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Frage 1 von 48

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__________ is best defined as a set of beliefs that include a limited role for the national government in helping individuals and in the economic affairs of the nation, and support for traditional values and lifestyles.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Capitalism

  • Conservatism

  • Progressivism

  • Liberalism

  • Socialism

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Frage 2 von 48

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Generally, government serves at least three essential purposes: it resolves conflict, it defends the nation and its culture against other nations, and it __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • directs the creation of critical infrastructure

  • regulates industry

  • enforces the law

  • provides a national currency

  • provides public services

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Frage 3 von 48

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The founders of the United States believed that direct democracy __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • would require too many elections

  • might lead to voter apathy

  • would deteriorate into mob rule

  • might cost too much to operate

  • would ignore the opinions of the majority

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Frage 4 von 48

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Most politicians who might have called themselves __________ in the past have labeled their philosophy progressivism instead.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • socialists

  • liberals

  • libertarians

  • conservatives

  • tea partiers

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Frage 5 von 48

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The term theocracy means

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • "rule by the people"

  • "rule by the best"

  • "government by the wealthy"

  • "rule of law"

  • "rule by the deity"

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Frage 6 von 48

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__________ has a constitutional monarch.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • North Korea

  • The United States

  • China

  • The United Kingdom

  • Iran

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Frage 7 von 48

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__________ defines politics as the process of determining "who gets what, when, and how" in a society.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • President James Madison

  • North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un

  • Political Philosopher John Locke

  • President Lyndon Johnson

  • Political Scientist Harold Lasswell

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Frage 8 von 48

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The Magna Carta clearly established the principle of __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • theocracy

  • a right to privacy

  • totalitarianism

  • limited government

  • divine right

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Frage 9 von 48

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__________ can best be defined as the individuals and institutions that make society's rules and also possess the power and authority to enforce those rules.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A republic

  • Government

  • Parliament

  • Democracy

  • Autocracy

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Frage 10 von 48

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The word democracy comes from the Greek demos, meaning __________, and kratia, meaning __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • "demonstrate"; "power"

  • "mob"; "rights"

  • "the people"; "rule"

  • "representative"; "congress"

  • "direct"; "elections"

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Frage 11 von 48

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The __________ Plan that was proposed at the Constitutional Convention favored small states. It called for a legislature in which each state would have only one vote.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • New Jersey

  • New York

  • Connecticut

  • Virginia

  • Massachusetts

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Frage 12 von 48

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America's first written constitution, the __________, called for the laws to be made by an assembly of elected representatives from each town.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Fundamental Order of Connecticut

  • Massachusetts Body of Liberties

  • Mayflower Compact

  • Pennsylvania Charters of Privileges

  • Pennsylvania Frame of Government

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Frage 13 von 48

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In a compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention, it was agreed that each slave would count as __________ of a person in determining representation in the House of Representatives.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • one-half

  • three-fifths

  • one-third

  • two-thirds

  • four-fifths

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Frage 14 von 48

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After the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, James Otis, Jr. __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • declared that there could be "no taxation without war"

  • wrote Common Sense

  • proposed that the colonies impose a sugar tax on Britain

  • declared that there could be "no taxation without representation"

  • wrote A Handbook for Dumping Tea

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Frage 15 von 48

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The first permanent English settlement in North America was __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • founded in Plymouth, Massachusetts

  • the Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • in what is now Connecticut

  • in Jamestown, in what is now Virginia

  • founded in Pennsylvania

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Frage 16 von 48

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On April 19, 1775, Redcoats fought against Minutemen in the towns of __________ and __________, the first battles of the American Revolution.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Washington; Philadelphia

  • Baltimore; Albany

  • Plymouth; Jamestown

  • Lexington; Concord

  • Boston; Richmond

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Frage 17 von 48

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__________ classic pamphlet, Common Sense, presented a rousing argument in favor of independence and helped serve any remaining ties of loyalty to the British monarch.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Alexander Hamilton's

  • Thomas Jefferson's

  • Benjamin Franklin's

  • Roger Sherman's

  • Thomas Paine's

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Frage 18 von 48

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For the most part, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • representative of the population as a whole

  • uneducated

  • poor

  • from the best-educated and wealthiest classes

  • ordinary farmers and merchants

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Frage 19 von 48

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The president checks Congress by __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • exercising the power of judicial review

  • controlling taxes and spending

  • appointing federal judges

  • holding a veto power

  • exercising the power of impeachment

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Frage 20 von 48

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A federal official may be impeached by the __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Supreme Court

  • Senate

  • House of Representatives

  • attorney general

  • president

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Frage 21 von 48

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Wähle von der Aufklappliste, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

( Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A system of shared sovereignty between two levels of government, one national and one subnational, occupying the same geographic region.

