Globalyceum Unit 1 Exam.4

A  About half and half the country trusting the government.

B  Very high, well over half.

C  None of these.

D  Actually quite low, much less than half.

A  Was a uniquely powerful individual.

B  All of these

C  Relied on Congressional approval or backing for foreign affairs.

D  Was singularly responsible for his or her duties.

A  An employer paying you less than somebody else who does the same job.

B  The NSA tapping your telephones.

C  A state refusing to give the right to vote to convicted felons.

D  A corporation suing another corporation for breech of contract.

A  The material lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

B  The material describes sexual conduct in an offensive way

C  All of these.

D  The average person would find the material as appealing to a “prurient” interest.

A  By non-violent means to end slavery.

B  By violent means to end slavery.

C  By violent means to end taxation without representation.

D  By non-violent means to end taxation without representation

A  None of these.

B  Letting the states get too much of the upper hand in terms of power.

C  Creating conflicts between the state and federal governments.

D  Not adequately protecting the rights of individuals.

A  Venetian republic

B  Roman republic

C  Athenian republic

D  Republic of Genoa

A  Legislation, or work through the Congress or states.

B  Direct action, or take to the streets.

C  Legalism, or work through the courts.

D  All of these

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Specifically stated that states retained sovereignty and held all powers not specifically given to the national government.

B  Provided for a bicameral legislature

C  Specified that the federal government was sovereign over each state.

D  Strengthened the national government.

A  The executive to review the legality of legislation.

B  The executive to nullify laws that do not meet with the meaning of the Constitution.

C  The judiciary to review the constitutionality of legislation.

D  The judiciary to remove unfit Congressmen from office.

A  The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

B  The right to refuse to incriminate oneself, that is not answer questions of the police or a prosecutor

C  All of these

D  The right to an attorney in case you are accused.

A  Form corporations where they can advocate for change.

B  Move to states where there is less tension.

C  Form social movements and interest groups to advocate for change.

D  Refuse to vote periodically to demonstrate independence

A  Could not be made for ten years

B  Could not be used to block the ratification process.

C  Could not be amendments for individual rights.

D  Could only be passed one at a time.

A  Jefferson.

B  Montesquieu.

C  Madison.

D  Locke.

A  All of these

B  Mahatma Gandi protesting low wages with textile workers in England in 1931.

C  The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee organizing protest marches to oppose the Vietnam War.

D  Ralph Waldo Emerson refusing to pay and encouraging others not to pay their taxes during the Mexican-American War.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  His time as a professor at the University of Virginia.

B  His time as governor of Virginia.

C  None of these.

D  His time as a member of the Virginia Assembly.

A  Civil rights issues can only be resolved in the courts

B  None of these

C  Civil rights issues can not be resolved with Congressional legislation.

D  Executive orders are usually ineffective to resolve civil rights issues.

A  But today the federal government is able to dictate to the states and they rarely battle back.

B  And many of those battles continue to today.

C  But today things are relatively calm and each knows and respects the boundaries of the other.

D  But today states and the federal government on dispute about abortion rights.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  A “monster in politics.”

B  All of these.

C  A “state within a state.”

D  A state having two sovereigns.

A  Three-fifths of women would be counted during the national census.

B  Three-fifths of the Congress was a quorum.

C  Each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a constituent in the apportionment of representation for the House.

D  Three-fifths of the states had to ratify the Constitution.

A  All of these.

B  An entirely separate level of government that is protected from encroachments or interference from state or federal governments.

C  Subject to the jurisdiction of state government with no separate powers.

D  Subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government with no separate powers.

A  Has been a common event in almost all of the wars that the US has fought.

B  Followed the American Civil War

C  Happened in the midst of WWII, threatening the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

D  Preceded the American Revolutionary War.

A  Persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution.

B  Designate Boston as the location for the next federal convention.

C  Convince Americans that they should NOT accept federalism.

D  Persuade George Washington to become the president.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Deport children born in the US to undocumented persons.

B  All of these.

C  Deport people living in the US for decades.

D  Amend the 14the Amendment so that children born to the undocumented in the US can be deported.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  None of these.

B  Won on every single proposal he made.

C  Won on some and lost on some of his proposals.

D  Lost on every single proposal he made.

A  Executive and the legislature work together in a proper way to make necessary laws.

B  Judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper.

C  Congress makes any laws necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Constitution.

D  President can do whatever is necessary and proper for the people.

A  A civil liberty deals with individuals rather than groups.

B  A civil right guarantees that people from a group (race, sex, sexual identity, religioin) will not be discriminated against if they try to use their civil liberties.

C  All of these.

D  A civil liberty explains the freedom, while the civil right asserts that everyone is treated equally in the use of the freedom.

A  They favored states’ rights over the national government’s power.

B  They favored strict interpretation of the Implied Powers Clause.

C  None of these.

D  They supported the French Revolution.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  All of these.

B  It empowered the legislatures.

C  It allowed taxes to be collected to support revolutionary armies when they were most in need.

D  It provided a workable solution for claiming that the people had given their approval.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Federalism is unlikely to work well.

B  The liberties and freedoms government is supposed to protect will not prevail.

C  All of these.

D  Our ongoing experiment in democracy will not function.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Since the Progressive Era.

B  Since the Abolition Movement just before the Civil War.

C  Throughout the entire history of the nation.

D  Mostly in the last 50 years.

A  A Naxi shouting hateful slogans but in a peaceful demonstration.

B  None of these.

C  Calling a politician an “idiot” in a public forum.

D  Writing degrading words on the wall of a public bathroom.

A  Abstain.

B  None of these.

C  Negative or negate.

D  Review.

A  Any laws made that further the intent of the Constitution are protected by the clause.

B  The US Constitution supersedes state law.

C  The US Constitution is the law of the land.

D  All of these.

A  Would weaken the executive branch.

B  Would be divisive and favor federal interests over state interests.

C  Reminded them of the New Jersey Plan.

D  Was in direct conflict with Madison’s proposals.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Segregation of private schools in North Carolina.

B  Voter ID laws in Wisconsin

C  The federal Defense of Marriage Act.

D  Florida’s method of counting votes in the 2000 presidential election

A  All of these.

B  National origin.

C  Gender.

D  Religion.

A  Allow voters to hold a special election to override the law with a two-thirds vote.

B  Divide the power between two houses so that the power is spread out.

C  Grant the executive a limited veto over legislation with a two-thirds vote of the legislature needed to override it.

D  Grant veto power to the judiciary on any laws passed by the legislature.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  The amendments that brought the South back into the Union on an equal footing with the northern states.

B  The amendments throughout the latter half of the 19th century that both extended and then restricted the rights of African Americans.

C  Three amendments that passed in the five years after the Civil War that tried to reunify the nation and guarantee African Americans their civil rights.

D  Two amendments passed before the Civil War that tried to restrict the rights of African Americans and led directly to the civil war conflict.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE