutional for the
26:01safety of the overall american people
26:03and that case was koromatsu versus the
26:06united states
26:08question 43
26:09in this 1857 ruling
26:12slaves were declared property and not
26:14citizens and it nullified the missouri
26:16compromise the correct answer is a dred
26:19scott versus sanford
26:21a dreadful decision by today's standards
26:25in question 44 again we are looking at
26:27tinker versus des moines tinkers were
26:29suspended from school for wearing black
26:32armbands b that was their symbolic
26:35speech
26:36question 45 which lessons did future u.s
26:40leaders learn from the 1974 supreme
26:42court case u.s versus nixon
26:45and the correct answer is a the
26:47president is accountable for obeying the
26:49laws and that is the concept of rule of
26:51law which states no one is above the law
26:55question 46 states must pay for public
26:58defenders as a result of which u.s
27:00supreme court case i remember we talked
27:03about gideon versus wainwright which
27:05said that if you cannot afford an
27:07attorney one will be provided for you
27:09correct answer is c gideon versus
27:11wainwright
27:12in that case gideon was accused of a
27:16crime he asked for an attorney when he
27:18was told that he had the right to an
27:19attorney because he could not afford one
27:21and they said that if he couldn't afford
27:24one he could not have one he acted as
27:27his own attorney and did a terrible job
27:29of it and was thus sentenced to prison
27:32and from prison he worked on his own to
27:34appeal his case and the supreme court
27:36case realized that it was
27:39um a violation of equal protection
27:41rights really because the people who
27:43could not afford an attorney were going
27:45to be your lower socioeconomic and often
27:48your underrepresented minorities
27:51question 47 evidence that is illegally
27:54obtained by the state may not be used
27:56against the defendant in court that was
27:57the finding in c
27:59matt versus ohio if you remember map was
28:03in her home and the police got a tip
28:06that she was
28:07harboring a suspect they went to her
28:09home she asked to see a search warrant
28:12they did not have one they came back
28:14later and pretended to have a search
28:16warrant and they found pornographic
28:17materials in violation of ohio law when
28:21they searched her home
28:22so she was convicted
28:24and
28:25of having these pornographic materials
28:29and she appealed it and the appeal
28:31overturned it the supreme court case
28:33said that evidence that is found through
28:35an illegal search is not allowed to be
28:38used
28:40and finally question 48 which of the
28:42following has a requirement that all
28:44males in the united states including
28:46immigrants between 18 to 26 register and
28:50that is with the selective service d so
28:52the selective service was put in place
28:55after
28:56we were unable to have enough people to
28:59serve in the military during war times
29:01particularly during the vietnam war so
29:03the selective service is only required
29:05of males at this time 18 to 26 and they
29:08register so that if a draft were ever
29:10put into place the united states would
29:13have a way to get
29:15folks
29:16so we're hopefully you did really well
29:18on that and feel super confident we are
29:20going to actually
29:22now
29:23go back to
29:24looking at some things so if you look at
29:27the presentation that is downloaded
29:29there are some links to some quizlets
29:33some other practice tests
29:35a couple of kahoots that i made up one
29:37is on founding of u.s and structure of
29:39government it is 15 questions
29:41uh there are 10 questions on lance
29:43mark's supreme court cases so have a
29:45little fun practicing and feeling good
29:47about it there are a couple of other
29:49kahoots that are here on some of the
29:50study guides um some of the questions
29:53are not quite as relevant and a couple
29:55of them i don't necessarily agree with
29:56the answers but i think mine are awesome
29:58so try those
30:00um review the landmark supreme court
30:03cases make sure you feel confident in
30:05each of
30:06those
30:08and we're going to go over some
30:09discussion questions in a minute but i
30:11did want to take a moment to show you
30:16how to sign up for the test if you have
30:17not already done so so you would go to
30:20this site www
30:22dot
30:24f-a-u-d-u
30:26slash testing
30:29and it says right here register for your
30:30exams online and you can either click to
30:33register or read down and there are
30:34several places to register
30:36on that site
30:38under register for your exam you go to
30:40the civic literacy test and click
30:42register
30:45it gives a lot of information about the
30:47test other ways that you can satisfy the
30:49requirement like we talked about the
30:51civic literacy test you need a 60 to
30:53pass
