Final Examination. Part 1

A  ideology

B  intense preferences

C  partisanship

D  latent preferences

A  the Fourteenth Amendment

B  affirmative action

C  intermediate scrutiny

D  strict scrutiny

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

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

D  an attempt to reduce the size of reservations

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

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

A  three-fourths

B  one-half

C  all

D  two-thirds

A  does not protect people who rent or lease property

B  applies only to searches of the home

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

D  applies only to the seizure of property as evidence

A  It could not coin money.

B  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

C  It could not declare war?

D  It could not impose taxes.

A  the right to privacy

B  the right to hunt

C  the right to a free public education

D  the right to polygamous marriage

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

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

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

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

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  Federal immigration laws trump state laws.

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

A  substantial confrontation

B  affirmative action

C  the glass ceiling

D  comparable worth

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

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

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

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

A  Shelley v. Kraemer

B  Plessy v. Ferguson

C  Loving v. Virginia

D  Brown v. Board of Education

A  access to the professions for women

B  greater property rights for women

C  women’s right to an education

D  suffrage for women

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

A  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.

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

C  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.

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  a bill of rights

B  the social contract

C  due process

D  the divine right of kings

A  intermediate scrutiny

B  rational basis test

C  strict scrutiny

D  equal protection 

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

B  Alexander Hamilton believed it was necessay

C  it was originally part of the Declaration of Independence

D  it was part of the Articles of Confederation

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  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  King James II

B  James Madison

C  John Locke

D  Thomas Jefferson

A  the bracero program

B  Operation Wetback

C  the Mattachine Society

D  the United Farm Workers union

A  monarchy

B  direct democracy

C  totalitarian

D  oligarchy

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.