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Gov Unit 5 Judicial Branch Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do federal judges hold office for life?

a)

to create judicial independence

b)

to experience friendships in their profession

c)

to be able to live through their rulings

2.

What is the purpose of Judicial Review?

a)

To decide whether or not an act of the legislative or executive branch follows the Constitution.

b)

To decide whether or not to stop an execution from happening in death sentence cases.

c)

To give more power to the executive and legislative branches.

3.

What is one of the purposes of Miranda warnings?

a)

protects the rights of the accuser

b)

protects the rights of the police

c)

protects the rights of the accused

d)

protects the rights of judges

4.

The police enter someone's house without their permission or a search warrant and seize evidence to use against them in a court of law. What amendment does this relate to?

a)

2nd Amendment

b)

4th Amendment

c)

6th Amendment

d)

12th Amendment

5.

The basis of the 14th amendment was to include or give all U.S. citizens what?

a)

equal protection under the law

b)

due process

c)

citizenship

d)

all of the above

6.

This case set forth rights that are read when you're arrested, 5th amendment

a)

Gideon v. Wainwright

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

7.

This case upheld 9th Amendment rights to privacy by ensuring a woman's right to have an abortion

a)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

d)

Roe v. Wade

8.

Voted against public prayer and Bible readings in school, 1st Amendment establishment clause

a)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

9.

Flag burning is protected by The First Amendment- expression of free speech

a)

Texas vs. Johnson

b)

Mapp vs. Ohio

c)

Miranda vs. Arizona

d)

McCulloch vs. Maryland

10.
What case held that expressions that resulted in a "clear & present danger" could be punished?
a)
Schenck v. U.S.
b)
Texas v. Johnson
c)
Cooper v. Aaron
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
11.

What are the TWO types of court systems in the U.S.? (Select TWO answers)

a)

Federal

b)

Universal

c)

State

d)

International

12.

What is the purpose of the Judicial Branch?

a)

to make the laws

b)

to interpret the Constitutionality of the laws

c)

to enforce the laws

d)

to renew the laws

13.

Who appoints Supreme Court Justices?

a)

The Vice President

b)

The Speaker of the House

c)

Congress

d)

The President

14.

The Supreme Court has the power of Judicial Review. What is Judicial Review?

a)

when the Supreme Court decides if a law is unconstitutional or not

b)

when the Supreme Court creates a new law

c)

when the Supreme Court enforces the laws of the Legislative Branch

d)

when the Supreme Court vetoes a Bill from Congress

15.

What are TWO things the "accused" has a right to?

a)

judicial restraint

b)

a trial

c)

a lawyer/attorney

d)

scratch piece of paper

16.

The outcome of Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated schools, supports the judicial concept of___________ by expanding equal protection 14th amendment rights to African Americans.

a)

Judicial Activism

b)

Judicial Restraint

c)

Constitutional Originalism

d)

Strict Constructionalism

17.

Which Article addresses the jurisdiction of the federal courts and establishes one Supreme Court?

a)

Article I

b)

Article II

c)

Article III

d)

Article VI

18.
In 1954, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.  This helped to end segregation in public schools. What is the case?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
d)
Tinker v. Des Moines
19.
The Supreme Court ruled that your rights must be read to you at the time of arrest. Name the case.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Gideon v. Wainwright
c)
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
d)
Engel v. Vitale
20.

The ruling in this case allowed for equal protected of the rights of Mexican Americans and other minority groups.

a)

Hernandez v. Texas

b)

Texas v. Johnson

c)

Engel v. Vitale

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

21.

This ruling held that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment protection against "unreasonable searches and seizures" must be excluded from criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well as federal courts.

a)

Mapp v. Ohio, 1961

b)

Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

c)

McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819

d)

Marbury v. Madison, 1803

22.

This Supreme Court case established that all citizens have a right to an attorney (legal counsel) even if they can not afford one under the 6th amendment.

a)

District of Columbia v. Heller

b)

Tinker v. DesMoines

c)

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

d)

Gideon v Wainwright

23.

Evidence illegally gathered by the police may not be used in a criminal trial

a)

Gregg v. Georgia

b)

Payen v. Tennessee

c)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

d)

Mapp v. Ohio

24.

This court case argued that race can be considered a factor in college admissions on the basis of affirmative action.

a)

Brown v. Board of Edu

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Sweatt v. Painter

d)

Grutter v. Bollinger

25.

State Courts are leveled from lower all the way up to the Supreme Court. What is another description of the following graphic?

a)

State Court Systems

b)

Judicial Activism

c)

Judicial Review

d)

Judicial Restraint

26.

Judicial judges act as referees when it comes to interpreting the law, what is another way to describe the judge's roles responsibility in the judicial process.

a)

Judicial review

b)

Judicial legislating

c)

Judicial executing

d)

due process