30:54it gives roles in information about
30:56testing in the testing center
30:58most importantly that you must bring an
31:01identification in order to take the test
31:04they do allow you to take your owl card
31:07military id driver's license any state
31:10id
31:10passport but they will not allow you in
31:13without your id
31:15you also are not allowed to bring
31:16hoodies sweaters jackets or other
31:18outerwear so make sure that you are
31:20dressed appropriately
31:22and they won't allow you to bring really
31:24anything in with you they do have
31:25lockers available
31:27so once you're familiar with that you
31:28are going to select your campus the boca
31:30raton campus you choose your group which
31:32is the civic literacy test and then
31:34again you select civic literacy test it
31:37gives an exam uh
31:39information about the exam
31:41like we talked about 120 minutes long
31:44although you can leave once you complete
31:45it
31:46the location it is in su building 80
31:49which is the building next to the
31:51student union it is a on the second
31:53floor
31:54across the hallway from financial aid
31:56and the career development center
31:59as well as just across the hallway from
32:01university advising services
32:04again it tells reminds you that you
32:06can't have food or drink you can't wear
32:08a hoodie you need id etc when you select
32:10your date
32:12so
32:13we're here today friday november 1st
32:16that we're recording this
32:18and you can select a date there's only
32:20two dates available today but most dates
32:22you have three options as i mentioned
32:25usually 10 12 or 2. or some dates will
32:29be 9
32:30most dates are 10 12 and 2. some days
32:32they have a 9 o'clock testing time as
32:33well
32:35you fill out your name information
32:38agree to the following then it will
32:39bring up information where you put all
32:41of your information like your z number
32:43your address and all of that
32:45make sure
32:46you add to cart and then submit it so
32:48you are officially registered it will
32:50send you a proof
32:52an email proving that you are registered
32:56all right so we're going to go ahead and
32:57go back to
32:59some questions
33:02to discuss as we wrap up
33:07presenter desk there we go
33:09okay so just a few more
33:12questions um if you filled out the
33:14discussion page
33:17it's easier if i actually
33:20do this
33:25so let me switch this
33:33to the dot cam
33:35so you can look along with me
33:38all right so some discussion questions
33:40first question why does the constitution
33:42require bills to be introduced in the
33:44house of representatives
33:46instead of into the senate and remember
33:48the house of representatives is more
33:50representative of the people and
33:51hopefully that will limit the number of
33:53bills that are moving forward that
33:56aren't really coming from the voice of
33:58the people
33:59why does the constitution require bills
34:01be passed by one branch and signed by
34:03another and that's just an example of
34:05checks and balances so the branch that
34:08writes the bills and passes the bill is
34:11the legislative branch and then the
34:13executive branch as a checks and balance
34:15has the right to either sign or veto
34:17that bill
34:19why does the constitution require one
34:21branch nominate a supreme court justice
34:23and a second branch confirm it same
34:25reason
34:26checks and balances so the president is
34:29able to nominate a supreme court justice
34:32when there is a vacancy and remember the
34:33supreme court justice is appointed for
34:36life or until they are no longer able to
34:38serve
34:39and then they go through a senate
34:41confirmation hearing so the legislative
34:43branch has to conf has to approve
34:47that
34:48nomination
34:50and that is true of most federal
34:52appointments that the president makes
34:54how many senators are from each state
34:56how long is their term and why we just
34:58spoke about this there are two senators
35:01from each state we have 50 states
35:03currently so there are 100 members of
35:05the u.s senate their term is six years
35:08and that is so that they can get the
35:10work done learn the ropes and be able to
35:12move things forward in behalf on behalf
35:15of the state they're representing
35:17um and the u.s
35:19how many congress members are from each
35:21state how long is their term and why so
35:23while we have 435 voting members in
35:25congress the number from each state is
35:28varied so if we remember
35:30when the colonies were
35:32establishing the constitution there was
35:35controversy over how how they are
35:38represented how they are represented so
35:41the colonies that had a smaller
35:42population wanted equal representation
35:45they didn't think it was fair that they
35:48would get a few fewer representatives
35:50speaking their voices than some of the
35:52larger population colonies or states so
