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Midterm Exam

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #2
A  is critical of the government
B  qualifies as hate speech
C  creates a clear and present danger
D  is a prior restraint
Question #3
A  the Roth test
B  prior restraint
C  symbolic speech
D  probable cause
Question #5
A  trials without a jury
B  self-incrimination
C  double jeopardy
D  unreasonable search and seizure
Question #7
A  asserting innocence
B  being tried again for the same crime
C  seeking the assistance of an attorney
D  benefiting financially from that crime
Question #9
A  displays of religious symbols on government buildings
B  displays of religious symbols during holidays
C  recitation of prayer and Bible passages in school
D  teaching of evolution in school
Question #10
A  an inconvenient truth
B  an undue burden
C  a prior restraint
D  any additional constraints
Question #11
A  speak to an attorney
B  a jury trial
C  quick and speedy trial
D  a phone call
Question #12
A  Orange
B  Free Exercise
C  Prior Restraint
D  Lemon
Question #13
A  before the fact
B  after the fact
C  that is illegal
D  that is critical of the government
Question #14
A  The state could ban the abortion unless the mother’s life was in danger.
B  The state could do very little to limit a woman’s right to an abortion.
C  The state could regulate it if the mother’s life were in danger.
D  The state could ban it.
Question #17
A  reasonable bail
B  assistance of counsel
C  the right to parole
D  a written indictment
Question #18
A  libel; defamation
B  slander; libel
C  slander; defamation
D  libel; slander
Question #19
A  New York Times v. Sullivan
B  Lawrence v. Texas
C  Roe v. Wade
D  US v. Morrison
Question #20
A  It increases citizens’ access to government.
B  It lowers voter turnout.
C  It lowers overall tax rates.
D  It increases the gross domestic product.
Question #21
A  citizens can choose to live in those areas that have the policies they prefer
B  the state governments can nullify laws passed by Congress
C  states can figure out which policies work best for them
D  the quality of policies can vary from state to state.
Question #22
A  A constitutional arrangement concentrating power in a central government.
B  A loose association of states with mutually recognized compacts but no central government.
C  A constitutional arrangement by which two or more levels of government share formal authority over the same area and people.
D  A loose association of states constitutionally created by a strong central government.
Question #23
A  marble-cake
B  layer-cake
C  cupcake
D  pineapple-upside-down-cake
Question #24
A  programmatic requests
B  categorical grants
C  business grants
D  block grants
Question #25
A  coin money
B  operate prisons
C  create courts
D  establish schools
Question #26
A  supremacy
B  equal protection
C  full faith and credit
D  due process
Question #28
A  progressive federalism
B  dual federalism
C  new federalism
D  cooperative federalism
Question #29
A  conglomeration
B  oligarchy
C  confederation
D  direct democracy
Question #30
A  challenging the power of the states
B  regulating interstate commerce
C  limiting the national government
D  centralizing power in the federal government
Question #35
A  Federalism
B  Declaration
C  Confederation
D  Independence
Question #36
A  Affirmative action discriminates on the basis of race.
B  Discrimination is a natural part of the human experience.
C  Unaddressed past discrimination causes perpetual inequality.
D  Diversity helps Americans better understand each other.
Question #37
A  School segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection.
B  The quality of life for African Americans in the South had deteriorated considerably since the adoption of the separate-but-equal doctrine.
C  The separate-but-equal doctrine was never intended to apply to people.
D  The Supreme Court did not have all of the facts when it adopted the separate-but-equal doctrine.
Question #38
A  because it was clear that many areas in the South had no intention of living up to the spirit of the Fifteenth Amendment
B  to prevent the race riots from spreading from African American neighborhoods into traditionally white neighborhoods
C  the Supreme Court had determined that only the national government could regulate elections
D  because Congress was afraid the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. would lead a boycott of white businesses if the legislation was not passed
Question #39
A  Affirmative action policies must ensure that all racial and ethnic groups are represented in accordance with the population of the nation as a whole.
B  Affirmative action policies are assumed to be unconstitutional unless the university can demonstrate the need to promote racial tolerance.
C  All forms of affirmative action are unconstitutional because they unfairly favor some people over others based on the color of their skin.
D  Affirmative action policies are generally permissible, but they cannot involve race-based quotas or numerical point systems.
Question #40
A  It has ensured that men and women are treated equally in the workplace.
B  It has eliminated gender discrimination in the military.
C  It has had little effect because it was not formally adopted.
D  It has ensured that the courts evaluate gender discrimination using the inherently suspect test.
