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Government Practice Test 2

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Frage 1

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Shays's Rebellion was the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 2

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In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court decided that the interstate commerce clause allowed New York to grant a monopoly to a steamboat operator.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 3

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A theocratic government with absolute power is a totalitarian regime.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 4

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Which of the following were used in southern states during the Jim Crow era to deny African Americans their voting rights?
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  • white primaries
  • literacy tests
  • poll taxes
  • grandfather clauses
  • All these answers are correct.

Frage 5

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Social conservatives, who now form a large part of the base of the Republican Party, often are also members of
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  • programs seeking to expand welfare programs.
  • groups seeking to keep government out of Americans' private lives.
  • religious organizations.
  • pro-choice groups.
  • groups seeking to enhance marriage by allowing domestic partnerships.

Frage 6

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A woman sells scarves to passersby on a busy city street during the week of Independence Day. Three months later, the city council passes a law making street vending illegal. Could the woman be found guilty of violating the new law?
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  • Maybe, but only if the law is not considered a bill of attainder.
  • Yes, particularly if the law was passed because she was making a disturbance.
  • Yes, but only if she was being libelous.
  • No, as it is considered an ex post facto law.
  • No, because the woman broke law over a holiday weekend.

Frage 7

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The Supreme Court ruled that individuals who are arrested must be informed of their constitutional rights in
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  • Smith v. Massachusetts.
  • Mapp v. Ohio.
  • Weeks v. U.S.
  • Miranda v. Arizona.
  • McCleskey v. Zant.

Frage 8

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The power to regulate car emissions comes from Congress's authority
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  • as enumerated in the Constitution.
  • under the necessary and proper clause.
  • to make the federal budget.
  • to approve presidential appointments.
  • under the power to tax clause.

Frage 9

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Which 1857 Supreme Court decision set the stage for the Civil War by mobilizing the abolitionist movement?
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  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Marbury v. Madison
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Lochner v. Ellison
  • Loving v. Virginia

Frage 10

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Setting the time, place, and manner of elections is a concurrent power.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 11

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Legal proceedings properly recorded in a court of law in California are generally deemed admissible in a court of law in Texas, or in any other state. This is an example of
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  • an ex post facto law.
  • full faith and credit.
  • a bill of attainder.
  • equal protection.
  • a writ of habeas corpus.

Frage 12

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Federal judges cannot be removed from office for any reason because they have lifetime appointments.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 13

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The existence of two schools on opposite sides of town-one for Caucasian students and the other for African American students-would have been deemed constitutional after the Supreme Court's ruling in which of the following cases?
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  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Civil Rights Cases
  • Bradwell v. Illinois
  • Reed v. Reed
  • Brown v. Board of Education

Frage 14

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Using slurs toward a transgendered individual is an illegal act under
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  • the direct incitement test.
  • Schenck v. U.S.
  • the Second Amendment.
  • the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Act.
  • the fighting words test.

Frage 15

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The ________ is empowered by the Constitution to make all federal laws.
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  • judicial branch
  • executive branch
  • legislative branch
  • Electoral College
  • federal bureaucracy

Frage 16

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All Senators run for re-election at the same time.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 17

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According to the George W. Bush Administration
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  • public telephones cannot be tapped without a court order.
  • some Bill of Rights guarantees can be suspended in a time of war.
  • civil liberties can never be abridged.
  • the FBI must show probable cause to investigate citizens exercising freedom of speech.
  • Muslim detainees must be treated in accordance with their religious beliefs.

Frage 18

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Moderates
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  • created the Tea Party movement.
  • comprise over half of the U.S. population.
  • are most aligned with the views of Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter.
  • believe that a temperate view is the best approach to politics.
  • largely support an overhaul of the welfare system.

Frage 19

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Over time, Americans' expectations of government have generally
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  • decreased.
  • not been measured.
  • increased.
  • remained the same.
  • been eliminated.

Frage 20

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The Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowered the national voting age to eighteen.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 21

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Which Article of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch?
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  • Article II
  • Article I
  • Article V
  • Article IV
  • Article III

Frage 22

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The United States has a unitary system of government.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 23

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The Constitution did not empower the national government to
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  • make all laws necessary and proper to govern the new nation.
  • conduct foreign relations.
  • levy a national income tax.
  • enforce its laws on the states.
  • abolish slavery.

Frage 24

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits businesses from making discriminatory hiring decisions based on which inherent characteristics?
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  • age and disability
  • race, color, and sex
  • religion and national origin
  • sexual orientation
  • ace, color, sex, religion, and national origin

Frage 25

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Why did southern states want slaves to be counted as part of their population?
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  • It would increase southern representation in the House of Representatives.
  • It would ensure that slaves would receive certain inalienable rights.
  • Northerners were advocating for the deportation of slave labor.
  • Slaves could then be forced to serve in the military.
  • The South would then have a greater number of voters.