35:55that is why the senate was formed but
35:57the
35:58larger population states will said well
36:00that's not fair we have three four or
36:03five times as many people as they do in
36:06these small colonies so we want to have
36:08a greater voice so that is why the house
36:11of representatives and i should have
36:12called that house of representatives on
36:14the question that's why the house of
36:16representatives um
36:18has a varied population we remember each
36:21year during the you uh sorry every 10
36:24years there is a u.s census so 2020 will
36:27be a u.s census and that redetermines
36:31how many folks will be from each state
36:33there will always be a constant overall
36:35number of 435 but depending on any
36:39changes in population from state to
36:41state some states might lose a
36:42representative or two and others might
36:44gain if their population increased
36:46significantly
36:48and their term is two years and again
36:49that is so that they stay accountable to
36:52the people that they know that they're
36:53going to have to go up for re-election
36:55very shortly and if they're not
36:56representing the people that in two
36:58years we can get new people who are
37:00better representing our interests
37:02what rights are reserved for u.s
37:04citizens only and we talked about the
37:06three things for u.s citizens run for
37:08federal office vote in a federal
37:10election
37:11and serve on a jury
37:15what are the ways citizens can get
37:16involved with government there are a lot
37:18of them so some examples of that are
37:22lobbying our
37:24our legislative branch or any of our
37:26representatives or even locally you can
37:28do that with your county and and city
37:31representatives you can vote you can run
37:34for office you can join a political
37:36party you can write a letter to the
37:38editor of a newspaper or put postings on
37:42social media that help explain why you
37:44feel a certain way about an issue there
37:46are a lot of very different ways that
37:48you can do that
37:52what our powers reserved to the states
37:54we talked about six powers reserved to
37:56the states so
37:58education
38:00police fire so protection safety
38:04approving zoning and land use
38:06and licensure so driver's license
38:09marriage license et cetera
38:11what documents supported the declaration
38:14of independence
38:15and which documents supported the
38:17ratification of the constitution
38:19so the declaration of independence we
38:21talked about common sense by thomas
38:23paine
38:24and that was written to try to get
38:27folks to declare independence from great
38:30britain the ratification of the
38:32constitution if we remember there were
38:34folks who did not want a strong federal
38:37government or the federalist system that
38:39was being proposed so alexander hamilton
38:42along with adams and john jay wrote the
38:45federalist papers
38:47and the anti-federalists were those that
38:49opposed them but the federalist papers
38:52were documents in support of
38:53ratification of the constitution
38:56okay the equal protection clause that is
38:59in the 14th amendment and that basically
39:02just shows that
39:05the united states cannot make or enforce
39:08laws which deprive any individual of
39:12equal protection under the law and that
39:14is typically um based on things such as
39:18race class
39:19gender ethnicity
39:21ability or disability etc age is another
39:26another one
39:27some of the landmark cases we dealt with
39:29a lot of landmark cases that dealt with
39:31this so brown versus board of education
39:34which talked about separate but equal
39:35was not okay and it was equal protection
39:37based on race
39:39roe v wade talked about this in terms of
39:41reproductive rights in the case bush
39:43versus gore um the equal protection
39:46based on the election recount that he
39:48was uh bush felt that he was not
39:50provided equal protection under the law
39:52because each county had a different
39:55way of recounting the votes
39:58and the university of california versus
40:00becky regions of the university of
40:01california versus backy with rachel
40:03quotas
40:05what is the meaning of consent of the
40:07government and which area of our
40:09government demonstrates this
40:11so consent of the government means that
40:13the authority for the structure of
40:15government we have and and to move
40:17forward to government is given from the
40:19people remember we the people
40:21so that's the self-government um an
40:24example of the government
40:26of this is the house of representatives
40:28where we are electing really locally
40:32eminent domain so we remember this from
40:34hopefully the fifth amendment eminent
40:37domain states that um
40:40the gov it set up the rights for the
40:41government to take private property for
40:44public use and it only allows this if
40:47there is just compensation and we talked
