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Which Amendment provides that "no persons shall be compelled in any criminal case to testify against themselves," that is, to submit to self-incrimination? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------The Fifth Amendment Which founding document directly influenced the American Bill of Rights (1791)? ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------English Declaration of Rights (1689) Which feature of the Constitution did the Anti-Federalists fear would lead to the emergence of tyranny? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------the provisions that created a government without direct responsibility to the citizens During the ratification process of the Constitution, two major camps emerged: the _______ who opposed ratification, and ______ who supported its ratification. ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Anti-Federalists, Federalists The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the Constitution because they were afraid that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties. They favored all of the following EXCEPT: -----CORRECT ANSWER- --------------the indirect election of government officials To appease some of the fears of the Anti-Federalists and to ensure the ratification of the Constitution, the Federalists promised that they would: -----CORRECT ANSWER---------- -----add amendments specifically protecting individual liberties
Which of the following cases established the precedent that the Supreme Court has the power of judicial review? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Marbury v. Madison 1803 Which of the following cases established the precedent that the U.S. Congress had the power to establish a bank based on the necessary and proper clause? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------McCullough v. Maryland 1819 Which of the following cases limited power held by the states: -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857 and U.S. v. Nixon 1971 Which of the following cases rule that states could not put limits on abortion access in the first trimester of pregnancy: -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Roe v. Wade 1973 Which of the following cases established a right to privacy in the marital bedroom: ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Griswold v. Connecticut 1965 Which of the following cases ruled evidence of crime collected outside of the parameters of the search cannot be used in court: -----CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Mapp v. Ohio 1961 Which of the following cases required states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who cannot afford their own: -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 Which of the following cases required state law enforcement to read suspects their constitutional rights before custodial interrogation: -----CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Miranda v. Arizona 1966
What aspect of the U.S. Constitution was influenced by Montesquieu? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Separation of powers For what purpose were the Federalist Papers written? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------- -----To support ratification of the Constitution and explain its commitment to limited government. What did the anti-Federalist want the Constitution to include? -----CORRECT ANSWER- --------------A bill of rights What rights are listed in the Declaration of Independence? -----CORRECT ANSWER----- ----------Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness For what purpose did Thomas Paine write Common Sense? -----CORRECT ANSWER-- -------------To encourage the colonists to demand independence from Great Britain Which of the following were thought to be weaknesses of the government laid out by the Articles of Confederation? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------no power to tax and no executive or judiciary A state that permits citizens to vote directly on laws and policies is practicing a form of: - ----CORRECT ANSWER---------------direct democracy An individual's belief that ordinary citizens can affect what government does is: ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------political efficacy The principle that authority of the government rests in the hands of the people is: ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------popular sovereignty
The "rule of law" is best described as: -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------citizens are governed by laws; no one is above the law In the U.S., voters chose representatives from the state to represent them in the U.S. Congress. This is known as: -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------indirect democracy Which of the following are reserved for U.S. citizens only? -----CORRECT ANSWER----- ----------voting, serving on a jury, and holding federal office Which of the following best are the two dominant political parties in the U.S. ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Democrats and Republicans In general, the Republican party is ideologically -----CORRECT ANSWER--------------- conservative Who is responsible for registering voters in the state of Florida? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------a county supervisor of elections Who is the chief executive in a state? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------the governor Congress creates laws, but those laws can be vetoed by the president or overturned by the Supreme Court. This is an example of a Constitutional principle known as: ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Checks and Balances Articles one, two, and three in the Constitution reflect which constitutional principle: ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------separation of powers
representation in the Senate. This feature of Congress is a result of: -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------The Great Compromise During the ratification of the Constitution, Federalists eventually agreed to support further ratification of ten amendments to the Constitution in order to appease Anti- Federalists' fears of an overwhelming national government that could impinge upon personal liberties. The first ten amendments to the Constitution are collectively known as the: -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Bill of Rights Signing a petition in support or in opposition to pending legislation is an exercise of which Amendment? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------The First Amendment The Fourth Amendment: -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------prevents "unreasonable searches and seizures," and requires authorities to show probable cause to obtain warrants to search dwellings and seize property. Which of the following cases established the "separate but equal" precedent? ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Plessy v Ferguson 1896 Which of the following cases overturned the "separate but equal" precedent in education? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Brown v. Board of Education 1954 Which of the following cases focused on the fourteenth amendment? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Plessy v Ferguson 1896 and Brown v. Board of Education 1954 Which of the following cases limited state endorsed religious prayer in public schools? -- ---CORRECT ANSWER---------------Engle v. Vitale 1962 The power of government to take private property for public use is called: ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------eminent domain
