Civics Quiz!

[Kulindahr]

Hawaii.


And I want to take issue with the claim that the formation of West Virginia was unconstitutional: there's no provision that says the people of one section of a state can't decide they want to separate and form their own state. That was the whole basis of the "Free State of Jefferson" movement in northern California -- something I wish would have succeeded, to cut that state down in size.

 

[Kulindahr]

If we want to talk about legitimate states,what about one that becomes a state by flooding it with Americans, letting corporation acquire huge tracts of land, dropping in the military, and then asking if they'd want to be a state?

 

[frankfrank]

That's Hawai'i too, right?

Except that being a state was far off in the eventualities...

[EDIT] AH! It was California!! There's gold in dem dar hills...

 

[Kulindahr]

That's Hawai'i too, right?

Except that being a state was far off in the eventualities...

[EDIT] AH! It was California!! There's gold in dem dar hills...

It was Hawaii. California got flooded by Americans because of gold. Hawaii was flooded with Americans as a deliberate policy, while its native culture was suborned by 'missionaries' who were cultural imperialists more than they were Christians.

 

[construct]

Why is Toriko being quoted as ICO7?

 

[Kulindahr]

Why is Toriko being quoted as ICO7?

It's a rift in the space-time continuum.

Quick, somebody get the Enterprise!

 

[frankfrank]

[@ construct] Previous username. You probably didn't notice how old this thread is, but I thought it was cool and I went ahead and dug it out of the cobwebs.

 

[construct]

[@ construct] Previous username. You probably didn't notice how old this thread is, but I thought it was cool and I went ahead and dug it out of the cobwebs.

Now I see. You're right; it's an interesting thread. I suspected that the questions turned on some sort of "technicalities," but the answers have been very interesting indeed.

 

[RobinGoodfellow]

I'm saddened that they forget all about the Constitution entirely. If they knew it, they would be aware of Article IV, Section 4... and that's three times I've cited the Constitution in this thread.

1) Actually, the article merely guarantees each state a republican form of government; it doesn't define the kind of government for the US as a whole as republican.

2) If you really want to get down to semantics, the general form of government is a republic and the specific form is "representative democracy". So "democracy" is actually the more correct (specific usually overrules generally). FWIW

RG

 

[White Eagle]

Alright here are a few for you:

Of the thirteen original colonies, which state was the first to declare its independence from Mother England -- a full six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Name the state that six flags have flown over and the EIGHT changes of government beginning in 1519:

Which current state was previously an independent nation from 1836 to 1845

Where is the highest Mountian Peak in the lower 48, and what is it’s name?

Where is the largest landlocked harbor in the U.S. name the state and the harbor.

Who offered Russian two cents an acre for land and when, and what state did that land become and when?

the question is, what is Texas? but I'd be wrong. Only one is Texas, 6 flags! and a republic

 

[Kulindahr]

The initial method of choosing the president and vice-president from amongst the electoral college was flawed. Parties had to plan for the elections of their candidates, and as happened in 1800, if they screwed up, the election was tossed out of their hands and a mixed-party administration would win the election. See 12th Amendment to the Constitution.

I had a history prof who called this the "statesmanship assumption" -- that two men who were of sufficient stature to be elected president and vice president would put aside their differences and work together for the good of the nation.