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Chapter 3, 4, 5 Political Science

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____________is an institutional arrangement that creates ________ relatively _____________ levels of government, each possessing the capacity to act ___________ on behalf of the people with authority granted to it by the national

a)

Federalism, two, autonomous, directly, constitution

b)

Federalism, one, autonomous, directly, declaration of independence

c)

Confederation, two, autonomous, directly, constitution

d)

Confederation, one, autonomous, directly, declaration of independence

2.

Although Federalism vary in design, they have five structural characteristics. They all include all of the following except

a)

two levels of government

b)

written constitution that are difficult to change

c)

formally allocate legislative, judicial, and executive authority to the two levels of government

d)

national court systems resolve disputes between levels and departments of government

e)

sub national government are not represented in the upper house of the national legislature

3.

In contrast to federalism, a ______________ makes sub national governments dependent on the ________________ government where significant authority is concentrated.

a)

Federation, State

b)

Federation, national

c)

Confederation, State

d)

Unitary System, national

4.

It is when power of government has been gradually ________________ through a process of __________________

a)

decentralized, devolution

b)

centralized, elasticity

c)

centralized, devolution

d)

decentralized, elasticity

5.

In a ___________________ system authority is concentrated in the _______________ government. In _____________ system authority is divided between ___________ and ___________ governments. _____________ authority is concentrated in ________.

a)

Unitary, National Government, Federation, central and state, Confederation, states

b)

Federation, National Government, Unitary, central and national, Confederation, states

c)

Confederation, National Government, Federation, central and state, Unitary, states

d)

Unitary, National Government, Federation, central and state, Confederation, national government

6.

______________ define the jurisdictional boundaries within which the federal government has authority such as raise and support armies and declare war.

a)

Enumerated powers

b)

Elastic clause

c)

Reserve Powers

d)

Concurrent Powers

7.

Enables Congress " to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying" out its constitutional responsibilities

a)

Elastic Clause

b)

Enumerated Clause

c)

Reserved Clause

d)

Concurrent Clause

8.

This empowered the federal government to regulate the interstate economic transactions

a)

commerce clause

b)

reserved powers

c)

necessary and proper clause

d)

enumerated powers

9.

___________________"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people". This Amendment affirmed it ___________________.

a)

Enumerated Powers, 9th Amendment

b)

Enumerated Powers, 10th Amendment

c)

Reserved Powers, 10th Amendment

d)

Reserved Powers, 6th Amendment

10.

__________ a legislative action declaring someone guilty without trial. ___________ a law which criminalizes an act retroactively.

a)

Bill of attainder, Ex post facto law

b)

Ex post facto law, Bill of attainder

c)

Writ of habeas corpus, Bill of attainder

d)

Ex post facto law, Bill of attainder

11.

______________This was also called the comity clause. These part of the provisions that govern ______________ relations. It required the states to accept court decisions, contracts, and public deeds from other states.

a)

Full faith and credit clause, national relations

b)

Privileges and immunities, state to state

c)

Full faith and credit clause, state to state

d)

Privileges and immunities, national relations

12.

The __________ of Article IV asserted that state are prohibited from discriminating against out-of-staters by denying them such guarantees as access to courts, legal protection, and property.

a)

full faith and credit clause

b)

ex post facto law

c)

privileges and immunities clause

d)

writ of habeas corpus

13.

The majority of the federal government revenue comes from_________ as opposed to state government revenue where it comes primarily from _____________ and __________.

a)

Individual income tax, corporate tax and payroll tax

b)

Individual income tax, sales tax and individual income tax

c)

Corporate tax, individual tax and excise tax

d)

Corporate tax, sales tax and excise tax

14.

The following are major expenditures to the federal budge except

a)

Defense

b)

Social security

c)

Medicare, Medicaid

d)

Education

15.
Which power did the U. S. Supreme Court establish in Marbury v. Madison?
a)
Judicial review
b)
Hearing appeals from lower federal courts
c)
Deciding cases involving two or more states 
d)
Judicial independence through lifetime tenure
16.
Which part of the Constitution has been used to expand the powers of the federal government to do things such as create a National Bank?
a)
Supremacy Clause
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Necessary and Proper Clause
d)
10th Amendment
17.
What was Gibbons v Ogden?
a)
Judicial Review
b)
Railroads were illegal
c)
The National Bank
d)
Interstate Commerce
18.
What Is Dual Federalism?
a)
The concept that the national government and the state governments have sovereign power in their respective spheres of authority
b)
a system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government
c)
national, state, and local governments interact cooperatively and collectively to solve common problems
d)
Transfer of federal power to states
19.

