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STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAMQUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which decision is indicative of how the Supreme Court interpreted the Fourteenth
Amendment and state discretion in civil rights matters in the decades after the Civil
War? - Answer-a. Brown v. Board of Education
b. the Dred Scott decision
*c. Plessy v. Ferguson*
d. McCulloch v. Maryland
e. Gibbons v. Ogden
The "separate but equal" standard was created by - Answer-a. Congress.
*b. the Supreme Court*
c. the state supreme court of Virginia.
d. President Ulysses S. Grant.
e. Justice John Marshall Harlan.
Starting in the 1990s, the Supreme Court has rolled back some of the power of the
national government, basing its decisions primarily on interpretations of which two
amendments? - Answer-a. First and Fourth
b. First and Fourteenth
c. Tenth and Fourteenth
d. Eleventh and Fourteenth
*e. Tenth and Eleventh*
The individual right that is widely regarded as the most basic of individual rights is: -
Answer-a. the right to an attorney.
*b. freedom of expression.*
c. the right to a jury trial.
d. the right to an adequate education.
e. protection against illegal searches and seizures.
Which of the following, relative to the others, is typically more protective of individual
rights? - Answer-a. the U.S. Congress
b. the general public
c. public opinion
d. the presidency
*e. the judiciary*
The right to privacy was instrumental in which decision? - Answer-*A. Roe v. Wade*
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Schenck v. United States
d. Miranda v. Arizona
e. New York Times Co. v. United States
,The individual freedoms in the Bill of Rights were extended by the Fourteenth
Amendment to include protection from deprivation of due process rights by: - Answer-a.
actions of the president.
b. the actions of individuals.
c. actions of the federal government.
*d. actions of state and local governments*
e. actions of the U.S. military.
In the Constitution, procedural due process is protected by the - Answer-a. Fourth
Amendment.
b. Fifth Amendment.
c. Sixth Amendment.
d. Eighth Amendment.
*e. All these answers are correct*
Today, women currently hold about _____ of the seats in the House of Representatives
- Answer-a. 7 percent
*b. 19 percent*
c. 28 percent
d. 37 percent
e. 49 percent
Of the following states, which tends to have larger numbers of Caribbean Hispanics -
Answer-a. California
b. Texas
*c. New York*
d. New Mexico
e. Arizona
According to Gunnar Myrdal, what is America's curse? - Answer-a. greed
*b. racial discrimination*
c. obesity
d. street violence
e. religious intolerance
The Supreme Court's ruling in the Swann case on busing differed from the Brown
decision in that Swann - Answer-a. addressed the problem of de facto discrimination.
b. applied to many northern communities in addition to communities in the South.
c. sanctioned the use of busing in desegregation.
d. dealt specifically with the issue of busing.
*e. all these answers are correct*
Which of the following groups is LEAST likely to identify with the Democratic party -
Answer-a. Hispanics
b. African Americans
, c. white women
*d. white southerners*
e. white liberals
Public support for same-sex marriage has - Answer-a. decreased significantly since the
1990s.
*b. increased significantly since the 1990s.*
c. remained steady since the 1990s.
d. increased slightly since the 1990s.
e. decreased slightly since the 1990s.
Party identification refers to - Answer-a. the percentage of polled individuals that claim
membership in a particular party.
b. formal membership in a political party.
*c. an emotional attachment to a political party.*
d. a political party's platform—the stances on issues that define its beliefs.
e. the ability of individual citizens to identify the major issue positions of the major
political parties.
In general, public opinion - Answer-a. determines specific government actions.
b. is unrelated to government action.
*c. sets limits on government action.*
d. generally affects government action only on election issues.
e. is strongest during a presidential election.
A person who favors government intervention in both social and economic affairs is a(n)
- Answer-a. libertarian.
b. liberal.
*c. populist.*
d. social conservative.
e. economic conservative.
Each of the following statements could be considered true of either economic or social
liberals, EXCEPT that... - Answer-a. they favor government activism in the area of
distribution of economic benefits.
b. they prefer a smaller role for government in upholding social and cultural traditions.
c. they favor more government spending for the poor.
d. they believe lifestyle choices should be left to the individual.
*e. they believe that government should be used to promote traditional values.*
The Tea Party's key initial issue was - Answer-a. support for American military
involvement in Iraq.
b. support for American military involvement in Afghanistan.
c. opposition to President Obama's climate change policies.
*d. opposition to high taxes*
e. opposition to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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