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WorksheetsAP Government Vocabulary review
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 50mins
Congressman votes in favor of a bill that his constitutents favor. He is voting as a?
Trustee
Delegate
Pluralist
What is the exclusionary rule?
prohits the use of evidence that was obtained in an warrantless search
the allowance of evidence if there was probalbe cause
If the evdence was used in an illegal activity it can be used
A person rights can be limited in a time of war
Women gained the right to elective franchise with the ?
14th Amendment
19th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
Case that established the principle of one man, one vote. This decision created guidelines for apportionment, drawing up congressional districts to guarantee a more equitable system of representation to the citizens of each state. - The case also decided the Supreme Court had jurisdiction over questions of legislative apportionment.
Brown v Board
Baker v Carr
Engel v Vitale
Tinker v Des Moines
The "separate but equal" doctrine as it applies to public education is unconstitutional; separate schools are inherently unequal. The court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson. The question before the court was if it was okay to have schools based on race, that were not equal. It integrated schools.
Brown v Board
Baker v Carr
Engel v Vitale
Tinker v Des Moines
A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions.
Roe v Wade
Citizens United v FEC
US v Lopez
Shaw v Reno
A state authorized students in its public schools to recite a short, voluntary prayer. The Court found that prayer could not be mandated by public schools as it violated the establishment clause of the 1st Amendment
Engel v Vitale
Schenck v US
Wisconsin v Yoder
Shaw v Reno
The Court ruled that in state trials, those who cannot afford an attorney will have one provided by the state, overturning Betts v. Brady. The question before the court was about Sovereignty immunity.
Schenck v US
Gideon v Wainwright
Roe v Wade
Shaw v Reno
The court established its role as the arbiter of the constitutionality of federal laws, the principle is known as judicial review.
McCulloch v Maryland
Schenck v US
Brown v Board
Marbury v Madison
The courts ruled that the states could not tax the federal government, i.e. the Bank of the United States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; federal government is supreme to the states (supremacy clause); confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States (elastic clause).
Gideon v Wainwright
Wisconsin v Yoder
McCulloch v Maryland
Baker v Carr
A landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that determined whether the Second Amendment applies to the individual states. The Court held that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" protected by the Second Amendment is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and applies to the states. The decision cleared up the uncertainty left in the wake of District of Columbia v. Heller as to the scope of gun rights in regard to the states.
McDonald v Chicago
Citizens United v FEC
US v Lopez
Shaw v Reno
The Court reaffirmed its position of prior restraint, refusing to stop the publication of the Pentagon Papers. The question before the court was about publishing work, it was tied into the freedom of speech.
Wisconsin v Yoder
Roe v Wade
US v Lopez
New York Times v US
Women have an absolute right to an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy based on a constitutionally protected right of privacy, the state can impose restrictions in the second and third trimesters. The question before the court was if women got the right to choose to abort their pregnancy or not.
Brown v Board
Schenck v US
Wisconsin v Yoder
Roe v Wade
Defendant mailed fliers to draftees during WWI urging them to protest the craft peacefully. Was convicted of violating a federal law against encouraging the disobedience of military orders. Oliver Wendel Holmes wrote in the opinion that such speech was not protected during wartime because it would create a clear and present danger, establishing a standard for measuring what would and would not be protected speech. The question before the Court was the line between the effect of freedom of speech and national draft orders.
US v Lopez
Engel v Vitale
Schenck v US
New York Times v US
A landmark case in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision that redistricting based on race must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny under the equal protection clause. On the other hand, bodies doing redistricting must be conscious of race to the extent that they must ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Baker v Carr
McCulloch v Maryland
Roe v Wade
Shaw v Reno
The Court ruled that wearing black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War was symbolic speech, protected by the First Amendment. The question before the court was about the 1st Amendment.
Tinker v Des Moines
Brown v Board
Gideon v Wainwright
Engle v Vitale
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals. It held that while Congress had broad lawmaking authority under the Commerce Clause, the power was limited, and did not extend so far from "commerce" as to authorize the regulation of the carrying of handguns, especially when there was no evidence that carrying them affected the economy on a massive scale
Citizens United v FEC
Roe v Wade
US v Lopez
McDonald v Chicago
Case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (7-0) that compulsory school attendance law was unconstitutional when applied to the Amish, because it violated their rights under the First Amendment, which guaranteed the free exercise of religion.