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Frage 22 von 48

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Wähle von der Aufklappliste, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

( Unitary System, Federalism, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A centralized governmental system in which local and subdivisional governments exercise only those powers given to them by the central government.

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Frage 23 von 48

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Wähle von der Aufklappliste, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

( Confederal System, Federalism, Unitary System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A league of independent sovereign states, joined together by a central government that has only limited powers over them.

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Frage 24 von 48

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Wähle von der Aufklappliste, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

( Division of Powers, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A basic principle of federalism established by the U.S. Constitution, by which powers are divided between the national and state governments.

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Frage 25 von 48

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Wähle von der Aufklappliste, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

( Expressed Powers, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): Constitutional or statutory powers that are expressly provided for by the U.S. Constitution; also called enumerated powers.

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Frage 26 von 48

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Wähle von der Aufklappliste, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

( Police Powers, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): The power of a government body that enables it to create laws for the protection of the health, safety, welfare, and morals of the people.

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Frage 27 von 48

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Wähle von der Aufklappliste, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

( Supremacy Clause, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Fiscal Federalism ): Article VI, Clause 2, of the Constitution, which makes the Constitutional and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws.

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Frage 28 von 48

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Wähle von der Aufklappliste, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

( Fiscal Federalism, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause ): The allocation of taxes collected by one level of government (typically the national government) to another level (typically state or local governments).

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Frage 29 von 48

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Political scientist Harold Lassell defined __________ as the process of determining "who gets what, when, and how" in a society.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • government

  • power

  • politics

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Frage 30 von 48

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When the government's ability to exercise power is widely viewed as legitimate, we say that the government __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • has authority

  • presidential

  • direct

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Frage 31 von 48

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The system of government in the United States is best described as a __________ democracy.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • parliamentary

  • presidential

  • direct

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Frage 32 von 48

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The principle difference between an absolute monarchy and a dictatorship is that __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • unlike a dictatorship, an absolute monarchy allows freedom of speech and religion

  • dictators may be women, but monarchs never are

  • an absolute monarchy is based on traditional, but a dictatorship is not

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Frage 33 von 48

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Which of the following best describes a social contract?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The set of ideas, values, and attitudes about government and politics held by a community or a nation

  • A voluntary agreement among individuals to create a government and to give that government adequate power to secure the mutual protection and welfare of all individuals

  • An economic system based on the private ownership of wealth-producing property, free markets, and freedom of contract

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Frage 34 von 48

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Because of the political value of __________, Article I, Section 9, of the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from granting titles of nobility.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • equality

  • liberty

  • multiculturalism

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Frage 35 von 48

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Today's Republican Party differs from the party that existed a century ago in that it __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • no longer has strong support from business interests

  • is less reliant on the support of religious conservatives

  • no longer enjoys the support of most African Americans

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Frage 36 von 48

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American liberalism took its fully modern form in the __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 1960s, during the administration of Lyndon Johnson

  • 1990s, during the administration of Bill Clinton

  • 2000s, during the administration of Barack Obama

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Frage 37 von 48

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The majority of American colonist came from__________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Germany and Spain

  • France and Ireland

  • England and Scotland

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Frage 38 von 48

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Before the mid-1700s, the majority of American colonist were __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • secretly planning to declare their independence from Britain

  • loyal to the British monarch and viewed Britain as their homeland

  • politically indifferent

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Frage 39 von 48

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the new nation ___________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • could not declare war

  • could enter into treaties and alliances

  • could regulate interstate commerce

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Frage 40 von 48

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The three-fifths compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention had to do with __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • how slaves would be counted in determining representation in Congress

  • the imposition of export taxes

  • the regulation of commerce

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Frage 41 von 48

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All of the existing amendments to the Constitution have been proposed ___________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • by a two-thirds vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives

  • by a vote in three-fourths of the state legislatures

  • at national constitutional conventions

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Frage 42 von 48

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In a unitary system, __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • subdivisional governments exercise only those powers given to them by the central government

  • sovereign states are joined together by a central government that has only limited powers over them

  • there are no local or subdivisional governments

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Frage 43 von 48

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There are __________ governmental units in the United States today.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 51

  • nearly 3,000

  • almost 90,000

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Frage 44 von 48

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Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution enumerates twenty-seven powers that Congress may exercise. Two of these __________ powers are the power of coin money and the power to regulate interstate commerce.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • concurrent