Which of the following cases ruled that achieving "a diverse student body" was a "compelling public purpose,", but the method of a rigid quota of admission slots assigned on the basis of race violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 1978 Which of the following cases centered on the first amendment right of freedom of the press? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier 1988 Which of the following cases declared "students did not lose their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech when they stepped onto school property"? -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Tinker v. Des Moines 1969 Amendment that represents freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition - ----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 1 The right to bear arms -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 2 Amendment that prohibits forced quartering of soldiers -----CORRECT ANSWER---------- -----Amendment 3 Amendment that prohibits unreasonable search & seizures -----CORRECT ANSWER---- -----------Amendment 4 Amendment that lists the rules for indictment by grand jury, and eminent domain. Protects the right to due process. Prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 5
3)no state can deny any person life, liberty, property without due process of law ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 14 Amendment that doesn't allow you to deny a vote because of race, color, previous condition of servitude -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 15 Amendment that states congress has the right to levy an income tax -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 16 Amendment that gives the right to elect US senators by popular vote -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 17 Congress has the right to prohibit the manufacture, sale and transportation of liquor ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 18 Amendment that states all women have the right to vote -----CORRECT ANSWER-------- -------Amendment 19 Presidential Inauguration Day is Jan. 20 and Jan. 3 is the date for the new congress opening. If the president dies before swearing in, the Vice President elect becomes president -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 20 Amendment that repeals the 18th Amendment; empowered Congress to regulate liquor industries -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 21 Amendment that limits the Presidnet to two full terms in office -----CORRECT ANSWER- --------------Amendment 22
Granted voters in the District of Columbia the right to vote for president and vice president -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 23 Amendment that forbade requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in a federal election -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 24 Amendment that provided for succession to the office of president in the event of death or incapicity and for filling vacancies in the office of the vice president -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 25 Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote to 18 year olds -----CORRECT ANSWER-- -------------Amendment 26 Amendment that banned Congress form increasing its members' salaries until the next election -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Amendment 27 The president is elected by a majority of electoral votes. After an election a group of electors chosen by each state officially cast the electoral votes for their state to choose the President. -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Electoral College This document was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1781 during the Revolutionary War to create a national government. The new government was weak because states held most of the power, and Congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control the coining of money. It was later replaced with the U.S. Constitution. -- ---CORRECT ANSWER---------------Articles of Confederation introduced by Roger Sherman; set up a bicameral Congress - upper house called Senate with each state getting 2 votes & a lower house called the House of Representatives with each state's representation based on its population--satisfied both the large and small states -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Great Compromise
the order in which officials fill the office of president in case of a vacancy-1. Vice President, 2. Speaker of the House of Representatives, 3. President of the Senate Pro Tempore, ... -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------presidential succession 9 justices nominated by President, confirmed by Senate; highest court in the nation; hears only appeals; interprets Constitutional law - ----CORRECT ANSWER--------------- U.S. Supreme Court A series of acts passed by the government in response to the Boston Tea Party. They caused outrage, as the colonists viewed the acts as a violation of their rights. This led to the creation of the First Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War. ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea. -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Boston Tea Party Rights & responsibilities entitled to citizens belonging to a political state or country; only citizens can run for federal office (i.e. President, Congress) -----CORRECT ANSWER---- -----------Citizenship meeting of state delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Constitutional Convention An electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in national elections. Our two major parties are the Republicans and the Democrats. -----CORRECT ANSWER---- -----------Two-Party System A belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs. ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Civic Duty
