Practice Quiz
Chapter 18:
1. Which of the following are reasons as to why the liberties claimed by some people
become major issues?
I.
The free exercise clause
II.
Bill of Rights and the Constitution contain competing rights and duties
III.
Political culture of the US sparks cultural conflicts
IV.
The exclusionary rule
V.
Policy entrepreneurs are most successful during crises, when efforts are
directed at restricting the liberty of some minority
a. V
b. I, IV
c. II, III, V
d. III, IV
e. none
2. Who was the great American jurist who expressed the traditional view of free speech
and free press in his Commentaries published in 1765?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. William Blackstone
c. Joseph R. McCarthy
d. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
3. All of the following are examples of how war has facilitated entrepreneurial politics
aimed at restricting the liberty of some minority except…..
a. The Espionage and Sedition Acts passed in 1917-1918
b. The Smith Act of 1940
c. The Communist Control Act of 1954
d. The Miranda Rule
e. The Sedition Act of 1798
4. The American method is dealing with crime is the _____________ which calls for
______________.
a. method used in most democratic nations….the police introducing in court
evidence relevant to the guilt or innocence of a person, no matter how it is
obtained and then, after the case is settled, punish the police officer if the
evidence was gathered improperly
b. exclusionary rule…. evidence gathered in violation of the Constitution cannot be
used in a trial
c. method used in most democratic nations…. Evidence gathered in violation of the
Constitution cannot be used in a trial
d. exclusionary rule…. the police introducing in court evidence relevant to the guilt
or innocence of a person, no matter how it is obtained and then, after the case is
settled, punish the police officer if the evidence was gathered improperly
5. Which of the following statements concerning McCarthyism is incorrect?
a. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin was a liberal so conservatives today
are often quick to denounce liberal attacks on them as “McCarthyism.”
b. McCarthy began making long series of unsubstantiated charges that people
working for various government agencies were communists
c. The term became a synonym for “character assassination”
d. Began in 1950
e. Anyone who makes a charge that unfairly impugns the motives, attacks the
patriotism, or violates the rights of individuals is often criticized as engaging in
McCarthyism
6. Which act made it a crime to utter false statements that would interfere with the
American military, to send through the mails material “advocating of urging treason,
insurrection, or forcible resistance to any law of the United States?”
a. The Sedition Act of 1789
b. The Smith Act of 1940
c. The Espionage and Sedition Act of 1917
d. The Internal Control Act of 1960
e. The F.O.L.E. Act of 1975
7. What court case did the Supreme Court decide unanimously in favor of the
newspaper, that the First Amendment prohibits the state form intruding into the function
of editors?
a. Eznoznik v. Jacksonville
b. Greer v. Spock
c. Linmark Associates Inc. v. Willingboro
d. Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
e. Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
8. Which of the following statements about the Miranda Rules is incorrect?
a. Police read these rules routinely to people who are arrested
b. The rule was extended to mean that you have a right to a lawyer when you appear
in a police lineup and when you are questioned by a psychiatrist to determine
whether you are competent to stand trial
c. Cases such as Miranda were very controversial and led to efforts in Congress to
modify or overrule the decisions by statute without much coming of the attempts
d. One does have a right in a Miranda warning
e. The Miranda rule led to the establishment of the good-faith exception
9. Which act led to provisions in telephone taps, internet taps, voicemail, grand jury
information, immigration, money laundering, and crime?
a. The USA Patriot Act
b. The F.O.L.E. Act of 1975
c. The Smith Act of 1940
d. The Internal Act of 1960
e. The Sedition Act of 1789
10. With scarcely any exceptions, the Court will not tolerate a ____________ on
expression, such as censorship, even when it will allow subsequent punishment of
improper expression.
a. Preferred position
b. Prior restraint
c. Existential priority
d. Neutrality and clarity
e. Least means
Free Response
Approximately a month after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 Congress passed
a new law, the USA Patriot Act. Explain the purpose, main provisions in the act, and
how these new rules are viewed by civil liberty advocates.
Chapter 19
1.
What did the Brown vs. Board of Education case accomplish?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Supreme Court decision overturned Plessy.
Restaurant segregation abolished
Segregation altogether abolished
Board of education countersued Brown
2.