  • expressed

  • inherent

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Frage 45 von 48

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The relationships among the states in our federal system of government are sometimes referred to as __________ federalism.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • picket-fence

  • cooperative

  • horizontal

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Frage 46 von 48

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The era of __________ federalism came to an end in 1930s.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • dual

  • new

  • competitive

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Frage 47 von 48

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The welfare reform legislation passed by Congress in 1996 is an example of __________ federalism.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • dual

  • cooperative

  • new

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Frage 48 von 48

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Block grants __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • are targeted for specific purposes by law

  • are federal grants given to a state for broad areas, such as criminal justice or mental-health programs

  • give the states less discretion that categorical grants over how funds will be spent

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Frage 49 von 48

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The prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishments" is included in the

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Fourth Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Sixth Amendment

  • Eight Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

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Frage 50 von 48

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The right to bear arms described in the Second Amendment was incorporated in

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 1868

  • 1925

  • 1949

  • 1965

  • 2010

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Frage 51 von 48

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According to the additional readings, in all, _____ of the thirteen colonies had established official religions by the time of the American Revolution.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • three

  • five

  • seven

  • nine

  • eleven

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Frage 52 von 48

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_____ are limitations on government action, setting forth what the government can not do.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Bills of attainder

  • Civil rights

  • The Miranda warnings

  • Ex post facto laws

  • Civil liberties

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Frage 53 von 48

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The _____ provides the right to have the "Assistance of Counsel" in criminal prosecutions.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Sixth Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Eight Amendment

  • Ninth Amendment

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Frage 54 von 48

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The protection against "Unreasonable searches and seizures" is found in the

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Third Amendment

  • Fourth Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Eight Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

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Frage 55 von 48

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In the 1947 ruling on the establishment clause (Everson v. Board of Education), the Supreme Court

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Upheld a New Jersey law that allowed the state to pay for bus transportation of students who attended parochial schools.

  • Ruled that the state of New Jersey could no longer require the teaching of evolution in the public schools.

  • held that the First Amendment prohibits clergy of different religions from serving in each branch of the armed forces.

  • held that all government aid to parochial schools is constitutional under the First Amendment.

  • held that all government aid to parochial schools is prohibited under the First Amendment.

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Frage 56 von 48

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A _____ punished individuals for committing an act that was legal when the act was committed.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • bill of attainder

  • "National Security Letter"

  • writ of habeas corpus

  • ex post facto law

  • warrant based on probable cause

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Frage 57 von 48

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Which of the following is not part of the test the Supreme Court developed in California v. Miller (1973) to determine if a book or film is legally obscene?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The work tends to excite an "unwholesome sexual desire," under present-day community standards.

  • The work taken as a whole lacks serious literary or artistic value.

  • The work depicts or describes, in an offensive way, a form of sexual conduct specifically prohibited by law.

  • The work taken as a whole is offensive or disturbing.

  • The work taken as a whole lacks serious political or scientific value.

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Frage 58 von 48

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A _____ is an order requiring that an official bring a specified prisoner into court and show the judge why the prisoner is being held in jail.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • ex post facto law

  • writ of habeas corpus

  • bill of attainder

  • warrant based on probable cause

  • exclusionary rule

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Frage 59 von 48

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In _____, the Supreme Court held that the "right to privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy," subject to certain regulations.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Roe v. Wade (1973)

  • Miller v. California (1973)

  • Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

  • Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

  • Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

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Frage 60 von 48

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Many of our liberties were added by the _____ ratified in 1791.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • ex post facto laws

  • writes of habeas corpus

  • Bill of Rights

  • bills of attainder

  • Miranda Warnings

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Frage 61 von 48

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The Bill of Rights becomes part of the Constitution in

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 1776

  • 1787

  • 1791

  • 1896

  • 1925

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Frage 62 von 48

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_____ requires that illegally obtained evidence not be admissible in court.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The Miranda warnings

  • The exclusionary rule

  • Probable cause

  • Double jeopardy

  • National Security Letters

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Frage 63 von 48

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"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms..." is found in the _____ to the U.S. Constitution.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Second Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Eighth Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

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Frage 64 von 48

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The Fourteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution in

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 1776

  • 1787

  • 1791

  • 1868

  • 1925

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Frage 65 von 48

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The reserved powers of the states are derived from the

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Second Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Ninth Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

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Frage 66 von 48

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The Sixth Amendment

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • prohibits cruel and unusual punishments

  • guarantees the right to counsel at various stages in some criminal proceedings.

  • includes a protection against self-incrimination.