______________ is when both levels of government coordinate their actions to solve national problems. It eroded the _____________ boundaries between _________________ and ______________ government, leading to blending of layers as in a ______________ cake.

a)

Cooperative, judicial, state and federal, marble

b)

Cooperative, jurisdictional, state and federal, Layer

c)

Cooperative, jurisdictional , national and federal, marble

d)

Cooperative, jurisdictional, state and federal, marble

20.

____________ are federal transfers formulated to limit state discretion while ______________ come with less stringent federal administration conditions and provide flexibility.

a)

Categorical grants, Block grants

b)

Block grants, Categorical Grants

c)

unfunded mandates, Block Grants

d)

Categorical grants, Unfunded mandates

21.

A dynamic in which state compete to attract business by lowering taxes, regulations, often to workers' detriment

a)

race to the bottom

b)

devolution

c)

creeping categorization

d)

bill of attainder

22.

___________ are limitations on government power, intended to protect freedom that government may not legally intrude while ________________ are guarantees that government officials will treat people equally and that decisions will be made on the basis of merit rather than race, gender, or other personal characteristics.

a)

Civil Rights, Civil liberties

b)

Civil liberties, Civil Rights

c)

Civil obedience, Civil liberties

d)

Civil Rights, Civil service

23.

The ____________________________ expressed the colonist's belief that they had certain _________________ or natural rights that no ruler had the power or authority to deny his or her subjects.

a)

Constitution, inalienable

b)

Declaration of Independence, inalienable

c)

Articles of Confederation, alienable

d)

Virginia Plan, alienable

24.

Which was not constitutional limit on Congress under Article I Section 9?

a)

Bill of attainder

b)

Ex post facto laws

c)

Writ of habeas corpus

d)

Selective Incorporation

25.

The Supreme Court ruled in Ex Parte Milligan and Ex Parte Quirin. These ruling dealt with what limitation on Congress

a)

Bill of attainder

b)

Prohibiting ex post facto laws

c)

Writ of habeas corpus

d)

Search and Seizure

26.

Federalist believed that the constitution did not need __________ and that the states would add it to their constitution. The Anti-Federalist that provisions such as the _____________ would give Congress power to legislate beyond the limited ones.

a)

Preamble, commerce clause

b)

Amendment 7, elasticity clause

c)

Bill of Rights, commerce clause

d)

Preamble, elasticity clause

e)

Bill of Rights, elasticity clause

27.

The ____________ Amendment guaranteed Right to freedom of religion and speech; right to _____________ and __________ the government for redress of grievances.

a)

1st, unreasonable search and petition

b)

1st, assemble, petition

c)

1st, bear arms and petition

d)

1st, petition, assemble

28.

The __________ amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear ____________ to maintain ______________________.

a)

3rd, arms, a well-regulated militia

b)

2nd, arms, individuals homes and property

c)

2nd, arms, a well-regulated military

d)

2nd, arms, a well-regulated militia

29.

All of the following are rights of the accused except

a)

4th

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

9th

30.

After the 13th Amendment passed, state governments---particularly those of in the former Confederacy began to pass ___________ that restricted the rights of former slaves and effectively regulated them to second class citizens

a)

black codes

b)

anti-conservative

c)

anti-south regulations

d)

progressive laws

31.

Which of the following was not part of the 14th Amendment

a)

ensure that states treated citizens of other states the same as their own citizens

b)

echoes the privileges and immunities clause

c)

nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

d)

the power not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to States respectfully, or to the people

32.

This concept deals with the Constitution effectively inserting part of the Bill of Rights into state laws and constitution , even though it doesn't do so explicitly.

a)

due process clause

b)

selective incorporation

c)

establishment clause

d)

conscientious objector

33.

All of the following deal with freedom of religion clause in the constitution except

a)

establishment clause

b)

free exercise clause

c)

conscientious objector

d)

Lemon test

e)

coverture

34.