Question #41
A  an election jurisdiction that does not provide bilingual ballots when there is a large bilingual community
B  an employer who systematically pays women less than men for doing comparable work
C  a college that spends significantly more on sports programs for men than for women
D  a legal prohibition on hiring women for positions that are known to be hazardous to women’s reproductive health
Question #42
A  Those without a college degree are not eligible for upper-level civil service jobs.
B  Businesses cannot discriminate against gays and lesbians in hiring and promotion decisions.
C  Government contracts must be awarded to a contractor who is a racial minority whenever at least 10 percent of the bidders are minority-owned businesses.
D  Male and female student athletes cannot compete on the same basketball team at the university level.
Question #43
A  setting aside a certain percentage of admissions slots for African American students
B  considering how an applicant would contribute to the diversity of the university
C  considering race as a factor in university admissions decisions
D  admitting some minority applicants with lower academic achievement than some rejected white applicants
Question #44
A  affirmative action policies must be scrutinized using the same suspect standard that is used for other policies classifying people by race
B  affirmative action policies must be designed to address past discrimination without taking into account race, ethnicity, religion, or creed
C  affirmative action policies maybe broadly tailored to accomplish a compelling government interest
D  affirmative action policies are subject to an intermediate standard whereby they are presumed to be permissible
Question #45
A  Asian Americans
B  American Indians
C  disabled Americans
D  gays and lesbians
Question #46
A  Former slaves are not entitled to full citizenship rights because they did not immigrate to the United States willingly.
B  What was the basis for the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that upheld the constitutionality of a state law requiring segregated railroad facilities?
C  The Constitution does not prohibit segregation; it only mandates equal protection under the law.
D  Railroad transportation involves interstate commerce, which is regulated by Congress; there is no provision in federal law that prohibits segregation.
Question #47
A  It was unconstitutional, but it was too late to do anything about it.
B  It was unconstitutional, and Japanese Americans must be duly compensated.
C  It did not pass the strict scrutiny test, and the internment was promptly terminated.
D  It was legally permissible.
Question #48
A  racial segregation
B  lynchings by the Ku Klux Klan
C  racial quotas
D  voter discrimination
Question #49
A  separate but equal
B  property or chattel
C  citizens
D  eligible to vote
Question #50
A  grandfather clauses
B  racial quotas in university admissions
C  Jim Crow laws
D  all forms of affirmative action
Question #51
A  voters
B  losing candidates
C  winning candidates
D  nonvoters
Question #52
A  the Nineteenth Amendment
B  Korematsu v. United States
C  Reed v. Reed
D  the 1965 Voting Rights Act
Question #53
A  property ownership
B  involvement in insurrection
C  race
D  economic status
Question #55
A  national referendum
B  congressional inaction
C  natural law
D  judicial interpretation
Question #56
A  by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress
B  by a majority of voting-age citizens
C  by a majority of state governors
D  by a two-thirds vote in a special election called for the purpose of voting on the amendment
Question #57
A  stronger state governments
B  stronger protections of individual liberties
C  a stronger national government
D  shorter terms of office
Question #59
A  Whigs
B  The Anti-Federalists
C  The Federalists
D  Anti-Masons
Question #60
A  New Jersey Plan
B  Virginia Plan
C  Republican Plan
D  Democratic Plan
Question #61
A  The Constitution contained stronger safeguards for states’ rights than did the Articles of Confederation.
B  The Constitution created a stronger national government than did the Articles of Confederation.
C  The Constitution was based on democratic principles; the Articles of Confederation was based on tyrannical principles.
D  The Constitution contained strong protections for individual rights; the Articles of Confederation contained strong protections for collective rights.
Question #62
A  weights and measures
B  privileges and immunities
C  oversight and influence
D  checks and balances
Question #63
A  electoral college
B  direct popular election
C  King Caucus
D  People’s Plebiscite
Question #64
A  two chambers
B  a single chamber with each state receiving equal power
C  a single chamber with membership based on a state’s population
D  a single chamber whose members were appointed by the president
Question #65
A  free speech infringement
B  taxation of private property
C  unlawful detention
D  infringement of religious freedom
Question #66
A  John Locke
B  John Boehner
C  Daniel Shays
D  Gramm Rudman
Question #67
A  a commercial act
B  free speech
C  a private action
D  a form of due process
Question #68
A  bureaucratic
B  judicial
C  legislative
D  executive
Question #70
A  the Common Sense Committee
B  the Committees of Correspondence
C  the Continental Congress
D  the Constitutional Convention
Question #71
A  the Articles of Confederation
B  Magna Carta
C  Declaration of the Rights of Man
D  the Declaration of Independence
Question #72
A  intrinsic laws
B  natural rights
C  Constitutional law
D  positive rights
Question #73
A  Political socialization is more important to governments than to individuals.