Wisconsin v Yoder
Schenck v US
Tinker v Des Moines
Baker v Carr
The running of schools is an example of
delegated powers
Concurrent powers
exclusive powers
reserved powers
Passing taxes would be an example of
delegated powers
reserved powers
concurrent powers
inherent powers
WHich of the following would be an example of Congress using implied powers?
Draft Americans into the military
confirm a Supreme Court justice
Ratify a treaty
Create a new tax
All of the following are examples of enumerated powers EXCEPT
to create a new form of money
to declare war
to create the federal banking system
to establish Post Offices and roads
The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment led to what court case
Citizen's United v FEC
Plessy v Ferguson
Mappv Ohio
Brown v Board of Eduation
Voting based on how you think a candidates might vote on key issues is
retrospective voting
prospective voting
straight ticket voting
lesser of two evils voting
Which of the following statements about gerrymandering is true?
It has been banned by United States Supreme Court decisions starting with Baker v. Carr
It was used traditionally to maintain urban control of the House of Representatives.
It can be used by a political party to draw boundary lines to control as many districts as possible.
It guarantees greater constituency control over elected representatives.
Which of the following statements about the Senate is true?
Each state is represented in the Senate according to its population.
The Senate, unlike the House, has a Rules Committee.
The Senate is more responsible than the House for initiating appropriations legislation.
Individual senators can exercise substantial influence over the legislative process.
All of the following are ways that the legislative branch can check the powers of the executive branch EXCEPT:
Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.
The Senate may refuse to approve a presidential appointment.
Congress may override a presidential veto.
Congress may remove the president through its impeachment and conviction powers.
The role Congress plays in ensuring that executive branch agencies are carrying out their legislated responsibilities is known as
judicial review
legislative oversight
executive privilege
bicameralism
Civil liberties are best described as
protections of specific citizens' rights from encroachment by the government.
protections against discrimination by the government and private citizens
protections for various forms of expression that are vital to American political life
protections specifically designed to protect minorities in the nation.
The Supreme Court overturned laws regulating birth control in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) on the grounds that such laws violated the right to privacy. Why was this a controversial decision?
The Court's decision clashed with the right of free exercise for those religiously opposed to birth control.
The right to privacy is never mentioned by name in the Bill of Rights.
The laws had been approved by an overwhelming majority of voters in Connecticut.
The decision to overturn the law injected government rules into private business enterprises.
In Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), the Supreme Court upheld a student's right to wear an armband in protest. The wearing of the armband was protected as a form of which of the following?
Prior restraint
Symbolic speech
Redress of grievances
Peaceful public protest
Which of the following correctly describes the concept of prior restraint?
The government attempting to prevent something from being published by the press
The right of individuals to plan, coordinate, and execute peaceful methods of protest
The punishment of individuals for making statements critical of the government
The Supreme Court blocking government action on the grounds that it is unconstitutional
When the process of incorporation is referred to as "selective," it is in reference to the fact that
the Court only incorporates a right in some cases but not all.
incorporation has happened on an amendment-by-amendment basis.
extension of rights may be withheld from some groups, such as students.
decisions from those cases do not set precedent for future cases.
Which of the following cases most likely involves a violation of civil rights?
Classifying people into brackets on the basis of income and taxing them at different rates
Classifying people in any way, using any system that treats one group of people differently from another
Classifying people and treating them differently on the basis of race or gender
Giving adults more rights, such as voting or drinking alcohol, than the rights possessed by minors
Dr. Martin Luther King's message in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was heavily insistent upon which of the following?
Using the Women's Rights movement as a model for African Americans
Why grandfather clauses and poll taxes should be illegal
The importance of due process
Civil disobedience as a means to achieve a goal
The extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples was done under which of the following justifications?
Those rights fall under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.
Denying those rights does not pass the intermediate scrutiny used for sex discrimination.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was interpreted to outlaw such discrimination.
A person's choice in spouse was a private matter, protected by the 4th amendment.
As part of the Women's Right Movement, Title IX attempted to take the concept of equal protection under the law and extend it to the realm of
private employment.
college admissions.
abortion rights.
educational programs.
Which accurately identifies the Supreme Court's opinion of majority-minority congressional districts?
They unconstitutionally harm the rights of the majority.
They are necessary for upholding the 14th amendment.
They are acceptable if it can be proven their existence corrects past discrimination.
They are unconstitutional because they are a reiteration of "separate but equal."
