Module 2

A  most US citizens today believe that the government should be allowed to outlaw birth control

B  it has been interpreted to protect a woman’s right to have an abortion

C  it is not explicitly included in the Constitution or Bill of Rights

D  it has been used to overturn laws that have substantial public support

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

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

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

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

A  Operation Wetback

B  the bracero program

C  the United Farm Workers union

D  the Mattachine Society

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

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

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

D  an attempt to reduce the size of reservations

A  Lakota

B  Cherokee

C  Navajo

D  Paiute

A  the glass ceiling

B  substantial confrontation

C  comparable worth

D  affirmative action

A  The NWP sought to deny African Americans the right to vote, but NAWSA wanted to enfranchise all women.

B  NAWSA worked to win votes for women on a state-by-state basis while the NWP wanted an amendment added to the Constitution.

C  NAWSA attracted mostly middle-class women while NWP appealed to the working class.

D  The NWP favored more confrontational tactics like protests and picketing while NAWSA circulated petitions and lobbied politicians.

A  women’s right to an education

B  greater property rights for women

C  access to the professions for women

D  suffrage for women

A  was the first major protest after after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

B  vividly illustrated the continued resistance to black civil rights in the Deep South

C  led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

D  did not encounter any violent resistance

A  Shelley v. Kraemer

B  Brown v. Board of Education

C  Plessy v. Ferguson

D  Loving v. Virginia

A  An action by a state governor that treats Asian Americans differently than other citizens

B  A law that treats whites differently than other citizens

C  A law that treats men differently than women

D  A law that treats 10-year-olds differently than 28-year-old.

A  the Fourteenth Amendment

B  affirmative action

C  strict scrutiny

D  intermediate scrutiny

A  rational basis test

B  equal protection 

C  intermediate scrutiny

D  strict scrutiny

A  laws in Europe more strictly regulate how government officials can use tracking technology

B  most Europeans don’t use technologies that can easily be tracked

C  there are more legal restrictions on how the US government uses tracking technology than in Europe

D  companies based in Europe don’t have to comply with US privacy laws

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

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

C  Women must notify their spouses before having an abortion.

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

A  the right to polygamous marriage

B  the right to a free public education

C  the right to hunt

D  the right to privacy

A  may be applied only to acts of terrorism

B  is never cruel and unusual punishment

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

D  is always cruel and unusual punishment

A  prosecuting someone in a state court for a criminal act he or she had been acquitted of in a federal court

B  suing someone for damages for an act the person was found not guilty of

C  none of these options

D  prosecuting someone in federal court for a criminal act he or she had been acquitted of in a state court

A  the right to cross-examine witnesses in a trial

B  the right to remain silent

C  the right to a trial by an impartial jury

D  the right to a speedy trial

A  regulated popular ride-sharing services like Lyft and Uber

B  allowed greater use of the power of eminent domain

C  made it harder for police to use evidence obtained without a warrant

D  limited the application of the death penalty

A  applies only to searches of the home

B  does not protect people who rent or lease property

C  applies only to the seizure of property as evidence

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

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

B  ensuring the right to freedom of the press

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

D  strengthening the right to a jury trial in criminal cases

A  the right to keep and bear arms

B  the protection of freedom of religion

C  the right to peaceably assemble

D  the right to free speech

A  outlawed slavery

B  allowed the states to continue to enact black codes

C  helped start the process of selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights

D  guaranteed freed slaves the right to vote

A  right to keep and bear arms

B  right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment

C  right to a writ of habeas corpus

D  right to free speech

A  it was part of the Articles of Confederation

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

C  Alexander Hamilton believed it was necessay

D  it was originally part of the Declaration of Independence