G10 Social Civics Exam 2 Review

The policy of "separate but equal” was ruled unconstitutional by what US Supreme Court decision?

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

• Grutter v. Bollinger

The requirement that state and federal officials take an oath to support the US Constitution is found where?

• Article 6 of the Constitution.

• Article 3 of the Constitution.

• Article 7 of the Constitution.

• Article 4 of the Constitution.

How did the Supreme Court rule in the case involving Ida Phillips?

• The Supreme Court said that corporations could have different hiring practices for different job applicants.

• The Supreme Court ruled that corporations had to establish one hiring practice that applied to all job applicants.

• The Supreme Court ruled that corporations could not require applicants to take a basic skills test as part of the hiring process.

• he Supreme Court ruled that corporations must require all applicants to pass a basic skills test as part of their hiring process.

When did it become illegal to require poll taxes to be paid before being allowed to vote?

• 1964

• 1975

• 1785

• 1994

What is the purpose of the checks and balances system?

• place limits on what each branch of government is allowed to do.

• give the Congress the right to tell the Supreme Court how to rule in certain court cases.

• enable the President to tell the states who they will elect to COngress.

• allow the states the right to refuse to obey federal laws they feel are not constitutional.

The Declaration of Independence refers to the idea that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, ..." What does the phrase "unalienable Rights” mean?

• Unalienable rights are rights that no government has the power to take away.

• Unalienable rights are rights that are only given to those who vote in federal, state, and local elections.

• Unalienable rights are rights that can be taken away if you criticize the government.

• Unalienable rights are rights that are only given to people who sign an oath of loyalty to their government.

Where is it believed that the English colonists got the idea that all citizens must obey the law, even those who are government leaders?

• the Magna Carta

• the writings of John Locke

• the writings of Baron de Montesquieu

• the English Bill of Rights

What is federalism?

• the theory that the division of power is between the states and the federal government

• the theory that there is a federal government that controls everything, with no state involvement

• the theory that the division of power is divided up into state districts, without any federal government

• the theory that the state governments should have more power than the federal government

What is the number of US states that are required to ratify a constitutional amendment?

• 38 states

• 50 states

• 40 states

• 25 states

What do we call the power to take private property for public use ?

• eminent domain

• separation of church and state

• Bill of Rights

• tyranny