the responsibilities of a citizen, examples include voting, serving on juries, holding public office -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Civic Responsibility clause of the Constitution that says the Constitution is the highest law of the land. Article 6, Clause 2 -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Supremacy Clause powers shared by the state and federal governmentEx: power to tax citizens ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------concurrent powers powers specifically stated in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution as being granted to CongressEx: power to establish post offices, power to regulate commerce ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------delegated powers clause in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out powers not expressly stated but necessary; cited in the Supreme Court landmark case McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Elastic Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause) powers Congress has that are specifically stated in the ConstitutionEx: power to coin money and set its value, power to declare war -----CORRECT ANSWER--------------- enumerated/expressed/delegated powers powers Congress has that are not specifically stated in the Constitution -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------implied powers the branch of government that interprets the law; made up the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts - ----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Judicial Branch
1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony (Pilgrims). ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Mayflower Compact rights people have by the virture of being human beings; both the Declaration of Independence and Constitution address the government's role in protecting these rights -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------natural rights "Supreme law of the land" Was written at a Constitutional Convention in Phillidelphia in
- -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------U.S. Constitution No one is above the law; Everyone must follow the laws, regardless of their position of power. This was established by the Magna Carta in 1215. -----CORRECT ANSWER----- ----------Rule of law fair treatment through the normal judicial system -----CORRECT ANSWER--------------- due process of law Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person equal protection of the laws. This clause is the major constitutional restraint on the power of governments to discriminate against persons because of race, national origin, or sex. --- --CORRECT ANSWER---------------Equal Protection Clause pamphlet that advocated for the colonies declaring independence from Britain; supported the need for a democratic government where the people had representation - ----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Common Sense by Thomas Paine a series of essays written to counter and defeat the proposed U.S. Constitution; argued against a strong central government and pushed for more protection of the people's rights -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Anti-Federalist Papers
The belief that people are free and equal by natural right, but will give up some freedom to give power to the government so that the government can protect their rights. ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Social Contract Theory Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution the supreme law of the land and states that states cannot pass laws that conflict with federal laws. -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Supremacy Clause head of a city's government elected by the people who are citizens of that city ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------mayor movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s to establish civil rights ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Civil Rights Movement law requiring men to register for military service -----CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Selective Service Act war between Great Britain and its American colonies, by which the colonies won their independence -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------American Revolution compromise made when writing the Constitution to satisfy both free and slave states; said for every 5 slaves, 3 would count in a state's population for both representation and tax purposes -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------3/5 Compromise a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------impeachment
Supreme Court case that ruled separate but equal public accommodations for the races was constitutional -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 state courts are required under the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants who are unable to afford their own attorneys. -- ---CORRECT ANSWER---------------Gideon Vs .Wainwright (1963) the court decided that the First Amendment applied to public schools, and that administrators would have to demonstrate constitutionally valid reasons for any specific regulation of speech in the classroom. -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Tinker Vs.Des Moines(1968) The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated. ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 1857 Supreme Court decision that stated that slaves were not citizens; that living in a free state or territory, did not free slaves -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) The U.S Supreme Court held for the first time that public schools can limit what appears in school-sponsored student publications. -----CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) This case proves that the 5th Amendment requires that individuals arrested for a crime must be advised of their right to remain silent and to have counsel present. ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Miranda vs. Arizona, 1961
The court ruled that manual recounts of presidential ballots in the Nov. 2000 election could not proceed because inconsistent evaluation -----CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Bush v. Gore (2000) the Supreme Court upheld the power of the national government and denied the right of a state to tax the federal bank using the Constitution's supremacy clause. The Court's broad interpretation of the necessary and proper clause paved the way for later rulings upholding expansive federal powers -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to own a firearm -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------DC v. Heller (2008) States must obey the decision of the Supreme Court and cannot refuse to follow ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Cooper v. Aaron (1958) Students don't have. to salute to the flag -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------West Virginia v. Barnette (1943) All states to license marriages between same-sex couples -----CORRECT ANSWER----- ----------Obergefell v. Hodges (1943) Prevents states from making the use of contraceptions by married legal couples ----- CORRECT ANSWER---------------Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) 1st Amendment does not protect the speaker from government action -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Schenck v. U.S. (1919) Federal government could not establish military courts -----CORRECT ANSWER---------- -----Ex Parte Milligan (1866)
