Unit 7 Quiz (Budds)

What did the rationing of goods during WWII illustrate?

• the operation of the due process of law
• a government-imposed limitation on individual rights
• one of the checks and balances in the US Constitution
• the broadening of the political process through amendment

How did the passage of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment affect the US political process?

• Women were guaranteed the right to vote
• Citizens from 18 to 20 years old were given the right to vote
• Poll taxes were no longer permitted for voting in federal elections
• The federal government took over the regulation of statewide elections

Which statement describes an impact of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Women were guaranteed the right to vote
• African-American freedmen were guaranteed the right to vote
• Americans were protected against abuses by state governments
• Opponents of the government no longer feared forced internment

This newspaper headline announces an amendment to the US Constitution. What was the impact of the passage of this amendment on the American political process?

• Women were allowed to vote in elections in all states
• Citizens from 18-20 years of age were allowed to vote in elections
• Those who could not afford to pay poll taxes could still vote in federal elections
• Restaurants and hotels could not practice discrimination against Vietnam veterans.

In 1971, two-thirds majority of the House of Representatives approved a proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution. In 1972, a two-thirds majority of the Senate approved the same amendment. What was the next step for amending the Constitution?

• A majority of the state governments had to approve the amendment
• A popular election would determine whether to adopt the amendment
• A majority in three-fourths of the states had to approve the amendment
• The amendment had to be signed by the President of the United States to be adopted

What is usually the first step in amending the US Constitution?

• Three-fourths of the state legislatures propose the amendment
• Two-thirds of each house of Congress proposed the amendment
• Conventions in three-fourths of the states propose the amendment
• The President, after consulting with the US Supreme Court, proposes the amendment