Which of the following is part of The Lemon test

a)

The action or law must lead to excessive government entanglement with religion

b)

The action or law can either inhibit or advance religious practice

c)

The action or law must be of secular purpose

d)

There must be some non-religious justification for the law

35.

_________ limits the ability of the government to control or restrict religious practices.___________ prohibits congress from creating or promoting a state-sponsored religion.

a)

Free Exercise Clause, Establishment Clause

b)

Establishment Clause, Blue Law

c)

Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause

d)

Conscientious Objector, Blue Law

36.

Supreme Court Case that decided that burning the flag was a from of symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment

a)

Near v. Minnesota

b)

Lemon v. Kurtzman

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Texas v. Johnson

37.

This Supreme Court Ruled that encouraging young men to dodge the draft could be imprisoned for doing so, arguing that recommending that people disobey that law was tantamount "falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a "clear and present danger" to public order

a)

Schenck v. United States

b)

Texas v. Johnson

c)

Lemon v. Kurtzman

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

38.

Which of the following are not a form of symbolic speech

a)

taking a knee during the national anthem

b)

wearing clothing like an armband that carried a political symbol

c)

raising a fist in the air

d)

selective incorporation speech

39.

The right of freedom of speech is not absolute; which is not considered a restriction

a)

it is the incitement of a criminal act

b)

it is the defamation of character

c)

it is viewed as obscenity

d)

restriction of the taking clause

40.

All of the following are part of the Miller Test except

a)

whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest

b)

Whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law

c)

whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, political, or scientific value

d)

whether the work, taken as a whole, does lack serious literary, political, or scientific value

41.

Which Supreme Court cases din not deal with restrictions on speech

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Texas v. Johnson

c)

Schenck v United States

d)

Lemon v. Kurtzman

42.

_________ is a legal standard for determining if viewing of property is constitutional.___________ is a legal document, signed by a judge, allowing police to view a property while

a)

probable cause, exclusionary rule

b)

search warrant, probable cause

c)

probable cause, search warrant

d)

search warrant, exclusionary rule

43.

_____________ court case established the exclusionary rule while _____________ court case that dealt with symbolic speech in schools

a)

Mapp v. Ohio, Rove v. Wade

b)

Roe v. Wade, Texas v. Johnson

c)

Mapp v. Ohio,Tinker v. Demoines

d)

Mapp v. Ohio, Texas v. Johnson

44.

The 5th Amendment includes all except

a)

Required grand jury except in cases arising in the land or naval forces

b)

prohibited double jeopardy

c)

protected against self-incrimination

d)

due process and eminent domain

e)

being deprived of life, liberty, or property

45.

Court case whereby suspect are required to be informed of their most important rights, including the right against self-incrimination, before being interrogated in policy custody

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Tinker v. Demoise

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Texas v. Johnson

46.

The sixth amendment includes all of the following except

a)

right of the accuse to have representation

b)

speedy trial

c)

impartial injury

d)

confront the witness

e)

double jeopardy

47.

Court case that ruled that anyone that is accused of a serious crime was entitled to the assistance of an attorney, even if they cannot afford one, as part of the general due process right to a fair trial

a)

Gideon v. Wainwright

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Texas v. Johnson

d)

Schenck v. United States

e)

Mapp v. Ohio

48.

Which amendment deals with excessive ball and cruel and unusual punishment

a)

6th Amendment

b)

8th Amendment

c)

9th Amendment

d)

5th Amendment

49.

These two amendments in the bill of rights focus on power rather than rights due to the worries of the framers in listing all freedoms and rights

a)

8th and 9th

b)

10th and 8th

c)

9th and 10th

d)

7th and 8th

50.

The right to privacy was established in which court case

a)

Griswold v. Connecticut

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Roe v. Wade

51.

In the Roe v. Wade case, the Supreme court accepted the argument of _____________ but changed to ______________ which allowed restrictions prior to viability that are not "substantial obstacles to women seeking abortion.

a)

trimesters, undue burden test

b)

undue burden, trimesters

c)

life is when a child is born, trimesters

d)

trimesters, life is when a child is born

52.

