Semester Exam

In a foreign country, candidates from different parties run against each other, but only candidates from one party ever win. This outcome suggests that the system most resembles which of these?

• multi party system

• one party system

• single member district

• two party system

How are excise taxes and income taxes alike?

• both can impact US citizens and foreigners

• both raise revenue for the government

• both tax wither goods or services

• both were implemented by Congress in the early 1800s

Requiring photo ID has been shown to most heavily reduce voting among what groups? ​

• poor and minorities

• Republicans

• the middle and working class

• the wealthy

Which of these would most likely be paid for with an assessment on property owners in the immediate area of the project?

• holiday decorations for the street

• new wastewater treatment plant

• pavement repairs to an alley

• renovation to a private business

Consumers would most likely consider public policy regarding net neutrality to be an issue of ​

• equal access

• free enterprise

• profit sharing

• security

The principle of stare decisis is most closely related to​

• a writ of certiorari

• judicial activism

• states' rights

• the concept of precedent

The Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson and its later decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka demonstrate​

• how the Court often decides a case based on precedent

• how the definition of cruel and unusual punishment can change over time

• that Court decisions can be affected by current societal values on racial integration

• the importance the Court places on states' rights

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., influenced public opinion and helped bring about change during the civil rights movement by promoting​

• affirmative action

• government legislation

• nonviolence

• revers discrimination

A successful appeal will most likely​

• align with precedent

• challenge stare decisis

• have persuasive witnesses

• require the admission of new evidence

How is the process for filling a Senate position different from the process for filling a Supreme Court position?​

• ​Senators are appointed by the Supreme Court whereas justices are elected by the people.

• Senators are elected by the legislature whereas justices are nominated by the president.

• Senators are elected by the people whereas justices are nominated by the president.

• Senators are nominated by the president whereas justices are elected by the legislature.