What is the civil rights issue?
a. Whether or not government has the authority to treat people
differently
b. Whether or not the government can be biased in the decision
based on race
c. Whether or not differences in treatment are reasonable
d. Whether or not similarities in treatment are reasonable
3.
What is the NAACP?
a. The National Association for the Abolition of Circular Prostitution
b. The National Association of Additional Civic Pulleys
c.
d.
The National Association of Able Circus Performers
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
4.
What was the rationale for the decision of the Brown vs. Board of
Education Case?
a. Brown was very persuasive
b. Segregation was detrimental
c. Fourteenth Amendment was not necessarily intended to abolish
segregated schools so it relied on social science
d. Both B and C
e. Both A and D
f. All of the above
g. None of the above
5.
What did the opponents of racial profiling claim?
a. Racial profiling is acceptable
b. Racial Profiling is normal
c. Racial profiling is inherently discriminatory
d. Racial profiling is for everyone who likes to have fun
6.
What did the proponents of racial profiling claim?
a. It’s true
b. It’s disgusting
c. Who cares what they think
d. What does it matter
7.
Which is a prohibited gender-based difference?
a. Statutory rape
b. Drinking Age
c. Delayed promotions of the Navy
d. All one sex schools
8.
When was the Roe vs. Wade case?
a. 1976
b. 1973
c. 1972
d.
9.
10.
1975
During which trimester is the abortion ban possible?
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
Where is it allowed to exclude people with whom you disagree?
a. Newark
b. New York
c. Philadelphia
d. Washington
e. Boston
Free Response question
Should the government have the power to restrict the opportunity to have and
abortion?
Answer Key
1. Which of the following are reasons as to why the liberties claimed by some people
become major issues?
VI.
The free exercise clause
VII. Bill of Rights and the Constitution contain competing rights and duties
VIII. Political culture of the US sparks cultural conflicts
IX.
The exclusionary rule
X.
Policy entrepreneurs are most successful during crises, when efforts are
directed at restricting the liberty of some minority
a. V
b. I, IV
c. II, III, V
d. III, IV
e. none
2. Who was the great American jurist who expressed the traditional view of free speech
and free press in his Commentaries published in 1765?
e. Thomas Jefferson
f. William Blackstone
g. Joseph R. McCarthy
h. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
3. All of the following are examples of how war has facilitated entrepreneurial politics
aimed at restricting the liberty of some minority except…..
f. The Espionage and Sedition Acts passed in 1917-1918
g. The Smith Act of 1940
h. The Communist Control Act of 1954
i. The Miranda Rule
j. The Sedition Act of 1798
4. The American method is dealing with crime is the _____________ which calls for
______________.
e. method used in most democratic nations….the police introducing in court
evidence relevant to the guilt or innocence of a person, no matter how it is
obtained and then, after the case is settled, punish the police officer if the
evidence was gathered improperly
f. exclusionary rule…. evidence gathered in violation of the Constitution cannot
be used in a trial
g. method used in most democratic nations…. Evidence gathered in violation of the
Constitution cannot be used in a trial
h. exclusionary rule…. the police introducing in court evidence relevant to the guilt
or innocence of a person, no matter how it is obtained and then, after the case is
settled, punish the police officer if the evidence was gathered improperly
5. Which of the following statements concerning McCarthyism is incorrect?
f. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin was a liberal so conservatives
today are often quick to denounce liberal attacks on them as
“McCarthyism.”
g. McCarthy began making long series of unsubstantiated charges that people
working for various government agencies were communists
h. The term became a synonym for “character assassination”
i. Began in 1950
j. Anyone who makes a charge that unfairly impugns the motives, attacks the
patriotism, or violates the rights of individuals is often criticized as engaging in
McCarthyism
6. Which act made it a crime to utter false statements that would interfere with the
American military, to send through the mails material “advocating of urging treason,
insurrection, or forcible resistance to any law of the United States?”
f. The Sedition Act of 1789
g. The Smith Act of 1940
h. The Espionage and Sedition Act of 1917
i. The Internal Control Act of 1960
j. The F.O.L.E. Act of 1975
7. What court case did the Supreme Court decide unanimously in favor of the
newspaper, that the First Amendment prohibits the state form intruding into the function
of editors?
