Quiz 2 Chapters 4, 5, and 6

A  every person in the target population who is encountered is selected.

B  every person in the target population has an equal chance of being selected.

C  there is no pre-planning in the selection process.

D  the poll is unscientific.

E  researchers decide how many persons of certain types they need in the survey.

A  most African Americans have supported the Republican Party since the 1960s.

B  Asian American groups have usually leaned toward the Democrats, but often by narrow margins.

C  Overall, Hispanics have favored the Democrats.

D  Cuban Americans are more likely to support Republicans than Democrats.

E  Muslim Americans of Middle Eastern ancestry tend to be culturally conservative.

A  vote for candidates that are politically conservative.

B  vote at a lower rate than Protestants.

C  be similar to the overall population in political preferences.

D  be more liberal than average on economic and cultural issues.

E  focus almost totally on domestic issues.

A  strongly; Democratic

B  moderately; Democratic

C  weakly; Democratic

D  strongly; Libertarian

E  strongly; Republican

A  agenda setting.

B  peer grouping.

C  opinion leadership.

D  consensus building.

E  political socialization.

A  parents.

B  next door neighbors.

C  babysitters.

D  classroom peers.

E  grandparents.

A  it can be a powerful resource for politicians and campaign managers.

B  it is shared in online forums.

C  it plays a small role in our political system.

D  it can be expressed by physical letters or emails written to newspapers.

E  it can be used by media members to write news stories that Americans want.

A  in 1969, following a riot that broke out when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a New York gay bar.

B  in 1986, with a campaign against sodomy laws.

C  in 1996, with the campaign for same-sex marriage.

D  when gay veterans of World War II organized in the 1950s.

E  with the growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s.

A  affirmative action programs were allowable in law schools but not to be utilized in medical schools.

B  quota systems are constitutional.

C  all affirmative action programs were ruled unconstitutional.

D  race cannot be considered as a factor at all in making admissions decisions.

E  colleges and universities could consider race when deciding whom to admit but could not establish racial quotas.

A  protections in the Bill of Rights are limited only to those who are U.S. citizens.

B  the Supreme Court has stated that Congress may make rules as to “aliens” (undocumented residents) that would be unacceptable if applied to citizens.

C  the Supreme Court has ruled that constitutional guarantees apply to every person in the U.S.

D  immigrants who are not citizens have fewer rights than any other identifiable group in the U.S.

E  Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans have the same rights as all other Americans.

A  is gender discrimination.

B  violates the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

C  is sexual harassment.

D  is considered illegal if engaged in by a private corporation but acceptable if engaged in by the government.

E  violates Title IV.

A  the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests.

B  that the number of African Americans registered to vote declined dramatically.

C  state governments passing laws that allowed considerable discrimination toward ethnic minorities.

D  a constitutional amendment changing the voting age.

E  dozens of federal court decisions stating that it was not within the power of Congress to dictate to the states how they should conduct their elections.

A  The philosophy of Dr. King was to fight back when being attacked or confronted by whites. The bus boycott in Montgomery failed in its attempt to help integration.

B  The philosophy of Dr. King was to fight back when being attacked or confronted by whites.

C  Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, an action which led to a bus boycottt. The Civil Rights Movement was led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

D  The bus boycott in Montgomery failed in its attempt to help integration.

A  ethnic minorities have no rights to equal treatment by the government.

B  the national government does not have the power to force any type of action on local school boards.

C  separation of races for a reason such as education is not a violation of the Constitution.

D  public school segregation of races violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and leads to feelings of inferiority among African American school children.

E  African Americans could not be denied the right to a college education.

A  ruled that African Americans are not persons for the purposes of the Constitution.

B  stated that schools may not practice any type of racial segregation.

C  ruled that the practice of slavery must cease before the end of the century.

D  agreed that separation of races is not a violation of the Constitution.

E  tried to stop the development of legal racial segregation known as Jim Crow laws.

A  dictate that no state shall deny any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

B  state that the right to vote shall not be abridged on account of race.

C  provide that no state shall deprive individuals of the privileges and immunities enjoyed by citizens of the United States.

D  proclaim that all persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States.

E  provide that no state shall deny any person equal protection of the laws.

A  civil liberties are limitations on the government—what government cannot do.

B  Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of John Locke to express the colonists’ belief that they had certain inalienable or natural rights.

C  civil liberties and civil rights are the exact same thing.

D  civil rights specify what government must do to ensure freedom from discrimination.

E  civil rights refer to the rights of Americans to equal protection under the law.

A  another word for slander.

B  printed material that cannot be proved true.

C  defamation of character in written form.

D  the amount of insurance one must have on a motor vehicle.

E  a form of civil rights for indigents.

A  the speaker is not a citizen of the United States.

B  it is found to be offensive to religious organizations.

C  evidence exists that such expression would cause a condition that would endanger the public or lead to an incitement of violence.

D  and only if the United States is at war.

E  it does not deal with a political question.

A  all the above.

B  has been applied to questions of the legality of state and local government aid to religious organizations and schools.

C  has been used to decide the actions of government allowing or prohibiting school prayer.

D  is different than the free exercise clause.

E  means that neither the federal government nor state governments can set up a church.

A  has been applied to all of the Bill of Rights.

B  allows states’ equal rights.

C  established the precedent for eminent domain.

D  allows the federal government to give licenses to corporations.

E  holds the view that most of the protections of the Bill of Rights apply to state and local governments’ activities through the Fourteenth Amendment.

A  only after the impeachment of various justices was debated in Congress.

B  immediately.

C  only in 1940, in a case dealing with freedom of religion.

D    

E  only in 1880, in cases dealing with criminal procedure.

F  beginning in 1897 when the Supreme Court began to realize that various provisions of the Bill of Rights protecting fundamental liberties must also be upheld by the states.

A  protect individuals’ freedom of religion.

B  codify the right to privacy.

C  establish the supremacy doctrine.

D  apply the Bill of Rights to the state and local governments.

E  abolish slavery.

A  protected citizens from all forms of government.

B  limited only the power of the national government, not that of the states.

C  limited only the power of state governments.

D  protected citizens from the national and state governments, but not from local governments.

E  contained no language on religion.

A  are a threat to libertarians.

B  limit government actions against individuals.

C  allow the government the freedom or liberty to do what is necessary to run the country.

D  are not particularly important in the United States.

E  none of the above.