American Government
Mr. Bekemeyer
Civil Liberties (4), Civil Rights (5), and the Judiciary (16)
(Day SEVEN Review)
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that BEST completes the
statement or answers the question. (1 point each)
Civil Liberties
1.
Which of the following arguments represents the best reason why a bill of rights was added to
the Constitution?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
2.
Which of the following decisions made by Chief Justice John Marshall’s Court established the
principle that the Bill of Rights only applied to the federal government?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
3.
Marbury v Madison
McCulloch v Maryland
Gibbons v Ogden
Barron v Baltimore
Fletcher v Peck
The Supreme Court decision Gitlow v New York established the principle that
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
4.
The Federalists believed that the central government would not protect the citizens.
The Anti-Federalists believed that the masses needed to know what their rights were.
Ratification of the Constitution including a bill of rights was supported by both the
Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
Key states insisted on a bill of rights prior to approving the Constitution.
The Anti-Federalists felt that the Constitution alone protected citizens from abuses of the
central government.
there was no relationship between the Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights.
free speech was not protected by the Bill of Rights in state cases.
incorporation of the Bill of Rights in state cases was allowed.
there was an indirect relationship between the Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of
Rights.
judicial Review could take place in state cases by the Supreme Court.
The establishment clause of the First Amendment speaks of
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
an officially sanctioned nonsectarian religion for the United States.
a wall of separation between church and state.
government not being able to accommodate religion in public places.
government agencies creating watchdog committees to prevent religion infringement in
the schools.
the passage of the equal access law.
5.
Which of the following Supreme Court cases established the “clear and present danger”
doctrine?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
6.
The terms prior review and prior restraint refer to which of the following constitutional
principles?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
7.
(E)
religious speech.
symbolic speech.
government accommodation of speech.
(D)
(E)
active speech.
fighting words.
Critics of the Brady Bill and the 1994 Crime Bill point to which of the following principles?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
11.
schools can act in loco parentis.
student rights did not stop at the schoolhouse gates.
principals have the right to censor student publications.
student symbolic speech may be censored by school officials even if it does not create a
disruption.
principals have the right to suspend students without a hearing.
The principle established in the Supreme Court case of Texas v Johnson was based on
(A)
(B)
(C)
10.
there is unfair government interference regarding free speech.
the government is acting properly in due process case.
there are illegal tactics used by PACs.
death penalty convictions are fair and reasonable
legislation that deals with religion creates illegal government interference.
The principle established by the Supreme Court in the case of Tinker v Des Moines states that
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
9.
freedom of the press
freedom of speech
freedom of assembly
due process
freedom of petition one’s grievances
The Lemon test is used to determine if
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
8.
Schenck v United States
Texas v Johnson
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Abrams v New York
Tinker v Des Moines
the due process guarantees of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
Congress having broad power to regulate guns
property rights of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
the right to bear arms section of the Second Amendment
the cruel and unusual punishment provision of the Eighth Amendment
In the case of Mapp v Ohio, the Supreme Court established
(A)
(B)
(C)
the exclusionary rule of evidence.
the bad tendency doctrine.
the stop and frisk rule of evidence.
(D)
(E)
the fighting words doctrine.
the prurient interest principle.
12.
Which of the following cases used the Ninth Amendment as a constitutional argument?
(A)
(B)
(C)
13.
Collins v Smith
Engle v Vitale
habeas corpus.
speedy trial.
a jury made up of different ethnic groups.
(D)
(E)
formal indictment.
right to an attorney.
The intent of the decision made in Miranda v Arizona was
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
15.
(D)
(E)
All the following steps are part of procedural due process EXCEPT
(A)
(B)
(C)
14.
Griswold v Connecticut
Cox v New Hampshire
Roe v Wade
the guarantee to accused persons that law enforcement agencies videotape confessions.
to tie the hands of the police after they arrest a suspect.
to allow federal government to tighten its criminal laws.
to allow the state governments to obtain confessions more easily.
to guarantee due process rights of the accused.
The “right to die” is an implicit right found in which part of the Constitution?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
the elastic clause
the due process clause
the Fourteenth Amendment
the Ninth Amendment
the Fifth Amendment
Civil Rights
1.
Which of the following historical events advanced the intent of the Fourteenth Amendment?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
2.
Which of the following judicial principles reduced the impact of the Fourteenth Amendment?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
3.
reasonable classification of race.
the rational basis test.
the strict scrutiny test.
the suspect class test.
the police power of states.
Which of the following represents a legal different between de facto and de jure segregation?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
6.
incorporation principle
clear and present danger
separation of powers
the reserved power clause
the elastic clause
All of the following criteria were used to establish the nationalization of the Fourteenth
Amendment EXECPT
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
5.
separate but equal
all deliberate speed
equal protection under the law
privileges and immunities of people
habeas corpus
Which of the following doctrines made the Bill of Rights applicable to the states?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
4.
Jim Crow laws
black codes
grandfather voting laws
literacy voting tests
civil rights acts
De facto segregation has been made illegal.
