MP4 Test 7

Which of the following was an example of a challenge faced by the Civil Rights Movement?

• White parents protesting Ruby Bridges going to school and pulling their children out of integrated schools.

• White people recognizing racism and marching with the African American community.

• Expanded protections for the African American community like the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act.

• The integration of public schools and desegregation of public spaces.

What was the ultimate outcome of the Supreme Court Case Brown v. The Board of Education?

• Brown ruled "separate but equal" unconstitutional.

• Brown established the precedent of "separate but equal."

• Brown established the need of the police to read a citizen their rights upon arrest.

• Brown holds that the 6th and 14th Amendments guarantee a right of legal counsel to the accused.

Which two entities were most responsible for challenging integration of New Orleans schools?

• The Supreme Court

• The New Orleans School Board

• White parents

• The US Senate

What is the federal government?

• The government of St. Bernard Parish

• The government of the United States

• The government of Louisiana

• The government of the Greater Orleans Area

What are powers specifically granted to the federal government called?

• Implied Powers

• Shared Powers

• State Powers

• Delegated Powers

Powers not expressly granted in the Constitution are reserved for the states to pass laws as they best see fit. What do we call the powers held for state governments?

• Implied Powers

• Coercive Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Mechanical Powers

True or False: Both the state and federal government have the power to make and pass laws?

• True

• False

After a bill is vetoed, how can it still become a law?

• Once a bill is vetoed it is dead. The only chance it has is to be reintroduced in Congress.

• A veto can be overridden with a simple majority (51%) vote in Congress.

• The bill needs to a receive a 2/3 vote in the chamber of Congress in which the bill was originally introduced.

• After a veto a bill returns to both chambers of the legislature where it is voted on again. If it receives a 2/3 vote in both chambers the veto is overridden and the bill becomes a law.

Louisiana's government borrows heavily from the US government. Which of the following is a similarity both governments share?

• Louisiana's government is not based off of the US government at all.

• Both governments are split into three branches: legislative, judicial, and executive.

• Both governments have adopted French as their official language.

• Both governments appoint their leaders based on lineage (i.e. positions of authority are passed down in the same family).

True or False: Louisiana is a monolith of a state, taking influence only from its time as a French colony.

• True

• False