Mini Citizenship Test 2

Question 1

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services is a branch of which federal department.

Answer 1

Department of Homeland Security

Question 2

Immigrants who want to become citizens must meet five requirements, name one.

Answer 2

must have entered the US legally, must be of good moral character, must declare their support of the American government, must prove they can read, write, and speak English (unless 50 yrs or older and have lived in the US 20 yrs), must show some basic knowledge of American history and government

Question 3

Name an example of a situation where a person can not become a citizen.

Answer 3

draft evaders, military deserts, polygamists, anarchists, Communists, or followers of an other totalitarian regime

Question 4

An applicant requesting citizenship must be at least how old?

Answer 4

18

Question 5

Congress has used collective naturalization five times

Answer 5

1803 people living in the territory gain through Louisiana Purchase, Florida was purchased in 1819
Republic of Texas was admitted into the Union in 1845, Hawaii in 1990, Residents of Puerto Rico in 1917

Question 6

have lived in the US as a lawfully admitted resident alien for ___ months of the previous ___ years

Answer 6

30 months 5 years

Question 7

if married to a US citizen, he or she only needs ___ years of residency before filing

Answer 7

3 years

Question 8

__________ is a process by which members of a whole group of people, living in the same geographic area, become American citizens through an act of Congress

Answer 8

collective naturalization

Question 9

1868 Congress decided that the citizenship guarantees of the 14th Amendment would not apply to ______

Answer 9

Native Americans

Question 10

only the _____ can both grant citizenship and take it away

Answer 10

federal government

Question 11

Americans can lose their citizenship in any of three ways:

Answer 11

through expatriation
by being convicted of certain crimes
through denaturalization

Question 12

the simplest way to lose citizenship is through ______, or giving up one’s citizenship by leaving one’s native country to live in a foreign country

Answer 12

expatriation

Question 13

a person may lose citizenship when convicted of certain crimes including what?

Answer 13

treason, participation in a rebellion, and attempts to overthrow the govt through violent means

Question 14

the loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process is called __________

Answer 14

denaturalization

Question 15

the most common way a citizen participates in political life is by ____

Answer 15

voting

Question 16

a major challenge for democratic political system is dealing with _____ and _____

Answer 16

crime and criminals

Question 17

a ____ is an act against a law of the state

it may also harm an individual or a person’s property

Answer 17

crime

Question 18

to protect the innocent, the ___________ guarantees “the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures”

Answer 18

4th Amendment

Question 19

before 1980, how many states had search laws that permitted police to enter a home without a warrant if they had probable cause to believe that the occupant had committed a felony?

Answer 19

23

Question 20

a ______ is a major crime

Answer 20

felony

Question 21

________ is the Court case that established the exclusionary rule

Answer 21

Weeks v. the United States

Question 22

the _______ states that any illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in federal court

Answer 22

exclusionary rule

Question 23

___________ is the Court case that ruled that as long as the police act in good faith when they request a warrant, the evidence they collect may be used in court even if the warrant is defective

Answer 23

United States v. Leon

Question 24

in the Leon case, a judge had made a mistake by issuing a warrant based on _________ that later was found to be invalid

Answer 24

probable cause

Question 25

in 1984, the Court also approved an “___________” exception to the exclusionary rule

Answer 25

inevitable discovery

Question 26

in __________, the Court held that evidence obtained in violation of a defendant’s rights can be used at trial

Answer 26

Nix v. Williams

Question 27

Fourth amendment protections may be limited inside _______

Answer 27

high schools

Question 28

in ____________, the Supreme Court ruled that school officials do not need warrants or probable cause to search students or their property

Answer 28

New Jersey v. T.L.O

Question 29

in 1995 the Court upheld in __________ mandatory suspicionless drug tests for all students participating in interscholastic athletics

Answer 29

Vernonia School District 47J v. Action

Question 30

in 1968 Congress passed the omnibus _________ which required federal, state, and local authorities to obtain a court order for most wiretaps

Answer 30

Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

Question 31

in 1978 Congress passed the _________, requiring a court order even for wiretapping and bugging in national security cases

Answer 31

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Question 32

the _______ Amendment guarantees a defendant the right “to have the assistance of counsel for his defense”

Answer 32

Sixth Amendment

Question 33

generally the federal courts provided counsel, or a _____, in federal cases

Answer 33

attorney

Question 34

IN order to place a wire tap device you must have a what?

Answer 34

warrant

Question 35

the Supreme Court first dealt with the right to counsel in state courts in this court case ________

Answer 35

Powell v. Alabama

Question 36

in _______, the Court held that states did not have to provide a lawyer in cases not involving the death penalty

Answer 36

Betts v. Brady

Question 37

in 1963, ___________ won a landmark case that ended the Betts rule

Answer 37

Clarence Ear Gideon

Question 38

the Court has since extended the Gideon decision by ruling that whenever a jail sentence of ___ months or more is possible punishment, the accused has a right to a lawyer at the public’s expense from the time of the arrest through the appeals process

Answer 38

6 months

Question 39

the ______ Amendment says no one “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself” and states in part that no person shall be “twice put in jeopardy of life and limb”

Answer 39

Fifth Amendment

Question 40

in 1964 the Court reversed Escobedo’s conviction, ruling that Escobedo’s ___ and ___ Amendments had been violated

Answer 40

5th and 6th

Question 41

the courts have interpreted the 5th Amendment’s protection against ___________ to cover witnesses before congressional committees and grand juries as well as defendants in criminal cases

Answer 41

self-incrimination

Question 42

the guidelines that police use before the questioning of suspects are now known as the __________

Answer 42

Miranda Rules

Question 43

__________ means a person may not be tried twice for the same crime, thus protecting people from continual harassment

Answer 43

double jeopardy

Question 44

the _____ Amendment forbids “cruel and unusual punishments”

Answer 44

8th Amendment

Question 45

in _____________ the Court ruled that under adequate guidelines the death penalty does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment

Answer 45

Gregg v. Georgia

Question 46

the American ideal of citizenship has always stressed each citizen’s responsibility to participate in ______

Answer 46

political life

Question 47

Gideon v. Wainright overruled the _______ court case

Answer 47

Betts v. Brady

Question 48

the court ruled in the ______ case that the 5th Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination requires suspects to be clearly informed of their rights before police question them

Answer 48

Escobedo v. Illinois