De jure segregation is legal.
De jure segregation is illegal based on Supreme Court decisions.
De facto segregation is supported by real estate agents.
De jure segregation was overturned by the Plessy v Ferguson decision.
Which of the following constitutional provisions had been used to strike down discrimination in
public accommodations?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Tenth Amendment’s reserve power clause
Article I Section 8’s commerce clause
First Amendment’s right to assemble
affirmative action law
Fifteenth Amendment’s suffrage clause
7.
A major impact of the Bakke decision was that
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
8.
All the following criteria represent procedures used for evaluating the legitimacy of affirmative
action programs EXCEPT
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
9.
11.
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
Equal Rights Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment
The Feminine Mystique
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
Which of the following furthered the cause of civil rights for women?
I.
II.
III.
IV.
The Brandeis Brief submitted in the case of Muller v Oregon
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Decisions of the Court regarding the issue of comparable worth
Medium scrutiny standard established in judicial decisions
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
I only
II only
II and III only
I, II, III only
II, III, IV only
Which of the following cases helped further civil rights for students?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
12.
a scrutiny test based on racial classification.
affirmative action programs based strictly on quotas.
states taking action based on evidence that past discriminatory practice existed.
affirmative action remedies must be based on specific remedies.
affirmative action programs must be based on narrowly tailored principles.
“The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations [in the past] of man
toward women.”
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
10.
racial quotas were legal.
racial preferences for minority groups were illegal.
reverse discrimination based on quotas was illegal.
affirmative action programs sponsored by the government were illegal.
affirmative action programs sponsored by the states were illegal.
Tinker v Des Moines
Hazelwood v Kuhlmeir
New Jersey v TLO
Bethel v Frasier
Cleveland Board of Education v Lafleur
Discrimination in the workplace has been made illegal by all the following EXECEPT
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Supreme Court decision in Craig v Boren
Supreme Court decision in Dothard v Rawlinson
Supreme Court decision in UAW v Johnson
passage of Proposition 187
The Judiciary
1.
Judicial authority extends to issues dealing with all the following areas EXECPT
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
2.
Which of the following represents the best example of a case dealing with original jurisdiction?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
3.
judicial precedent
contract issues
judicial restraint
habeas corpus
judicial activism
Which of the following actions requires senatorial courtesy?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
5.
A review of New York and New Jersey arguing over property rights related to Ellis
Island
an appeal by a convict on death row
a review of the constitutionality of a school district allowing prayer at a graduation
ceremony
a review of President Nixon’s decision not to turn over the Watergate tapes to Congress
a review of a federal law mandating affirmative action in industries that have contracts
with the government
Which of the following principles does common law rely on?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
4.
common law.
equity.
civil law.
criminal law.
pending legislation.
A bill introduced by a senator from one state must get agreement from the other senator
in that state.
Members of the same party agree on the order of legislation.
Senators from the state in which a judicial appointment is being made by the president
are informed of who the candidate is prior to the actual appointment.
The majority leader of the Senate informs the minority leader who he is appointing as
committee appointment.
The president informs the chairman of the Judiciary Committee of a Supreme Court
nominee prior to the announcement.
Which of the following committees is responsible for reviewing Supreme Court nominees?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
House Judiciary
Senate Judiciary
House Rules
Senate Appropriations
House Ways and Means
6.
Acceptance of a writ of certiorari is based on all the following criteria EXCEPT
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
7.
Which represents a major reason for the submission of an amicus curiae brief?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
8.
William Rehnquist
Roger Taney
San Antonio v Rodriguez.
Plessy v Ferguson.
New Jersey v TLO.
(D)
(E)
Dred Scott v Sanford.
Brown v Board of Education.
John Marshall
Roger Taney
Warren Burger
(D)
(E)
William Rehnquist
Earl Warren
Critics of judicial activism would favor a Supreme Court that would
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
12.
(D)
(E)
The Court of which of the following Chief Justices is best known for exercising judicial
restraint?
(A)
(B)
(C)
11.
John Roberts
Earl Warren
Warren Burger
An example of a decision that would be classified as activist by conservatives is
(A)
(B)
(C)
10.
The Court must rely on precedent cases.
A friend of the court wishes to provide additional information to the Court.
Lower courts must provide transcripts of its decisions.
The Supreme Court requires related interests in the case to submit briefs.
The brief from the petitioner provides amended information about the case.
The Court of which of the following Chief Justices handed down the most activist decisions?
(A)
(B)
(C)
9.
a vote by three Supreme Court justices.
a court decision that conflicts with precedent.
a court of appeals decision that conflicts with another court of appeals decision.
inconsistencies between courts of different states.
a split decision in the court of appeals.
give greater protection to the accused.
expand civil rights.
act as a watchdog over the other branches of government.
increase the power of the federal government.
allow the president to influence the opinion of the Court.
Critics of judicial restraint would favor a Supreme Court that would
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
create new precedent.
decrease the power of the federal government.
decrease the power of the state governments.
only agree to hear a limited number of cases.
uphold precedent.