Two civic-minded reasons to get involved in politics are it can you get a great job. it will get you close to political power in washington. you can learn about how government works first-hand and be able to make informed decisions at the polls. our society needs trained leaders to serve in government and private institutions. you can gain a reparation for being noble.

Two civic-minded reasons to get involved in politics are:

C. You can learn about how government works first-hand and be able to make informed decisions at the polls.

D. Our society needs trained leaders to serve in government and private institutions.

Examine carefully the other options. All of them point to self-interested motives, rather than civic-minded motives. Choice A says YOU want to get a great job. Choice B has YOU wanting to get close to political power (and thus have some power yourself). Choice E wants to pad YOUR personal reputation. Those are, ultimately, self-oriented motives.

Civic-mindedness has to do with serving as a citizen on behalf of other citizens and the society in which you all share. Civic-minded motives are those which are not about yourself, but demonstrate commitment to the public good and to your fellow human beings in society.

Choices C and D are the options that show genuine civic-mindedness.

abraham lincoln, according to anyone who was connected with agriculture, represented the worst of northern politicians. shortly after lincoln was elected, south carolina seceded from the union. they along with other southern states, retained their anger. in a way, it was their own fault: the democrats were split in the south. some wanted slavery to be extended in other states that were about to join the union and some didn't want it badly enough. lincoln had a solid backing from his party: the republicans were united in not wanting slavery to be expanded.

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.