Answers for Civics Essential quiz: Agreeing to disagree

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ANSWERS
 

To help clarify the tone of what you’re saying on social media____

__X__ Use appropriate emojis.

____ Use capital letters.

____ Use lots of exclamation marks.

____ Use acronyms everyone knows.
 

The National Institute for Civil Discourse was created in response to______

___X__ the Tucson, Arizona shooting that left six people dead.

_____ the failure of the impeachment trial.

_____ the growing divide on social media.

_____ calls for unity in Congress.
 

In traditional rhetoric, “agreeing to disagree” means _____

__X___continuing the dialogue while recognizing obstacles .

_____ putting an end to a debate.

_____ stop communicating with someone stubborn.

_____ there’s no point in continuing the discussion.
 

Labeling the other political party as enemies is a form of:

__X__ tribalism.

_____ political campaigning.

_____ trolling.

_____ gaslighting.
 

In his first inaugural speech, Abraham Lincoln dared the South to secede.

_____ True ___X___ False*

 

*Lincoln pleaded for unity even after seven states had already seceded.

Support for Ohio Civics Essential is provided by a strategic grant from the Ohio State Bar Foundation to improve civics knowledge of Ohio adults.

The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Ohio State Bar Foundation.

 
Author

Jim DeBrosse is the project editor of Ohio Civics Essential, author of five books, a contributing writer for Cincinnati Magazine, and an award-winning newspaper reporter and columnist. Until he retired in 2018, he was a journalism teacher at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. As part of his commitment to social justice, he co-founded a news website devoted to workplace fairness and equal opportunity, "Cincinnatians for the American Dream." He lives in Cincinnati's historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood where he volunteers as a tutor at Rothenberg Academy.

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