Government Semester Exam Review

Which amendment protects the freedom to petition the government if there is a need for change?

• 4th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 6th Amendment

What is the term for the division and sharing of power between the national government and the states?

• Checks and balances

• Federalism

• Popular sovereignty

• Separation of powers

In which court case was it ruled that people have the right to burn the US flag in protest as a form of symbolic speech?

• Engel v Vitale

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Schenck v US

• Texas v Johnson

What is the term for the authority of the courts to rule on the constitutionality of laws and actions?

• Exclusionary rule

• Establishment Clause

• Judicial Review

• Free Exercise Clause

Which amendment prohibits the government from setting up an official religion?

• 7th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 1st Amendment

In which court case was it ruled that students have the right to wear armbands to protest the Vietnam War as a form of symbolic speech?

• Texas v Johnson

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Engel v Vitale

• Schenck v US

What is the term for the rule that evidence that is illegally obtained cannot be admitted as evidence?

• Exclusionary rule

• Probable cause

• Double jeopardy

• Due process

In which court case was it ruled that state laws prohibiting same-sex marriages are unconstitutional?

• Lawrence v Texas

• Miranda v Arizona

• Obergefell v Hodges

• Roe v Wade

Legal requirement that government must respect all legal rights owed to a person, law must be fairly and justly applied

• due process

• probable cause

• double jeopardy

• free exercise clause

Trying a person for the same crime twice is known as?

• Free exercise Clause

• Double Jeopardy

• Exclusionary Rule

• Establishment Clause