Civics trivia

Presented by the League of Women Voters.

True or False

1. The term for senators is four years.

2. Alaska has only one member in the House of Representatives.

3. Legal residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands are U.S. citizens

Last week’s answers:

1. Even after the Stamp and Townsend Acts were repealed, ending many of the

taxes on American Colonists, the British Parliament continued taxing what lucrative

good?

Answer: C. Tea. Factoid: The Colonists drank nearly 1.2 million pounds of tea each year.

2. What does the acronym POTUS stand for?

Answer: C. President of the United States.

3. What court case was the first to establish the power of judicial review?

Answer: B. Marbury v. Madison.