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Government Practice Test 2

Question 1 of 49

1

Shays's Rebellion was the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 49

1

In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court decided that the interstate commerce clause allowed New York to grant a monopoly to a steamboat operator.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 49

1

A theocratic government with absolute power is a totalitarian regime.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 49

1

Which of the following were used in southern states during the Jim Crow era to deny African Americans their voting rights?

Select one of the following:

  • white primaries

  • literacy tests

  • poll taxes

  • grandfather clauses

  • All these answers are correct.

Explanation

Question 5 of 49

1

Social conservatives, who now form a large part of the base of the Republican Party, often are also members of

Select one of the following:

  • programs seeking to expand welfare programs.

  • groups seeking to keep government out of Americans' private lives.

  • religious organizations.

  • pro-choice groups.

  • groups seeking to enhance marriage by allowing domestic partnerships.

Explanation

Question 6 of 49

1

A woman sells scarves to passersby on a busy city street during the week of Independence Day. Three months later, the city council passes a law making street vending illegal. Could the woman be found guilty of violating the new law?

Select one of the following:

  • Maybe, but only if the law is not considered a bill of attainder.

  • Yes, particularly if the law was passed because she was making a disturbance.

  • Yes, but only if she was being libelous.

  • No, as it is considered an ex post facto law.

  • No, because the woman broke law over a holiday weekend.

Explanation

Question 7 of 49

1

The Supreme Court ruled that individuals who are arrested must be informed of their constitutional rights in

Select one of the following:

  • Smith v. Massachusetts.

  • Mapp v. Ohio.

  • Weeks v. U.S.

  • Miranda v. Arizona.

  • McCleskey v. Zant.

Explanation

Question 8 of 49

1

The power to regulate car emissions comes from Congress's authority

Select one of the following:

  • as enumerated in the Constitution.

  • under the necessary and proper clause.

  • to make the federal budget.

  • to approve presidential appointments.

  • under the power to tax clause.

Explanation

Question 9 of 49

1

Which 1857 Supreme Court decision set the stage for the Civil War by mobilizing the abolitionist movement?

Select one of the following:

  • Brown v. Board of Education

  • Marbury v. Madison

  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

  • Lochner v. Ellison

  • Loving v. Virginia

Explanation

Question 10 of 49

1

Setting the time, place, and manner of elections is a concurrent power.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 49

1

Legal proceedings properly recorded in a court of law in California are generally deemed admissible in a court of law in Texas, or in any other state. This is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • an ex post facto law.

  • full faith and credit.

  • a bill of attainder.

  • equal protection.

  • a writ of habeas corpus.

Explanation

Question 12 of 49

1

Federal judges cannot be removed from office for any reason because they have lifetime appointments.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 49

1

The existence of two schools on opposite sides of town-one for Caucasian students and the other for African American students-would have been deemed constitutional after the Supreme Court's ruling in which of the following cases?

Select one of the following:

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

  • Civil Rights Cases

  • Bradwell v. Illinois

  • Reed v. Reed

  • Brown v. Board of Education

Explanation

Question 14 of 49

1

Using slurs toward a transgendered individual is an illegal act under

Select one of the following:

  • the direct incitement test.

  • Schenck v. U.S.

  • the Second Amendment.

  • the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Act.

  • the fighting words test.

Explanation

Question 15 of 49

1

The ________ is empowered by the Constitution to make all federal laws.

Select one of the following:

  • judicial branch

  • executive branch

  • legislative branch

  • Electoral College

  • federal bureaucracy

Explanation

Question 16 of 49

1

All Senators run for re-election at the same time.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 49

1

According to the George W. Bush Administration

Select one of the following:

  • public telephones cannot be tapped without a court order.

  • some Bill of Rights guarantees can be suspended in a time of war.

  • civil liberties can never be abridged.

  • the FBI must show probable cause to investigate citizens exercising freedom of speech.

  • Muslim detainees must be treated in accordance with their religious beliefs.

Explanation

Question 18 of 49

1

Moderates

Select one of the following:

  • created the Tea Party movement.

  • comprise over half of the U.S. population.

  • are most aligned with the views of Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter.

  • believe that a temperate view is the best approach to politics.

  • largely support an overhaul of the welfare system.

Explanation

Question 19 of 49

1

Over time, Americans' expectations of government have generally

Select one of the following:

  • decreased.

  • not been measured.

  • increased.

  • remained the same.

  • been eliminated.

Explanation

Question 20 of 49

1

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowered the national voting age to eighteen.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 49

1

Which Article of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch?

Select one of the following:

  • Article II

  • Article I

  • Article V

  • Article IV

  • Article III

Explanation

Question 22 of 49

1

The United States has a unitary system of government.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 49

1

The Constitution did not empower the national government to

Select one of the following:

  • make all laws necessary and proper to govern the new nation.

  • conduct foreign relations.

  • levy a national income tax.

  • enforce its laws on the states.

  • abolish slavery.

Explanation

Question 24 of 49

1

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits businesses from making discriminatory hiring decisions based on which inherent characteristics?

Select one of the following:

  • age and disability

  • race, color, and sex

  • religion and national origin

  • sexual orientation

  • ace, color, sex, religion, and national origin

Explanation

Question 25 of 49

1

Why did southern states want slaves to be counted as part of their population?

Select one of the following:

  • It would increase southern representation in the House of Representatives.

  • It would ensure that slaves would receive certain inalienable rights.

  • Northerners were advocating for the deportation of slave labor.

  • Slaves could then be forced to serve in the military.

  • The South would then have a greater number of voters.