40:50about examples of when that might happen
40:52so
40:53perhaps they when they were building the
40:55railroad system or a highway system or a
40:58water and irrigation system and they
41:00need the land that's on that certain
41:02property
41:03but they cannot take that without
41:05providing just compensation
41:08the neces you can see my nails on here
41:10it was halloween when this was recorded
41:13what is the necessary and proper clause
41:15so this states that congress has the
41:18right to do anything even if it is not
41:20specified
41:22explicitly in the constitution that is
41:24necessary and proper in order for them
41:27to cut to carry out
41:29the rights and responsibilities that are
41:31outlined in the constitution it is also
41:34known as the elastic clause so we talked
41:36about thinking of an elastic band it
41:38gives that elasticity that flexibility
41:40in terms of
41:42being able to conduct the business that
41:44they have to do
41:47next we have
41:49um the supremacy clause so
41:53supremacy clause states that the
41:56um
41:58federal laws are the supreme laws of the
42:00land and they supersede
42:02state laws if they conflict so we
42:04remember we talked about this
42:06in gibbons versus ogden with the
42:08commerce clause that
42:10um
42:12in new york was not allowed to set up
42:15laws that would be conflicting and
42:16impacting interstate trade beyond
42:18what was done for the federal government
42:23and the last question on
42:26here what is the free exercise clause
42:30sorry my list that i have in front of me
42:31is different the free exercise clause
42:33refers to the exercise of the right to
42:35practice any religion or none at all and
42:38it is in the first amendment
42:42all right we're close folks
42:45we're getting there what is the rule of
42:47law
42:49so hopefully you remember the rule of
42:50law which was in the case u.s versus
42:53nixon says that no one is above the law
42:56the constitution is
42:58the supreme law of the land it is rules
43:00that apply to all individuals in the
43:02united states
43:04what is federalism federalism is that
43:06concept that there is shared government
43:10shared power sorry within the government
43:12between federal and state
43:15what is one shared power that is under
43:17our federalist government and that is
43:19the power for taxation so remember we
43:21can be taxed both by the federal
43:23government state government
43:25city county all of that they all tax us
43:30so this isn't a very well boarded
43:32question but just trying to get to the
43:33concept so just what do you know about
43:35the declaration of independence why when
43:38was it signed what are what's in the
43:39first two paragraphs and what language
43:42do you know from it so remember the
43:43declaration of independence was us
43:45declaring our independence from british
43:48role
43:48it was right after the start of the
43:51revolutionary war
43:52signed on the 4th of july hopefully you
43:55remember independence day in
43:571776 and it was we declared our
44:00independence because we did not like
44:02being taxed without representation we
44:04wanted self-government we didn't like
44:07having soldiers quartered in our houses
44:09um
44:10so we remember
44:12some of the language from this
44:15um the first two paragraphs are called
44:17the preamble
44:18and we know these truths to be
44:20self-evident that all men are created
44:23equal
44:24and
44:25there are
44:27certain unalienable rights endowed by
44:29our creator
44:31and the rights to life liberty and the
44:33pursuit of happiness so we talked about
44:35how this language shows that everyone is
44:37born with these rights and everyone has
44:38them unlike in
44:40other countries where there was more of
44:42a caste system that these rights are
44:44across the board for all people
44:47so same questions about the constitution
44:49so why so if we remember we had the
44:52articles of confederation we we won our
44:54independence from great britain and now
44:56we had to establish a structure of
44:58government our first attempt at that
45:01through the articles of confederation
45:02failed because it did not
45:05give a strong enough central government
45:06it had a very weak central government
45:08gave a lot of the rights to the states
45:10and that just was not working
45:12so we wanted to find a better balance
45:14this was signed in 1789
45:17it is considered the supreme law of the
45:19land so when it was first written it was
45:21a bunch of information about our
45:23government
45:24and
45:25it was the marbury versus madison that
45:28showed that yes this is the supreme love
45:30land and we need to follow what's in it
45:32what does it contain we've got the
45:34preamble
45:35with the we the people which sets up the
45:37concept of self-government then it has
45:40the articles seven articles which