What category of discriminatory would not allowing the blind to drive be used by the government

a)

rational basis test

b)

intermediate scrutiny

c)

strict scrutiny

d)

personal impermanent test

53.

In determining if a government law should be allowed to discriminate again individuals, the Supreme Court will allow use all of the following criteria except

a)

rational basis test

b)

intermediate scrutiny

c)

strict scrutiny

d)

affirmative action test

54.

_________________ is based on programs and policies designed to benefit members of groups historically subject to discrimination.

a)

Affirmative Action

b)

Reverse Discrimination

c)

Strict Scrutiny

d)

Rational programs

55.

Supreme Court case that stated a former slave had no legal right to sue for his freedom at all because blacks (whether free or slave) were not and could not become US Citizens.

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Morgan v. Virginia

c)

Shelley v. Kraemer

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

56.

These were all forms of disenfranchisement except

a)

literacy test

b)

grandfather clause

c)

White primary

d)

affirmative action

57.

Court case that created the concept of separate but equal clause and allowed segregation to continue

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Shelley v. Kraemer

d)

Loving v. Virginia

58.

The Supreme Court unanimously overturned it decision in Plessy v Ferguson as it pertained to public education, stating that a separate but equal education was a logical impossibility.

a)

Harper v. Virginia Board

b)

Shelley v. Kraemer

c)

Loving v. Virginia

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

59.

Segregation mandated by law

a)

de jure segregation

b)

de facto segregation

c)

direct action segregation

d)

coverture

60.

A form of segregation that results from the choices of individuals to live in segregated communities without actions or support

a)

de jure segregation

b)

de facto segregation

c)

deliberate segregation

d)

planned segregation

61.

Strategies of nonviolent resistance ______________ which was utilized first by___________________

a)

Direct action, Martin Luther King

b)

Civil Disobedience, Martin Luther King

c)

Direct action, Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Civil Disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi

62.

The 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march was an important milestone in the civil rights movement because it

a)

Vividly illustrated the continued

b)

a

c)

b

d)

c

63.

Elizabeth Candy Stanton and Lucretia Mott called for

a)

women's rights convention

b)

slavery to be abolished

c)

liquor to be illegal

d)

right for Native Americans

64.

Feminist are______________________________. Examples are

a)

advocates for women's suffrage, Elizabeth Blackwell, Susan B Anthony

b)

Advocates for freeing slavery, Susan B Anthony, Cathy Williams, Amelia Blooomer

c)

women who opposed voting rights, Elizabeth Blackwell, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Bloomer

d)

advocates for minority rights, Blackwell, Williams, Wollstonecraft

65.

______________ refers to native speakers of Spanish. _________ refers to people who come from or whose ancestors come from, Latin America. ___________ refers to the pride of young Mexican American civil rights activist who stressed pride in their hybrid Spanish-Native American culture identity.

a)

Chicano, Hispanic, Latino

b)

Latino, Hispanic, Chicano

c)

Bracero, Latino, Hispanic

d)

Hispanic, Latino, Chicano

66.

Which Supreme Court case dealt with a conservative Christian company that did not their health-care plan to pay for contraception because it was against their religious beliefs. The Supreme Court ruled ____________ the company.

a)

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Store, in favor

b)

Stonewall v. Pepsi, against

c)

Burnwell v. Hobby Lobby Store, against

d)

Stonewall v. Pepsi, in favor

67.

In 1973, member of the _______________________ a more radical group occupied __________.

a)

American Indian Movement (AIM), Capital

b)

Alaska Native Claim, Alcatraz

c)

American Indian Movement (AIM), Alcatraz

68.

Which court cases held that the segregation o Mexican and Mexican American students into separate schools was uncostitutional

a)

Mendez v. Westminster

b)

Joy v. US

c)

Plessy v. Fuerguson

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

69.

A bar in Greenwich Village, New York, where the modern Gay Pride movement began after rioters protested the police treatment of the LGBT community there

a)

Stonewall Inn

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Burwell Bar

d)

none of the above

70.

The proposed amendment to the constitution that would prohibited all discrimination based on sex

a)

Equal Rights Amendment

b)

Same sex Amendment

c)

Women's Right Amendment

d)

AIM Amendment

71.

Korematsu v US upheld the actions of the government as necessary precaution in a time of war

a)

True

b)

False