Explanation

Question 26 of 49

1

The Tenth Amendment provides for

Select one of the following:

  • concurrent state and federal powers.

  • enumerated federal powers.

  • taking private property for public purposes.

  • states' implied powers.

  • states' reserve or police powers.

Explanation

Question 27 of 49

1

Colleges and universities use affirmative action policies to ensure a student body that is diverse in

Select one of the following:

  • race.

  • color.

  • economic status.

  • place of origin.

  • race, color, economic status, and place of origin.

Explanation

Question 28 of 49

1

When secular law conflicts with religious beliefs, freedom of religion is

Select one of the following:

  • suppressed.

  • allowed, but only after a court order is obtained.

  • always upheld.

  • guaranteed by the Second Amendment.

  • sometimes denied.

Explanation

Question 29 of 49

1

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments are collectively known as the

Select one of the following:

  • Civil Liberties Amendments.

  • Frederick Douglass Amendments.

  • Civil War Amendments.

  • Bill of Rights.

  • Susan B. Anthony Amendments.

Explanation

Question 30 of 49

1

Constitutionalism places

Select one of the following:

  • limits on government through a written document.

  • limits on government through oral agreements.

  • limits on individuals' powers over government.

Explanation

Question 31 of 49

1

Which of the following did NOT lead to American settlement in the seventeenth century?

Select one of the following:

  • The split from the Church of England

  • Hobbes and Locke's social contract theories

  • Belief in self-government

  • Questioning the divine right of kings

  • Belief in intelligent design

Explanation

Question 32 of 49

1

The difference between libel and slander is that

Select one of the following:

  • libel is spoken, and slander is written.

  • libel only occurs with public figures, and slander can occur with private individuals.

  • libel is written, and slander is spoken.

  • libel is legal, and slander is illegal.

  • libel is illegal, and slander is legal.

Explanation

Question 33 of 49

1

In an oligarchy, rule is by

Select one of the following:

  • one person.

  • the many.

  • all people.

  • people who own property.

  • the few.

Explanation

Question 34 of 49

1

The power to tax is a concurrent power in the U.S. federal system.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 35 of 49

1

Categorical grants

Select one of the following:

  • often involve state matching funds.

  • are given to states without conditions.

  • are virtually identical to block grants.

  • are a remnant of the New Deal.

  • ere at the core of Ronald Reagan's devolution revolution.

Explanation

Question 36 of 49

1

In Plessy v. Ferguson, a majority of the Supreme Court argued that the Constitution should be colorblind.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 37 of 49

1

Critics charge that the USA Patriot Act expands civil liberties needlessly in a time of war.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 38 of 49

1

The division of authority among the three branches of government is called

Select one of the following:

  • federalism.

  • compromise.

  • pluralism.

  • separation of powers.

  • gridlock.

Explanation

Question 39 of 49

1

All of the following are generally state issues EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • child custody.

  • marriage age.

  • divorce.

  • currency circulation.

  • death penalty.

Explanation

Question 40 of 49

1

The difference between civil liberties and civil rights has often been simplified to

Select one of the following:

  • "freedom to" and "freedom from."

  • equality and equity.

  • make them synonymous.

  • a carrot and a stick.

  • "freedom of" and "freedom for."

Explanation

Question 41 of 49

1

Why was indirect democracy a necessary alternative to direct democracy?

Select one of the following:

  • The people were deemed too ignorant to be involved directly with government.

  • It became increasingly difficult to bring all the colonists together in the decision-making process.

  • The wealthier and more educated citizens changed the system so they could wield more power.

  • The colonies sought to follow the teachings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

  • The religious tendencies of the colonists caused them to rebel against the Greek model of democracy.

Explanation

Question 42 of 49

1

Libertarians would likely advocate for the USA PATRIOT Act.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 43 of 49

1

The mass movement for Mexican American civil rights, of which Cesar Chavez was a leader, is known as

Select one of the following:

  • the Latino Movement.

  • LULAC.

  • the Chicano Movement.

  • NALEO.

  • the Lambda Legal Movement.

Explanation

Question 44 of 49

1

Gays and lesbians have, on average, far lower incomes than other groups.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 45 of 49

1

In New York Times v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that

Select one of the following:

  • prior restraint was constitutional.

  • false or negligent speech was not protected by the First Amendment.

  • actual malice must be proved to support a claim of libel made by a public figure.

  • newspaper reporters must divulge their confidential sources of information.

  • libel and slander were constitutionally protected forms of speech.

Explanation

Question 46 of 49

1

The U.S. Supreme Court consistently has found that

Select one of the following:

  • the disabled can sue local governments that do not make public buildings accessible to the disabled.

  • public buildings must always be accessible to the handicapped.

  • failure to hire pilots who wear classes can be grounds for a discrimination claim.

  • the Americans with Disabilities Act must be interpreted liberally.

  • workplaces must make accommodations for learning disabilities.

Explanation

Question 47 of 49

1

Anti-Federalists would most likely align themselves with today's libertarians, who decry the extent of the powers wielded by the national government.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 48 of 49

1

In Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

Select one of the following:

  • gay marriage represented an issue best left to the states.

  • the equal protection clause prohibits discrimination against gay Americans.

  • a Texas law criminalizing sexual behavior was unconstitutional.

  • there was a homosexual agenda in the United States.

  • the Boy Scouts could prevent homosexuals from becoming troop leaders.

Explanation

Question 49 of 49

1

American political culture embodies many key concepts including
I. absolute personal liberty.
II. political equality.
III. majority rule.
IV. individualism.

Select one of the following:

  • II and III

  • I

  • II, III, and IV

  • I and II

  • I, II, and III

Explanation

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