45:42describe the structure of government the
45:44functions of each government what they
45:46can the federal government can do
45:48remember if it's not in there then it's
45:50implied that it's a state power
45:53um what language do we know from it
45:56we the people of the united states in
45:57order to form a more perfect union
45:59that's what i remember from it
46:01and we've already spoken
46:04excuse me about the articles of
46:05confederation
46:09it was our original constitution
46:11ratified in 1781 1789 it was scrapped
46:15and we had the regular constitution
46:18okay and we're going to wrap up with
46:20some legal cases here
46:23i can
46:24there there we go
46:27okay so which cases reinforce the power
46:29of the courts and judicial review so
46:32this was marbury versus madison so this
46:35was the case where
46:37jefferson was becoming the third
46:39president and did not want to abide by
46:42some of the things that john adams had
46:44put into place and the supreme court
46:47not only ruled that jefferson had to do
46:49it but that they have the right to make
46:50those decisions
46:52which case protected federal government
46:54rights without interference by a state
46:57which is the implied powers this was in
47:00mcculloch versus maryland so if we
47:02remember
47:03in this case um right after like a
47:06couple of years after the constitution
47:09was it was ratified
47:12they were establishing banks so maryland
47:13was trying to figure out how they were
47:15going to function as a state and they
47:18started in order to create
47:20a
47:22sustainable government in the state of
47:23maryland they started taxing businesses
47:26so the united states set up a u.s bank
47:30in maryland and maryland went and tried
47:32to collect taxes for that from them
47:35and they said you don't have a right to
47:37operate a business on our property
47:38without paying taxes and the supreme
47:40court came back and found that
47:43um although the constitution doesn't
47:46specifically say that states have the
47:48right to
47:49um build
47:51a bank that is an implied power because
47:54they have the right to do things like
47:56collect taxes and
47:59print money
48:00and trade and commerce and all of that
48:03they needed a physical way to be able to
48:05do that which was a bank so it gave the
48:08rights to show because back in 1789 when
48:11the constitution was written they
48:12couldn't account for
48:14every circumstance so these are implied
48:16powers things that are necessary and
48:18proper for congress to be able
48:21and the us government to be able to come
48:23to carry out the things that they are
48:25required to do under the constitution
48:28next question which cases focused on
48:31rights of students so we had several of
48:33them so in two of those cases it dealt
48:36with religious based things so we
48:38remember rv
48:40our little trick so angle versus vital
48:43which said that
48:45students do not have to participate in
48:46non-denominational prayer in school and
48:48in fact that's a violation of the
48:50constitution by having a name
48:52denominational prayer in school and then
48:54in west virginia state board of
48:57education versus barnett
48:59which was the case with the
49:01barnettes were jehovah's witnesses and
49:03they did not want to have to
49:05salute the flag and recite the pledge of
49:08allegiance at school
49:10so those were two that dealt with the
49:11rights of students we also have the
49:14symbolic speech tinker versus des moines
49:16where they were allowed to wear black
49:18armbands as a symbol of protest
49:21um and then we had a couple of cases
49:24where the rights in the schools
49:27were limited for students more than we
49:29hear in any other way typically
49:32um the supreme court's err on the rights
49:34of the individual but in these two cases
49:37um
49:38hazelwood versus cole meyer which dealt
49:40with hazelwood high school principal who
49:43wanted to
49:45limit some of the publication speech
49:47that the students had written in their
49:49student publication and the courts found
49:51that yes the administration does have
49:53the right
49:54if what's being printed is in violation
49:56of the values of the school or is not
49:58appropriate to be written in to protect
50:01the minors there
50:03and then
50:04in new jersey versus tlo
50:07which gate limited the right for
50:10students protection against uh search
50:13and seizures so gave the administration
50:16the
50:16uh rights to search school students
50:19school lockers and school belongings
50:23which case focused on first oh sorry
50:28rights of equal protection
50:33there we go
50:34uh equal protection so that was plessy
50:37versus ferguson which said they didn't
50:39have that they were being protected
50:42separate but equal was okay brown versus
50:44board of education which overturned that
50:46and said brown ver separate but equal is
