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WGU C963 Pre-Assessments (Latest 2024/ 2025 Updates STUDY BUNDLE PACKAGE) American Politics and the US Constitution| Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct
WGU C963 Pre-Assessments (Latest 2024/ 2025
Updates STUDY BUNDLE PACKAGE) American
Politics and the US Constitution| Questions and
Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct
The Australian Ballot is also called? - ANSWERthe Secret Ballot
How can the burden of proof in a criminal case be best described? - ANSWERThe
prosecution must prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt
______ provide(s) the most common (and easiest) gateway for the people to express
their opinions and to hold elected officials accountable. - ANSWERElections
The formal selection of the President of the U.S. is in the hands of the? -
ANSWERElectors in the Electoral College
How many electoral votes does each state get? - ANSWERan amount equal to the
number of senators and members of the House of Representatives
To win the presidency, a candidate needs to win ______ electoral votes. -
ANSWER270
The ______ caucus, the nation's first and most famous caucus, requires that people
attend a meeting of about two hours in which they indicate their preferences and
then try to convince those who are undecided to join their candidates group. -
ANSWERIowa
_____ almost always win congressional elections. - ANSWERIncumbents
The effect of _____ is when a popular president running for reelection brings
additional party candidates into office. - ANSWERpushing
Women are more likely to identify themselves as _______ then men. -
ANSWERdemocrats
Compared to other democracies, turnout in the United States is? - ANSWERnear the
very bottom
British royal judges developed the practice of reaching decisions based on _______,
or the previous decisions of other royal judges. - ANSWERprecedents
_______ of the Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the government. -
ANSWERArticle 3
, How many federal courts of appeal are there currently? - ANSWER13
Who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court? - ANSWERJohn Jay
A Justice on the Texas Supreme Court who disagrees with the decision of the court
may issue which of the following documents? - ANSWERA dissenting opinion
Who nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Supreme Court Justice? -
ANSWERRonald Reagan
How long does each party get to speak during oral argument at the Supreme Court? -
ANSWER30mins
A request for review by the Supreme Court is known as a writ of ? -
ANSWERCertiorari
A confrontational legal process under which each party presents its version of events
is referred to as a ? - ANSWERAdversary process
Where in the Constitution are civil liberties protected? - ANSWERfirst ten
amendments
Too much freedom can lead to _______, a state in which the people are not free to
make decisions about the private aspects of their lives. - ANSWERTyranny
The Constitution protects the right of _______, the right of individuals to be brought
before a judge to have the legality of their imprisonment determined. -
ANSWERHabeas Corpus
All of the following have been Supreme Court Justices EXCEPT - ANSWERHarriet
Miers
Who was the last to be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court? - ANSWERSonia
Sotomayor
The Supreme Court applied the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states through
the process of? - ANSWERincorporation
If police conduct a search later found to be unconstitutional, the __________ holds
that evidence collected during the search cannot be used in trial. -
ANSWERexclusionary rule
Following the Civil War, the ______ Amendment ended slavery, and the, _________
Amendment forbade states to deny any person "the equal protection of the laws." -
ANSWER13th;14th
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