2023 Midterm Review (DCUA 2)

Protecting the rights and freedoms of American citizens is _________________.

• the purpose of the 1st amendment
• the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
• the purpose of the 10th amendment  
• the purpose of the Bill of Rights

Guarantees the rights of people accused of a crime to due process of law including the right not to incriminate oneself or to be tried for the same crime twice (double jeopardy)

• Amendment 5
• Amendment 6
• Amendment 4
• Amendment 8

This amendment requires that police officers obtain a search warrant before they search a home for evidence when investigating a crime. 

• 6th
• 5th
• 4th
• 15th

Civic Duty or Civic Responsibility?
Voting

• Civic Duty
• Civic Responsibility

Each of the three branches of the national government limits the exercise of power by the other two branches.

• Checks & Balances

• Veto Process

• Bicameral

• Federalism

Which answer choice includes some of  the 5 values Toqueville states are essential to success of United States?

• liberty, freedom, free speech
• freedom of speech, religion
• liberty, egalitarianism, populism
• egalitarianism, free speech, gun rights

When Alex de Tocqueville pointed to the equality that he saw in America, he meant that

• America was a colony that had equal representation in Parliament with other English colonies
• at birth, all American citizens received an equal amount of money in a bank and savings account
• it was equally  as possible that America would fail as that it would succeed.
• more than in any other country, people in America all had an equal chance to succeed

1)What is the name of the French visitor who observed democracy in America?

• Alexis de Tocqueville

• Stephen Hawkins

• Stephen King

• Napoleon

How were the Chinese discriminated against?

• They were denied water and supplies
• Black Codes prevented their freedoms
• they were objected to Jim Crow Laws
• they were paid less than other workers

What group of people wanted to limit immigration in the US in the 1900s?

• Labor Unions
• Nativists
• Business Owners