50:48not okay
50:49um regents of university of california
50:52versus backy dealt with equal protection
50:55that the
50:56white student didn't feel his rights
50:58were being met because
51:00based on his race and then roe versus
51:03wade which cases focused on first
51:05amendment rights
51:07we had six cases so if you remember
51:09citizens united versus the federal
51:11election commission
51:12where hillary rodham clinton did not
51:14want to have the video shown and she
51:17said one that it couldn't be shown that
51:18close to the democratic national
51:20convention and second that the way that
51:23the video was funded
51:25um was in violation of
51:28of her rights
51:29or was inappropriate and the court found
51:32that they were allowed to show the video
51:34that it was first amendment right to
51:35show that and that the video
51:38who how
51:40individuals or companies or unions
51:43decide to use their money is considered
51:45protected speech
51:48also um the two
51:50religious cases so
51:53engel versus vitale and west virginia
51:55board of education versus burnett
51:57hazelwood versus kohlmeyer which we also
51:59just spoke about with the school
52:01newspaper or publication and then the
52:03two symbolic speech so texas versus
52:06johnson with the flag burning and tinker
52:08versus des moines
52:10second amendment we only had one case
52:11dealing with second amendment
52:14two letters dc dc versus heller so
52:17remember heller wanted um to have his
52:20have a gun in his home
52:22and they had a law in dc at the time
52:25that you were only allowed to have a
52:26rifle or shotgun and that it had to be
52:28uh disassembled and the ammunition
52:31couldn't be there and it showed that not
52:33only could he have the gun and have it
52:35accessible
52:36but it showed that the the supreme court
52:39was deciding that the second amendment
52:41was also allowing residents to protect
52:44their basic rights
52:45it wasn't just to establish a militia
52:48which cases focused on the fourth
52:50amendment rights against illegal
52:52searches versus seizure so we had two
52:54cases
52:55fourth amendment map mapp has four
52:58letters versus ohio has four letters so
53:00we remember that was the home where the
53:03police officers pretended to have a
53:05warrant when they went back um so that
53:07case was thrown out because of illegal
53:09search and seizure but then in new
53:11jersey versus tlo in the school setting
53:13search and seizure was a little bit more
53:15lenient
53:17the next case six uh sixth amendment
53:19right to an attorney so miranda versus
53:21arizona said you have the right to an
53:23attorney and then gideon versus
53:25wainwright said if you cannot afford an
53:27attorney one will be provided for you
53:30a couple more here guys
53:32last two which case focused on
53:34interstate trade interstate trade was
53:36gibbons versus ogden so remember in the
53:39new york harbor in between new york and
53:40new jersey new york uh was they set up
53:44almost a monopoly there on the trade and
53:46then in new jersey they wanted to have
53:48their trade and the um this focused on
53:52the commerce clause of the constitution
53:54which said the u.s government has the
53:56right to determine
53:58um
53:59what is appropriate for interstate and
54:01interstate commerce
54:04and finally which case focused on
54:05implied powers of the us constitution
54:08that is mcculloch versus maryland we
54:09just talked about the banking that the
54:12even though the u.s constitution doesn't
54:14specifically state that the government
54:17has the right to set up banks it is part
54:19of the necessary and proper clause and
54:21implied power they need it to do
54:23business
54:24so that was a lot of information i
54:26appreciate you being with us and
54:28participating in these workshops
54:30i wish you the best of luck as you take
54:33your
54:34civic literacy exam i know that you have
54:36the information you will pass it not
54:39only with the 60 probably with even far
54:41more than you need but just relax take a
54:44deep breath the worst thing that can
54:46happen is you don't pass it and you
54:48could take it again even as soon as the
54:50next day it is free and you will do well
54:53i thank you for watching if you do have
54:55any feedback on any of these workshops i
54:58encourage you to email
55:00me our email is stay at
55:03fau.edu that is we want you to stay in
55:06school so
55:07s-t-a-y
55:09at fau.edu
55:12tell me what was helpful in the
55:13workshops tell me what we could change
55:15and would be more helpful for you and
55:17finally send me that exciting note that
55:20you passed the civic literacy test and
55:22once you've taken it if there's anything
55:23else that i could have done in these
55:24workshops to better prepare you thank
55:27you and have a great afternoon
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