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WorksheetsMP4 Test 7
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following was an example of a challenge faced by the Civil Rights Movement?
White parents protesting Ruby Bridges going to school and pulling their children out of integrated schools.
White people recognizing racism and marching with the African American community.
Expanded protections for the African American community like the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act.
The integration of public schools and desegregation of public spaces.
What was the ultimate outcome of the Supreme Court Case Brown v. The Board of Education?
Brown ruled "separate but equal" unconstitutional.
Brown established the precedent of "separate but equal."
Brown established the need of the police to read a citizen their rights upon arrest.
Brown holds that the 6th and 14th Amendments guarantee a right of legal counsel to the accused.
Which two entities were most responsible for challenging integration of New Orleans schools?
The Supreme Court
The New Orleans School Board
White parents
The US Senate
What is the federal government?
The government of St. Bernard Parish
The government of the United States
The government of Louisiana
The government of the Greater Orleans Area
What are powers specifically granted to the federal government called?
Implied Powers
Shared Powers
State Powers
Delegated Powers
Powers not expressly granted in the Constitution are reserved for the states to pass laws as they best see fit. What do we call the powers held for state governments?
Implied Powers
Coercive Powers
Reserved Powers
Mechanical Powers
True or False: Both the state and federal government have the power to make and pass laws?
True
False
After a bill is vetoed, how can it still become a law?
Once a bill is vetoed it is dead. The only chance it has is to be reintroduced in Congress.
A veto can be overridden with a simple majority (51%) vote in Congress.
The bill needs to a receive a 2/3 vote in the chamber of Congress in which the bill was originally introduced.
After a veto a bill returns to both chambers of the legislature where it is voted on again. If it receives a 2/3 vote in both chambers the veto is overridden and the bill becomes a law.
Louisiana's government borrows heavily from the US government. Which of the following is a similarity both governments share?
Louisiana's government is not based off of the US government at all.
Both governments are split into three branches: legislative, judicial, and executive.
Both governments have adopted French as their official language.
Both governments appoint their leaders based on lineage (i.e. positions of authority are passed down in the same family).
True or False: Louisiana is a monolith of a state, taking influence only from its time as a French colony.
True
False
Louisiana is the only state in the US to practice civil law rather than common law. Where does this practice come from?
The Spanish Treaty of Cabildo
The French Code Napoleon/Napoleonic Code
The German Bismarck Accords
Civil law most closely resembles the type of law practiced by the ancient people of this region who inhabited Louisiana long before European colonizers came.
Most parishes in Louisiana are structured as police juries. What does that look like?
Elected bodies of jurors who hold the governing responsibilities of each subdivision.
Boards of Commissioners who hold the governing responsibilities of each subdivision.
Louisiana is separated into 64 entirely separated and independent parishes which operate more as fiefdoms than typical US counties.
There are no local governments in Louisiana.
Other than police juries, what is the most common form of local government in Louisiana?
Rogue Autonomy
Anarcho-syndicalist commune
Home Rule Charter
Board of Directors
Louisiana only has Police Juries
How is St. Bernard's Parish Council chosen?
Lune de Sang
Elected by the people
Random lottery
State appointed
Which of the following is the best description of a police jury?
Twelve citizens chosen to hear the details of a criminal case and pass judgment of guilty or not guilty on the defendant.
A group of elected officials that pass laws and raise funds for the parish.
Groups of four or more police officers together are referred to as juries. (Ex: The guests arrived in juries to the Police Officer's Ball.)
Special trials held for police officers who break the law while in the line of duty.
Which of the following best describes why the price of oil and gas in Louisiana would lower if there were a surplus of oil worldwide?
Natural Economic Law
Market Regulation Law
The Law of Macro-Economic Control
The Laws of Supply and Demand
If there were an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, what could be one reason for the decrease in income for Louisiana fisherman?
A scarcity of seafood on the national market.
Oysters would be so plentiful that their value would drop to almost nothing.
The increase in the price of oil would result in higher operating costs for Louisiana fishers.
The oil could cause a boom in the population of deeper sea fish who would be less affected by the spill and lead to an overflooded market, dropping prices.
Which is an example of interdependence in practice in Louisiana?
Louisiana rice farmers turn a profit after exporting rice yields to other US states.
Residents in other US states purchase Louisiana seafood products rather than foreign products.
A chemical company that has headquarters in Illinois builds a new plant in Laplace, Louisiana.
All are examples of interdependence.
How could a tariff on Chinese crawfish help Louisiana crawfish fishers?
A tariff on Chinese crawfish would raise money for subsidies that would be paid to Louisiana crawfish fishers to supplement income on poor years.
A tariff on Chinese crawfish would raise the price of the crawfish to a level that makes them more competitive with the price of Louisiana crawfish.
A tariff on Chinese crawfish would reduce the sales of the crawfish in America, thus making the Chinese more likely to purchase Louisiana crawfish.
A tariff on Chinese crawfish would hurt the Louisiana crawfish market, not help it.