  • prohibits double jeopardy

  • establishes the exclusionary rule

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Frage 67 von 48

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The First Amendment to the Constitution

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • addresses the right to bear arms

  • states that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech."

  • guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial

  • addresses the right of trial by jury

  • states that "Congress shall protect the right to privacy of all persons"

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Frage 68 von 48

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_____ is a published report of a falsehood that tends to injure a person's reputation or character.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • libel

  • slander

  • symbolic speech

  • seditious speech

  • obscenity

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Frage 69 von 48

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The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in _____, giving women the right to vote.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 1848

  • 1869

  • 1918

  • 1920

  • 1936

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Frage 70 von 48

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A law based on a suspect classification is subject to _____ scrutiny by the courts.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • ordinary

  • intermediate

  • exacting

  • strict

  • minimal

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Frage 71 von 48

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The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • granted freedom to the slave

  • required an end to segregation

  • established the separate-but-equal doctrine

  • outlawed "Jim Crow" laws

  • granted former slaves the right to vote.

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Frage 72 von 48

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Nancy Pelosi was the first woman to

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • be elected to the U.S. Senate

  • serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

  • run for vice President of the United States

  • serve as a governor

  • be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives

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Frage 73 von 48

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The Supreme Court established the separate-but-equal doctrine in

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

  • Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

  • Brown II (1955)

  • United States v. Virginia (1996)

  • Craig v. Boren (1976)

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Frage 74 von 48

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One of the tactics used by the civil rights protestors in the 1960s was _____, the deliberate and public refusal to obey laws considered unjust.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • "Jim Crow"

  • suffrage

  • affirmative action

  • civil disobedience

  • internment

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Frage 75 von 48

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Racial segregation that occurs not as a result of deliberate intentions but because of social and economic conditions and residential patterns is called _____ segregation.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • de facto

  • de jure

  • de minimis

  • ex post facto

  • de novo

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Frage 76 von 48

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"Jim Crow" laws

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • were segregation laws, separating the white community from the black community.

  • were justified by the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).

  • were prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment

  • required an end to segregation

  • were designed to achieve racial equality

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Frage 77 von 48

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Our First Amendment rights are considered _____ rights.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • contingent

  • suspect

  • conditional

  • fundamental

  • tentative

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Frage 78 von 48

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In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the Supreme Court held that segregation by race _____ was unconstitutional.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • on buses

  • in restaurants

  • in public education

  • in housing

  • on railroads

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Frage 79 von 48

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AARP promotes the interest of

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • consumers.

  • manufacturers.

  • labor.

  • senior citizens.

  • gun owners.

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Frage 80 von 48

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The Right to Life organization is a _____ interest group.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • consumer

  • identity

  • ideological

  • single-issue

  • government

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Frage 81 von 48

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The largest and most powerful labor interest group today is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the AFL-CIO

  • AARP

  • the NAM

  • the NRA

  • MADD

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Frage 82 von 48

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There are various reasons why people join interest groups. Some people find that they gain considerable satisfaction in taking action from within that group. Such satisfaction is referred to as a _____ incentive.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • free-rider

  • purposive

  • pluralist

  • solidary

  • material

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Frage 83 von 48

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It has become increasingly common for those who leave positions with the federal government to become lobbyists or consultants for the private interest groups they helped to regulate. This is called

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the "heroes to zeroes" complex

  • the "free rider" problem

  • "Potomac fever."

  • the "revolving door" syndrome

  • "lobbying addiction"

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Frage 84 von 48

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Some people enjoy the camaraderie and sense of belonging that comes from associating with other people who share their interests and goals. That enjoyment can be called a _____ incentive for joining an interest group.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • free rider

  • purposive

  • pluralist

  • solidary

  • material

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Frage 85 von 48

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Individuals who can enjoy the outcome of an interest group's efforts without having to contribute are called

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • social loafers

  • lobbyists

  • social climbers

  • entrepreneurs

  • free riders

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Frage 86 von 48

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The _____ is a professional interest group.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • National Farmers Union

  • Club for Growth

  • National Rifle Association

  • American Medical Association

  • National Urban League

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Frage 87 von 48

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A purposive incentive for joining an interest group is best described as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • pleasure in associating with like-minded individuals

  • satisfaction resulting from working for a cause in which one believes

  • a practical benefit such as discounts, subscriptions, or group insurance.

  • the ability to enjoy the outcome of a group's efforts without having to contribute.

  • the opportunity to compete for public office.

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Frage 88 von 48

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The right to form interest groups and to lobby the government is protected by the _____ right of the people "to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • First Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Ninth Amendment

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