AP Government & Politics Exam 1

The U.S. Supreme Court works chiefly as a(n)

• civil court.

• criminal court.

• appeals court.

• military court.

Miranda V. Arizona set what precedent?

• Peaceably protesting in schools

• a non segregated education (overturned Plessy)

• You must have your rights read to you upon arrest

• Separate but equal

In the United States, an accused person is presumed innocent until

• He/she is proven guilty in a court of law

• Evidence against him/her has been discovered

• Police obtain an arrest warrant from a court

• Eyewitnesses testify against him/ her in a court of law

To convict a suspect in a criminal case,

• the jury must reach a verdict within 24 hours.

• the jury must acquit the defendant.

• the jury must reach a unanimous verdict.

• a two-thirds majority of the jury must vote against the suspect.

A judge at a preliminary hearing releases a defendant on the defendant's own recognizance. The judge is assuming that the

• defendant will continue to meet with a parole officer.

• defendant will appear in court for the trial.

• arresting officers did not have probable cause.

• defendant would not be able to raise enough money for bail.

The Constitutional Convention sought to replace the Articles of Confederation because they

• created a large central government

• guaranteed a separation of powers

• failed to provide for states' rights

• did not have the ability to tax and provide for the common defense

A pivotal event that symbolized the problems with the Articles of Confederation and demostrated the need to reform the Articles was

• Shays's Rebellion

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• the faliure of all states to send troops for defense against a new British attack

• a national tax to help pay the debt incurred by the Revolutionary War

The Constitution creates a system that prevents excessive power being accumulated by the national government through

• judidical review

• federalism

• checks and balances

• representative government

The Anti-Federalists' oppoisition to the Constitution was predicated on the belief that a strong central government would

• empower the general public and undermine government officials

• create states that were free to act in their own interests

• not be an effective way to deal with other nations

• strip states and individuals of their rights and the authority to make laws

The Constitution differs from the Declaration of Independence in that it does not focus on the individual rights of the governed, but rather on

• the rights of the government

• the synthesis of government and citizen

• the structure and function of the government

• the promotion of a republican system