Quiz questions

Question 1

The Fourth Amendment’s requirement for a warrant ________.

Answer 1

does not apply when there is a serious risk that evidence will be destroyed before a warrant can be
issued

Question 2

The Supreme Court has decided that the death penalty

Answer 2

may not be applied to those who were under 18 when they committed a crime

Question 3

Civil liberties are guarantees of equal treatment by government authorities

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following rights is not protected by the Sixth Amendment?

Answer 4

The right to remain silent

Question 5

An example of a right explicitly protected by the constitution as drafted at the Constitutional Convention is the______

Answer 5

Right to a writ of habeas corpus

Question 6

Which of the following rules has the Supreme Court said is an undue burden on the right to have an
abortion?

Answer 6

Women must notify their spouses before having an abortion

Question 7

Which of the following provisions is not part of the First Amendment?

Answer 7

the right to keep and bear arms

Question 8

The eighth amendment is typically associated with

Answer 8

cruel and unusual punishment

Question 9

The right to privacy has been controversial for all the following reasons except_____

Answer 9

it is not explicitly included in the constitution or Bill of rights

Question 10

Right to a speedy trial by impatial jury

Answer 10

sixth amendment

Question 11

right to not house soldiers during time of war

Answer 11

third ammendment

Question 12

Rights retained by the people, even if they are not secifically enumerated by the constitution

Answer 12

Ninth Amendment

Question 13

Right to a jury trial in civil cases

Answer 13

Seventh amendment

Question 14

States rights to powers not specifically delegated to the federal government

Answer 14

Tenth Amendment

Question 15

Right to keep and bear arms to maintain a well regulated militia

Answer 15

Second Amendment

Question 16

Right to not face excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishment

Answer 16

Eigth Amendment

Question 17

Right to be secure from unreasonable search and seizure

Answer 17

Fourth Amendment

Question 18

Rights in criminal cases, including due process and indictment by grand jury for capital crimes, as well as the right not to testify against oneself

Answer 18

Fifth amendment

Question 19

Right to freedom of religion and speech; right to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances

Answer 19

First Amendment

Question 20

McDonald v. Chicago

Answer 20

Second Amendment

Question 21

Mapp v. Ohio

Answer 21

Fouth amendment

Question 22

Miranda v. Arizona

Answer 22

Fifth Amendment

Question 23

Sherbert v. Verner

Answer 23

First Amendment

Question 24

Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 24

Sixth Amendment

Question 25

Mexican American farm workers in California organized ________ to demand higher pay from their employers.

Answer 25

he United Farm Workers union

Question 26

The 1965 Selma-to-montogmery march was an important milestone in the civil rights movement because it

Answer 26

Vividly illustrated the continues resistance to black civil rights in the Deep South

Question 27

Laws involving discrimination against race, religion, or national origin would likely be evaluated using which level of scrutiny?

Answer 27

Strict scrutiny

Question 28

A group of African American students believes a college admissions test that is used by a public university discriminates against them. What legal standard would the courts use in deciding their case?

Answer 28

Strict scrutiny

Question 29

AIM was ____

Answer 29

a federal program that returned control of Native American education to tribal governments

Question 30

de facto segregation

Answer 30

segregation that results from the private choices of individuals

Question 31

Which of the following was NOT used to disenfranchise during the Jim crow era

Answer 31

Cognative

Question 32

At the world’s first women’s rights convention in 1848, the most contentious issue proved to be _________.

Answer 32

suffrage for women

Question 33

civil rights are protections of equal treatment by government

Answer 33

True

Question 34

The equal protection clause became part of the constitution as a result of

Answer 34

The fourteenth amendment

Question 35

The doctrine that people who do jobs that require the same level of skill, training, or education are thus entitled to equal pay is known as ________.

Answer 35

Comparable worth

Question 36

Which amendments are considered the reconstruction amendments

Answer 36

Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth

Question 37

Discrinimation is always against the law

Answer 37

false

Question 38

Which institution has the lowest average public approval ratings

Answer 38

The supreme courts

Question 39

How do polls affect presidential elections

Answer 39

polls tell voters the issue that the candidate supports

Question 40

The process of learning the norms and particles of a political system through others and societal institutions

Answer 40

Political socialization

Question 41

Which factor affects congressional approval raitings most?

Answer 41

Domestic Events

Question 42

The Bradley effect occurs when people

Answer 42

say they will vote against a candidate because of the candidate’s race

Question 43

How are most attitudes formed

Answer 43

in childhood, based on early childhood experiences

Question 44

Which body of government is least susceptible to public opinion polls?

Answer 44

U.S. Senate

Question 45

A poll states that Hillary Clinton will receive 43 percent of the vote. There is an 8 percent margin of error. What do you think of the poll?

Answer 45

It is a non-representative poll and the margin of error is too high.

Question 46

Which of the following is not an example of how changes in technology made polling more difficult

Answer 46

misuderstanings