Quiz: By the People: How Ohio Citizens Better Their Communities Through Direct Action

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Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants all rights to citizens and states that haven’t been given to the federal government?

____X___ Tenth Amendment

________ First Amendment

________ Sixth Amendment

________ Eighth Amendment

Can the U.S. DOT keep federal highway funding from communities that demonstrate a racial bias?

___X___ True

_______ False

This city was first to pass an ordinance protecting workers against wage theft by employers.

___X___ Cincinnati

_______ Cleveland

_______ Youngstown

_______ Dayton

Citizens who feel local government records are being withheld from the public can petition:

___X___ Ohio Court of Claims

_______ County Clerk of Courts

_______ Federal authorities

_______ Governor’s office

Which organization assists citizens in taking direct action on nearly any community issue?

___X___ Ohio Citizen Action

_______ American Civil Liberties Union

_______ Environmental Defense Fund

                   _______ Common Cause

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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