Final Examination. Part 1

A  intense preferences

B  partisanship

C  ideology

D  latent preferences

A  the Fourteenth Amendment

B  strict scrutiny

C  affirmative action

D  intermediate scrutiny

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

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

C  an attempt to reduce the size of reservations

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

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

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

C  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.

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

A  two-thirds

B  three-fourths

C  one-half

D  all

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

B  applies only to the seizure of property as evidence

C  applies only to searches of the home

D  does not protect people who rent or lease property

A  It could not coin money.

B  It could not impose taxes.

C  It could not declare war?

D  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

A  the right to polygamous marriage

B  the right to privacy

C  the right to hunt

D  the right to a free public education

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

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

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

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

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

B  Federal immigration laws trump state laws.

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

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

A  comparable worth

B  substantial confrontation

C  affirmative action

D  the glass ceiling

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

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

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

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

A  Brown v. Board of Education

B  Shelley v. Kraemer

C  Loving v. Virginia

D  Plessy v. Ferguson

A  suffrage for women

B  women’s right to an education

C  greater property rights for women

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

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

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

A  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.

B  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.

C  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.

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

A  a bill of rights

B  the divine right of kings

C  due process

D  the social contract

A  strict scrutiny

B  rational basis test

C  equal protection 

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  it was part of the Articles of Confederation

D  Alexander Hamilton believed it was necessay

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

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

C  ensuring the right to freedom of the press

D  strengthening the right to a jury trial in criminal cases

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

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

A  King James II

B  John Locke

C  James Madison

D  Thomas Jefferson

A  the United Farm Workers union

B  the Mattachine Society

C  the bracero program

D  Operation Wetback

A  totalitarian

B  direct democracy

C  monarchy

D  oligarchy

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

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

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

D  Women must notify their spouses before having an abortion.