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WorksheetsAP Gov Final Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
How do you join a political party?
Party declaration
Party registration
Party appartchik
Party City
Which of these is a meeting of local party members to discuss a platform and/or choose a candidate?
Caucus
Primary
Gerrymandering
Convention
When a voters reject partisan positions in a manner that tends to cause a rise in the number of independents, what occurs?
Defenestration
Disestablishment
Dealignment
Detente
Which describes the difference in political opinion between men and women?
Gender gap
Gender parity
Gender issues
Gender identity
Lobbying is the act of...
Attempting to influence legislators
Attempting to sway public opinion
Attempting to use the media
Attempting to win elections
Which of the following cases established the concept of Judicial Review?
Gibbons v. Ogden
Citizens United v. FEC
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Which of the following cases overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?
Brown v. Board of Education
Gideon v. Wainwright
US v. Lopez
Engel v. Vitale
What doctrine is the primary concern of McCulloch v. Maryland?
Commerce Clause
Elastic Clause
Supremacy Clause
Checks and Balances
What was the holding in Gideon v. Wainwright?
The doctrine of 'Separate but Equal' is inherently unfair and thus unconstitutional.
Criminal defendants in state court have the right to legal representation via the 14th Amendment.
The 5th Amendment guarantees the right of a defendant not to incriminate himself or herself.
The Commerce Clause effectively gives Congress the ability to pass legislation on any topic that touches on interstate commerce.
What topic does Tinker v. Des Moines primarily deal with?
Freedom of religious expression in the military.
Libel and public figures.
Congressional redistricting and race.
Symbolic speech and schools.
The desire to see the US stretch "from sea to shining sea" refers to...
Manifest destiny
Disestablishment
Deontology
Space filling
The belief in the superiority of one's ethnic group is...
Racism
Bigotry
Ethnocentrism
Biology
Which of the following cases deals with the right to privacy and abortion?
Roe v. Wade
Griswold v. Connecticut
Marbury v. Madison
US v. Nixon
Which case most effectively limits Congress' powers under the Commerce Clause?
Engel v. Vitale
Baker v. Carr
Wisconsin v. Yoder
US v. Lopez
Which case deals with the Supreme Court's right to deal with legislative apportionment and redistricting?
Baker v. Carr
Tinker v. Des Moines
Marbury v. Madison
Engel v. Vitale
The domination of a field of business by a single company is...
Kahoot
Trust
Gerrymandering
Monopoly
Democratic and civil values give rise to...
Social security
Social capital
Social anxiety
Social spending
The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms of a culture in relation to politics can be referred to as...
Social capital
Political culture
Political party
Political system
The superseding of a state or local law by federal law is known as...
Secession
Nullification
Preemption
Caucus
The clause in the Constitution requiring states to honor the judgement of other states is the...
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause
Elastic Clause
Commerce Clause
Which of the following cases deals with prayer in school?
Tinker vs. Des Moines
US v. Lopez
Engel v. Vitale
Wisconsin v. Yoder
New York Times vs. US mainly deals with...
The 1st Amendment
The 2nd Amendment
The 4th Amendment
The 14th Amendment
Schenk vs. US concerns all but which of the following?
The number of hours an employee can work
Congress' power under the Commerce clause
Congress' ability to regulate businesses
Congress' ability to set wages
Which case determind that the Second Amendment also applied to the states?
McDonald v. Chicago
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Shaw v. Reno dealt with...
Freedom of Speech
Presidential Pardons
Gerrymandering
Racial Profiling
Citizens United v. FEC established that...
Spending money on political campaigns falls under the 1st Amendment
Racial gerrymandering of districts is unconstitutional
State taxation of federal buildings violates the Supremacy Clause
The that Supreme Court has the right to review the cases of lower courts.
Which of the following cases concerned the 1st Amendment and a parent's right not to send children to school after the age of 16?
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Engel vs. Vitale
Wisconsin v. Yoder
US v. Lopez
The clause of the Constitution that allows Congress to do what they must to carry out their Constitutional duties is the...
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause
Commerce Clause
Supremacy Clause
The first step in formally removing a government figure from office is...
Investigation
Impeachment
Indictment
Secession
A formal agreement between the US and another nation is a...
Binding agreement
Contract
Treaty
Pact
This was an attempt to disenfranchise black and poor voters.
Income Tax
Sales Tax
Poll Tax
Carbon Tax
The Constitutional system that divides power between the state and national government is known as...
Confederacy
Nationalism
Federalism
Unilateralism
The court that has jurisdiction to hear cases already heard by other courts is the...
Court of original jurisdiction
Court of trade
Court of appeal
District court
The clause that prevents the states from modifying a contract between individuals is the...
Commerce Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause
Contracts Clause
Elastic Clause
This clause can be found originally in the 5th Amendment and a similar clause can be found in the 14th Amendment
Commerce Clause
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause
Due Process Clause
The Clause in the Constitution that gives national laws preference over local laws is the...
Necessary and Proper Clause
Elastic Clause
Supremacy Clause
Commerce Clause
The clause that ensures that laws are executed properly is the...
Necessary and Proper Clause
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Commerce Clause
Take Care Clause
Special spending on projects can be called...
Entitlements
Social capital
Earmarks
Populism
Lawyers provided to those who cannot afford their own attorneys are...
Public defenders
Attorneys general
Federal prosecutors
Special prosecutors
Programs like social security and Medicare are...
Excessive programs
Entitlement programs
Assistance programs
Tax shelters
A policy that takes money from one group and gives it to another is...
Redistributive
Retributive
Recession
Retroactive
A tax that makes those with higher incomes pay more in taxes is...
Regressive tax
Progressive tax
Income Tax
Flat tax
What is the process of sending American jobs overseas?
Offshoring
Offloading
Excavation
Extrication
Which of these is not a type of tax in the United States?
Property tax
Sales tax
Value added tax
Immigration tax
What can individuals use to make tax-free contributions to their own medical care.
Retirement Savings Accout
Financial Savings Account
Educational Savings Account
Medical Savings Account
Courts of appeal have what kind of jurisdiction?
Appellate
Original
de Novo
Final
A general vote by the electorate on a single politcal question is a...
Referendum
Recall
Plebiscite
Plurality
The ________ Clause allows Congress to legislate on any matter that impacts interstate commerce.
Supremacy
Commerce
Necessary and Proper
Elastic
The federal __________ does most of the actual 'work' of government.
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Bureaucracy
The GDP is a measure of a country's...
Voters
Economy
Stability
Natural Resources
