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Unit 4 Test Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In this case the Supreme Court decided that state laws requiring "separate but equal" schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

a)

Mapp v. Ohio

b)

Brown vs. Board of Education

c)

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

d)

Texas v. Johnson

2.

In this case the Supreme Court decided that people of African ancestry were not “citizens of the state”, so they had no jurisdiction in the matter.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

3.

In this case The Supreme Court determined that the commerce clause of the Constitution grants the federal government (Congress) the power to determine how interstate commerce is conducted.

a)

Gibbons v. Ogden

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

4.

In this case The Supreme Court stated that educators do not offend the First Amendment by exercising editorial control over the style and content of student speech in school-as long as its related to "legitimate concerns".

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Korematsu v. United States

c)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

d)

Gibbons v. Ogden

5.

In this case the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Sixth Amendment requires state courts to provide attorneys for criminal defendants who cannot otherwise afford counsel.

a)

United States v. Nixon

b)

Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Gideon v. Wainwright

6.

In this case the Supreme Court stated that the need to protect the country was a greater priority than the individual rights of the Japanese and Japanese Americans.

a)

Korematsu v. United States

b)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

7.

In this case the Supreme Court determined that evidence obtained through a search that violates the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible in state courts.

a)

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Texas v. Johnson

8.

This landmark court case resulted in the establishment of judicial review and granted its right to the Supreme Court

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

d)

Marbury v. Madison

9.

In this case The Supreme Court determined that Congress has the implied powers to create a national bank, even though the Constitution does not explicitly state that power

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Texas v. Johnson

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

10.

In this case the Supreme Court stated that the prosecution may not use statements from interrogation unless it demonstrates the use of procedural safeguards (reading people their rights).

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

11.

In this case The Supreme Court established more lenient standards for reasonableness in school searches.

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Texas v. Johnson

c)

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

d)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

12.

In this case The Supreme Court upheld the previous decisions that racial segregation is constitutional under the "separate but equal" doctrine.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

13.

In this case The Supreme Court established that race was a permissible criteria among several others.

a)

Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke

b)

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

c)

Mapp v. Ohio

d)

Korematsu v. United States

14.

In this case the Supreme Court invalidated any state laws that prohibited first trimester abortions.

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Mapp v. Ohio

15.

In this case the Supreme Court determined that actions such as symbolic speech are protected by our First Amendment Rights.

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Korematsu v. United States

c)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

d)

Texas v. Johnson

16.

In this case the Supreme Court stated that in the absence of constitutionally valid reasons to regulate their speech, students are entitled to freedom of expression of their views.

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

McCulloch v. Maryland

d)

Gibbons v. Ogden

17.

In this case the Supreme Court decided that executive privilege is not limitless.

a)

Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

United States v. Nixon

d)

Gideon v. Wainwright

18.

What age demographic consistently votes the most?

a)

18-29

b)

30-39

c)

40-59

d)

65+

19.

Which age demographic consistently votes the least?

a)

18-29

b)

30-39

c)

40-59

d)

65+

20.

Which of the following is MOST LIKELY to vote Democratic?

a)

A middle-aged farmer from central Pennsylvania

b)

A young male Protestant from South Carolina

c)

A 25-year-old African American woman from Boston

d)

A retired white schoolteacher from Omaha, Nebraska

21.

What are some questions to ask yourself in order to evaluate for bias?

a)

Is there a lack of diversity?

b)

From whose point of view is the news reported?

c)

Who are the sources?

d)

All the above

22.

Propaganda is meant to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Are people in urban/suburban areas more likely to vote Democratic or Republican?

a)

Democratic

b)

Republican