Second Semester Final Review (AG)

One major purpose of the 25th Amendment is to

• legally define the Vice President's foreign and domestic responsibilities should the President resign.

• legally establish that the Vice President will succeed to the presidency should that office become vacant.

• legally define the order of succession following the Vice President.

• legally establish a limit on the Vice President's number of terms in office.

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and how is he related to the 22nd Amendment?

• He succeeded President McKinley and was the youngest President ever to hold office.

• He was elected President four times, resulting in the passage of the 22nd Amendment.

• He was elected President and championed the ideal of the presidency as 'a place of moral leadership.'

• He was President from 1913 to 1920 and served as the nation's commander in chief during World War I.

Which of the following BEST describes the role of First Ladies today?

• advocates of particular policies and issues

• ceremonial figures

• policy makers

• managers of communication to the President

One reason your school can be considered a bureaucracy is because

• teachers teach subjects in their area of expertise.

• certain individuals have more power than others.

• set rules and procedures apply to different groups.

• all of the above

To what degree has the importance of foreign affairs changed in the United States since the nation's founding?

• It was very important in our country's early days, but its importance has decreased.

• It was very important in our country's early days, and it remains important today.

• It was unimportant in our country's early days, but has become very important today.

• It was unimportant in our country's early days, and remains relatively unimportant today.

Which of the following BEST describes the Bill of Rights?

• the unalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• the first ten amendments to the Constitution

• right to freely assemble

• positive acts of government that protect constitutional rights

__________________ generally refers to protections against arbitrary acts by the government; _______________ refer to positive things a government does to protect constitutional guarantees.

• Bill of Rights; Amendments

• Civil liberties; civil rights

• Civil rights; civil liberties

• Federal laws; state laws

In Texas v. Johnson, the Supreme Court held that burning the American flag is

• an act of sedition that is protected by the Constitution.

• an act of dissent by conduct that is not protected by the Constitution.

• a form of symbolic speech that is not protected by the Constitution.

• a form of expression that is protected by the Constitution.

Picketing is a protected form of symbolic speech as long as it is ______________.

• violent

• registered with the state in which it takes place

• off the property of the business or company

• peaceful

The 5th Amendment's guarantee against double jeopardy means that

• a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime.

• a person cannot be tried in both federal and State courts.

• in trials in which the jury cannot agree on a verdict, no second trial may be held.

• a person cannot be forced to testify against him- or herself.