Frage 26

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The Tenth Amendment provides for
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  • concurrent state and federal powers.
  • enumerated federal powers.
  • taking private property for public purposes.
  • states' implied powers.
  • states' reserve or police powers.

Frage 27

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Colleges and universities use affirmative action policies to ensure a student body that is diverse in
Antworten
  • race.
  • color.
  • economic status.
  • place of origin.
  • race, color, economic status, and place of origin.

Frage 28

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When secular law conflicts with religious beliefs, freedom of religion is
Antworten
  • suppressed.
  • allowed, but only after a court order is obtained.
  • always upheld.
  • guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
  • sometimes denied.

Frage 29

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The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments are collectively known as the
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  • Civil Liberties Amendments.
  • Frederick Douglass Amendments.
  • Civil War Amendments.
  • Bill of Rights.
  • Susan B. Anthony Amendments.

Frage 30

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Constitutionalism places
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  • limits on government through a written document.
  • limits on government through oral agreements.
  • limits on individuals' powers over government.

Frage 31

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Which of the following did NOT lead to American settlement in the seventeenth century?
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  • The split from the Church of England
  • Hobbes and Locke's social contract theories
  • Belief in self-government
  • Questioning the divine right of kings
  • Belief in intelligent design

Frage 32

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The difference between libel and slander is that
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  • libel is spoken, and slander is written.
  • libel only occurs with public figures, and slander can occur with private individuals.
  • libel is written, and slander is spoken.
  • libel is legal, and slander is illegal.
  • libel is illegal, and slander is legal.

Frage 33

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In an oligarchy, rule is by
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  • one person.
  • the many.
  • all people.
  • people who own property.
  • the few.

Frage 34

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The power to tax is a concurrent power in the U.S. federal system.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 35

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Categorical grants
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  • often involve state matching funds.
  • are given to states without conditions.
  • are virtually identical to block grants.
  • are a remnant of the New Deal.
  • ere at the core of Ronald Reagan's devolution revolution.

Frage 36

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In Plessy v. Ferguson, a majority of the Supreme Court argued that the Constitution should be colorblind.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 37

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Critics charge that the USA Patriot Act expands civil liberties needlessly in a time of war.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 38

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The division of authority among the three branches of government is called
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  • federalism.
  • compromise.
  • pluralism.
  • separation of powers.
  • gridlock.

Frage 39

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All of the following are generally state issues EXCEPT
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  • child custody.
  • marriage age.
  • divorce.
  • currency circulation.
  • death penalty.

Frage 40

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The difference between civil liberties and civil rights has often been simplified to
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  • "freedom to" and "freedom from."
  • equality and equity.
  • make them synonymous.
  • a carrot and a stick.
  • "freedom of" and "freedom for."

Frage 41

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Why was indirect democracy a necessary alternative to direct democracy?
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  • The people were deemed too ignorant to be involved directly with government.
  • It became increasingly difficult to bring all the colonists together in the decision-making process.
  • The wealthier and more educated citizens changed the system so they could wield more power.
  • The colonies sought to follow the teachings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
  • The religious tendencies of the colonists caused them to rebel against the Greek model of democracy.

Frage 42

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Libertarians would likely advocate for the USA PATRIOT Act.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 43

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The mass movement for Mexican American civil rights, of which Cesar Chavez was a leader, is known as
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  • the Latino Movement.
  • LULAC.
  • the Chicano Movement.
  • NALEO.
  • the Lambda Legal Movement.

Frage 44

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Gays and lesbians have, on average, far lower incomes than other groups.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 45

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In New York Times v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that
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  • prior restraint was constitutional.
  • false or negligent speech was not protected by the First Amendment.
  • actual malice must be proved to support a claim of libel made by a public figure.
  • newspaper reporters must divulge their confidential sources of information.
  • libel and slander were constitutionally protected forms of speech.

Frage 46

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The U.S. Supreme Court consistently has found that
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  • the disabled can sue local governments that do not make public buildings accessible to the disabled.
  • public buildings must always be accessible to the handicapped.
  • failure to hire pilots who wear classes can be grounds for a discrimination claim.
  • the Americans with Disabilities Act must be interpreted liberally.
  • workplaces must make accommodations for learning disabilities.

Frage 47

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Anti-Federalists would most likely align themselves with today's libertarians, who decry the extent of the powers wielded by the national government.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 48

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In Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
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  • gay marriage represented an issue best left to the states.
  • the equal protection clause prohibits discrimination against gay Americans.
  • a Texas law criminalizing sexual behavior was unconstitutional.
  • there was a homosexual agenda in the United States.
  • the Boy Scouts could prevent homosexuals from becoming troop leaders.

Frage 49

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American political culture embodies many key concepts including I. absolute personal liberty. II. political equality. III. majority rule. IV. individualism.
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  • II and III
  • I
  • II, III, and IV
  • I and II
  • I, II, and III
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