B  The age of the demographic that consumes television news is much higher on average than those that consume alternative sources of news.
C  Children who develop positive feelings toward political authorities grow into adults who are not easily disenchanted with politics.
D  Today’s generation of young adults is significantly more likely to read newspapers than their elders.
Question #74
A  Civil disobedience is involuntary; a protest is voluntary.
B  Civil disobedience involves violence; a protest is peaceful.
C  Civil disobedience involves intentionally breaking a law; a protest involves getting attention from the media.
D  Civil disobedience involves unintentionally breaking a law; a protest involves intentionally breaking a law.
Question #75
A  government programs to alleviate economic inequality would likely be higher on the political agenda
B  government programs to help individuals invest their Social Security income would likely be higher on the political agenda
C  government-run services would likely be privatized
D  government workers would likely unionize
Question #76
A  parents
B  citizens in the school district
C  parents of children under age 18
D  women with children
Question #77
A  running for public office as a third party candidate
B  staging a sit-in
C  gathering signatures for a proposed ballot measure
D  signing a petition in a school parking lot
Question #78
A  Prayer belongs in school.
B  Government should regulate the economy in the public interest.
C  The United States should stop letting criminals hide behind the law.
D  Taxes and spending should be kept low.
Question #79
A  political participation and suspicion of out-groups
B  liberalism and political tolerance
C  political participation and strength of party attachment
D  candidate loyalty and authoritarianism
Question #80
A  The Constitution requires that each state’s taxes be proportional to the size of its population.
B  The number of seats each state has in the House is based on a state’s population, which changes over time.
C  Each congressional district must be redrawn to reflect changes in the state’s population.
D  The majority party in the House of Representatives is determined by each state’s proportion of party-affiliated voters.
Question #81
A  The flow of low-income immigrant families from Mexico increased.
B  Most new immigrants were being reunited with family in the United States.
C  The flow of immigrant families with children decreased.
D  Most new immigrants were from northwestern Europe.
Question #82
A  overthrowing the government
B  influencing voting behavior
C  affecting public policy change
D  informing the public about the candidates
Question #83
A  a measure of the minimum requirements needed to vote
B  all the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue
C  the capacity of individuals (or groups) to exert their own political will
D  all the activities used by citizens to socialize their children to the political process
Question #84
A  Conservatives are overrepresented at the polls.
B  Democrats are overrepresented at the polls.
C  Young citizens are overrepresented at the polls.
D  Liberals are overrepresented at the polls.
Question #85
A  participation indicates the legitimacy of government and of laws passed by Congress
B  information the census collects helps to determine how more than $400 billion in federal funding is spent each year
C  changes in the U.S. population affect membership in political parties
D  information from the census determines tax rates
Question #86
A  Working-class people consume more political news than do wealthier people.
B  West Coast residents consume more political news than do East Coast residents.
C  Older people consume more political news than do younger people.
D  Men consume considerably more political news than do women.
Question #87
A  protesting
B  writing letters to the editor
C  contacting government officials
D  volunteering with a campaign
Question #88
A  the absence of moderates in the United States
B  the absence of pluralist thinking in the United States
C  the predominance of liberals in the United States
D  the predominance of conservatives in the United States
Question #89
A  big business
B  Congress
C  ordinary citizens
D  political parties
Question #90
A  Because most citizens fail to pay attention to serious issues, government has become an elite institution.
B  Too many influential groups cripple government’s ability to govern.
C  Many groups vie for power with no one group dominating politics.
D  Congress is stronger and more influential than the presidency.
Question #91
A  a budgetary choice
B  a congressional statute
C  a presidential action
D  a regulation
Question #93
A  politics
B  public policy
C  government
D  political culture
Question #95
A  elitism
B  policy gridlock
C  pluralism
D  balance of power
Question #96
A  representation
B  enlightened rule
C  majority rule
D  pluralism
Question #97
A  universal citizenship
B  one person, one vote
C  inclusion
D  freedom of speech and of the press
Question #98
A  a system that ensures freedom, justice, and peace to all citizens
B  a system that perpetuates the status quo and upholds the values of the party in power
C  a system that grants a status of privilege to the most active and informed voters
D  a system that selects policymakers and organizes government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences
Question #99
A  the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
B  all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail
C  the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls
D  the issues that concern single-issue interest groups
Question #100
A  Congress
B  the courts
C  political culture
D  government