Unit 5 Practice Test

Which amendment enabled the Supreme Court to rule that much of the Bill of Rights applies to state and local governments?

• 11th

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

The legal requirement that all rights that are owed to a person are given and not violated; protects people from abuse of power by law enforcement and the judicial system

• due process

• denied powers

• inherent powers

• popular soverignty

The __________ Amendment protected the right of women to vote in all national and state elections.

• 19th

• 14th

• 15th

• 23rd

The 24th Amendment prevents Southern states from using _____________ to keep African Americans from voting.

• State laws

• Threats

• Poll Taxes

• Racial Profiling

What does the 14th Amendment do?

• provide a way to apply the Bill of Rights to the states

• codify the right to privacy

• establish the supremacy doctrine

• protect individuals' freedom of religion

In the case of Brown V Board of Education of Topeka (1954) the US Supreme Court held that _________________.

• ethnic minorities have no right to equal treatment by the government

• public school segregation of races violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment

• the national government does not have the power to force any type of action on local school boards

• separation of races for a reason such as education is not a violation of the Constitution

What are civil liberties?

• freedom to take part in a civil court case

• basic freedoms to think and to act that are protected against government abuse

• rights that involve equal status and treatment and the right to participate in government

• freedom to do as one wishes

What do the 15th, 19th, and 26th Amendments have in common?

• they each define the rights of all citizens

• they each undo previous amendments

• they each give a voting right to a group that did not previously have them

• they were each adopted in the 1800's

What right did the Supreme Court claim in Marbury v Madison?

• to amend the Constitution

• to use Judicial Review

• to appoint a Chief Justice

• to confirm appointments

a formal accusation made against a person by a grand jury is a/an

• indictment

• arraignment

• voir dire

• sequester