Final Examination. Part 1

A  latent preferences

B  partisanship

C  intense preferences

D  ideology

A  intermediate scrutiny

B  strict scrutiny

C  affirmative action

D  the Fourteenth Amendment

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

B  a radical group of Native American activists who occupied the settlement of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation

C  an attempt to reduce the size of reservations

D  a federal program to give funds to Native American tribes to help their members open small businesses that would employ tribal members

A  Groups that represent a variety of conflicting interests are all allowed to protest outside Congress and the White House.

B  The government pleases oil companies by allowing them to drill on lands set aside for conservation but allows environmental activist groups to protest the drilling operations.

C  The government pleases environmental activists by reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone National Park but angers ranchers by placing their cattle in danger.

D  The government pleases environmental activists by preserving public lands but also pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent public lands for grazing purposes.

A  two-thirds

B  all

C  one-half

D  three-fourths

A  applies only to the seizure of property as evidence

B  applies only to searches of the home

C  does not protect people who rent or lease property

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

A  It could not declare war?

B  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

C  It could not impose taxes.

D  It could not coin money.

A  the right to a free public education

B  the right to hunt

C  the right to privacy

D  the right to polygamous marriage

A  Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on each state’s population and every state would have two senators.

B  Representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate would be based on a state’s popluation.

C  Congress would be a unicameral legislature with each state receiving equal representation.

D  Each state would have equal representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

A  States’ involvement in immigration is partly due to their interest in preventing illegal immigrants from accessing public services such as education and welfare benefits.

B  The Arizona v. United States decision struck down all Arizona’s most restrictive provisions on illegal immigration.

C  Since the 1990s, states have increasingly moved into the policy domain of immigration.

D  Federal immigration laws trump state laws.

A  comparable worth

B  substantial confrontation

C  affirmative action

D  the glass ceiling

A  In the 1990s and 2000s, the number of state restrictions on same-sex marriage increased.

B  United States v. Windsor legalized same-sex marriage in the United States.

C  More than half the states had legalized  same-sex marriage by the time the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal nationwide in 2015.

D  The federal government became involved in this issue when it passed DOMA.

A  Loving v. Virginia

B  Shelley v. Kraemer

C  Brown v. Board of Education

D  Plessy v. Ferguson

A  access to the professions for women

B  suffrage for women

C  women’s right to an education

D  greater property rights for women

A  In a federal system, the Constitution allocates powers between the states and the federal government; in a unitary system, powers are lodged in th national government.

B  In a federal system, power is concentrated in the states; in a unitary system, it is concentrated in the national government.

C  Today there are more countries with federal systems that with unitary systems.

D  The United States and Japan have federal systems, while Great Britain and Canada have unitary systems.

A  It was easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group

B  One man could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress and It was easier to control the actions of one man than the actions of a group.

C  That man would have to pass a religious test before he could become president; thus, citizens could be sure that he was of good character.

D  One man could respond to crises more quickly than a group of men like Congress and that man would have to pass a religious test before he could become president; thus, citizens could be sure that he was of good character.

A  the social contract

B  a bill of rights

C  the divine right of kings

D  due process

A  strict scrutiny

B  equal protection 

C  rational basis test

D  intermediate scrutiny

A  key states refused to ratify the Constitution unless it was added

B  it was originally part of the Declaration of Independence

C  Alexander Hamilton believed it was necessay

D  it was part of the Articles of Confederation

A  strengthening the right to a jury trial in criminal cases

B  forming a part of a broader conception of privacy in the home that is also protected by the Second and Fourth Amendments

C  reinforcing the right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment

D  ensuring the right to freedom of the press

A  Asian immigrants were disliked by whites who feared competition for jobs, and several acts of Congress sought to restrict immigration and naturalization of Asians.

B  Asian immigrants were welcomed to the United States and swiftly became financially successful.

C  Whites feared Asian immigrants because Japanese and Chinese Americans were often disloyal to the US government.

D  Asian immigrants got along well with whites but not with Mexican Americans or African Americans.

A  Thomas Jefferson

B  King James II

C  John Locke

D  James Madison

A  the Mattachine Society

B  the bracero program

C  Operation Wetback

D  the United Farm Workers union

A  direct democracy

B  oligarchy

C  monarchy

D  totalitarian

A  Women must notify their spouses before having an abortion.

B  Women must make more than one visit to an abortion clinic before the procedure can be performed.

C  Minors must gain the consent of a parent or judge before seeking an abortion.

D  Women must be informed of the health consequences of having an abortion.