f. Eznoznik v. Jacksonville
g. Greer v. Spock
h. Linmark Associates Inc. v. Willingboro
i. Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
j. Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
8. Which of the following statements about the Miranda Rules is incorrect?
f. Police read these rules routinely to people who are arrested
g. The rule was extended to mean that you have a right to a lawyer when you appear
in a police lineup and when you are questioned by a psychiatrist to determine
whether you are competent to stand trial
h. Cases such as Miranda were very controversial and led to efforts in Congress to
modify or overrule the decisions by statute without much coming of the attempts
i. One does have a right in a Miranda warning
j. The Miranda rule led to the establishment of the good-faith exception
9. Which act led to provisions in telephone taps, internet taps, voicemail, grand jury
information, immigration, money laundering, and crime?
f. The USA Patriot Act
g. The F.O.L.E. Act of 1975
h. The Smith Act of 1940
i. The Internal Act of 1960
j. The Sedition Act of 1789
10. With scarcely any exceptions, the Court will not tolerate a ____________ on
expression, such as censorship, even when it will allow subsequent punishment of
improper expression.
f. Preferred position
g. Prior restraint
h. Existential priority
i. Neutrality and clarity
j. Least means
Free Response
Approximately a month after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 Congress passed
a new law, the USA Patriot Act. Explain the purpose, main provisions in the act, and
how these new rules are viewed by civil liberty advocates.
A. Purpose
1. Increase federal power to investigate terrorists
2. Allow military to try some of the men captured by the US
military during its campaign in Afghanistan against the Taliban
B. Main Provisions
1. Telephone taps- The government may tap, if it has a court order,
any telephone a suspect uses instead of having to get a separate
order fir each telephone
2. Internet taps- Government may tap with a court order, Internet
communications
3. Grand jury information- Investigators can now share with other
government officials things learned in secret grand jury hearings
4. Immigration- The attorney general may hold any non-citizen
who is thought to be a national security risk for up to seven days.
If the alien cannot be charged with a crime or deported within
that times, he or she may still be detained if he or she is certified
to be a security risk
5. Money laundering- The government gets new powers to track the
movement of money across US borders and among banks
6. Crime- eliminates the statute of limitation on terrorist crimes and
increase the penalties
C. Reactions
1. Many measures criticized by civil liberties organizations
2. Provisions may be challenged in court
3. Certain provisions would automatically expire in 2005- seizing
voicemail in pursuance of a court order
Chapter 19:
2.
What did the Brown vs. Board of Education case accomplish?
e.
f.
g.
h.
Supreme Court decision overturned Plessy.
Restaurant segregation abolished
Segregation altogether abolished
Board of education countersued Brown
3.
What is the civil rights issue?
a. Whether or not government has the authority to treat people
differently
b. Whether or not the government can be biased in the decision
based on race
c. Whether or not differences in treatment are reasonable
d. Whether or not similarities in treatment are reasonable
4.
What is the NAACP?
a. The National Association for the Abolition of Circular Prostitution
b. The National Association of Additional Civic Pulleys
c. The National Association of Able Circus Performers
d. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
5.
What was the rationale for the decision of the Brown vs. Board of
Education Case?
a. Brown was very persuasive
b. Segregation was detrimental
c. Fourteenth Amendment was not necessarily intended to abolish
segregated schools so it relied on social science
d. Both B and C
e. Both A and D
f. All of the above
g. None of the above
6.
What did the opponents of racial profiling claim?
a. Racial profiling is acceptable
b. Racial Profiling is normal
c. Racial profiling is inherently discriminatory
d.
Racial profiling is for everyone who likes to have fun
7.
What did the proponents of racial profiling claim?
a. It’s true
b. It’s disgusting
c. Who cares what they think
d. What does it matter
8.
Which is a prohibited gender-based difference?
a. Statutory rape
b. Drinking Age
c. Delayed promotions of the Navy
d. All one sex schools
9.
When was the Roe vs. Wade case?
a. 1976
b. 1973
c. 1972
d. 1975
10.
During which trimester is the abortion ban possible?
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
11.
Where is it allowed to exclude people with whom you disagree?
a. Newark
b. New York
c. Philadelphia
d. Washington
e. Boston