Gov. Test #1

1.

1 point

Gregg v Georgia

does not violate 8th amendment

First to be tried under new guidelines

Found the death penalty to be legal

2.

1 point

Advice and Consent

Party out of office can use this to elicit specific policy statement or to "get at" party in office

Presidential Appointments- such as Ambassadors, Cabinet Members, Supreme Court Justices

3.

1 point

Which amendment reserves states all powers not given to the national government? Example?

Tenth Amendment: government powers

Tenth Amendment: police powers

Tenth Amendment: voting powers

4.

1 point

Pure Speech is the most constitutionally protected

True

False

5.

1 point

Miranda v Arizona falls under the Sixth Amendment

True

False

6.

1 point

Direct Election of Senators

Fifteenth Amendemnt

Tenth Amendment

Seventeenth Amendment

Nineteenth Amendment

7.

1 point

Right to vote for black men

Fifteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment

Sixteenth Amendment

8.

1 point

Ninth Amendment, included the bill of rights as protection, (just because a right is not listed does not mean its nota n Americans right)

True

False

9.

1 point

Sixth Amendment protects

right to a jury trail (impartial jury)

right to a speedy trail

right to confront witness

right to know charges

right to attorney if accused of a crime

10.

1 point

Right to Privacy

Roe v Wade

Gideon v Wainright

Gregg v Georgia

11.

1 point

Prohibits excessive bail and fines and prohibits cruel and unusual punishment

Thirteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment

Sixth Amendment

Eighth amendment

12.

1 point

Congress

bi cameral

2 house

2 chambers

13.

1 point

What court case is associated with the fourth amendment?

Gideon v Wainright (1963)

Miranda v Arizona (1966)

Mapp v Ohio (1961)

14.

1 point

Oversight- follow up on programs already approved-

annual appropriations process

presidential appointment

GAO government accountability office

senate

15.

1 point

No quartering of troops

Fifth Amendment

Ninth Amendment

Fifteenth Amendment

Third Amendment

16.

1 point

Right to counsel

Ninth Amendment

Sixth Amendment

Eight Amendment

Tenth Amendment

17.

1 point

25th amendment abolished the poll tax

True

False

18.

1 point

Freedom of Religion has

Establishment Clause (court says it means there should be a wall of separation between church and state)

Free Exercise Clause (government cannot teach you or tell you how to worship

Exercise Clause (government can teach you or tell you how to worship)

19.

1 point

can be on any subject

judicial

investigation

oversight

advice and consent

20.

1 point

What led to the selective incorporation of the bill of rights?

due process clause

establishment clause

free exercise clause

21.

1 point

The Fifth Amendment also protects

property cannot be taken without compensation

prohibits double jeopardy

grand jury indictment

prohibits a speedy trial

22.

1 point

representation is taken literally- vote the way the majority who elected them would have

delegate theory

Politico

Judicial

trustee theory

23.

1 point

all 535 represent a specific segment of society- no one looks at national needs.

Politico

No National representatives

Judicial

Advice and Consent

24.

1 point

Function as a delegate or a trustee based on the wishes of those back home.

Delegate Theory

Advice and Consent

Oversight

Politico

25.

1 point

Which speech is the least constitutionally protected?

free speech

symbolic speech

pure speech

26.

1 point

Protection from unreasonable search and seizure

Third Amendment

Nineteenth Amendment

Tenth Amendment

Fourth Amendment

27.

1 point

Speech and Conduct is

least constitutionally protected

most constitutionally protected

doing and saying something content neutral

28.

1 point

Which is not done during debate, but occurs in committee and sub committee hearings?

investigation

judicial

court dates

setting of policy

29.

1 point

Right to a jury trail in civil cases is the Seventh Amendment

True

False

30.

1 point

You can legally be search under 3 circumstances

If you give permission

If you are arrested

If you hate everyone

If there is a search warrant

31.

1 point

A confession is considered to be involuntary and thus excluded unless certain criteria are met

True

False

32.

1 point

Representatives should vote their own convictions- should lead and educate those back home.

Oversight

Judicial

Delegate Theory

Trustee Theory

33.

1 point

Furman v Georgia said that death penalty sentences as they are currently being handed down are an unconstitutional violation of the 8th amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment

True

False

34.

1 point

To ensure our fourth amendment rights are not violated the Supreme court uses the

Exclusionary Rule

Fifth Amendment

Self Incrimination Rule

35.

1 point

Nature of representation

Delegate Theory

Politico

Oversight

No national representatives

Trustee Theory

36.

1 point

Freedom of Press has two things they are

Obscenity (not protected under first amendment)

Prior Restraint (censorship)

Protection (protected under the first amendment)

37.

1 point

Judicial is

service

accountability

impeachment

officials

38.

1 point

Gideon v Wainright case is connected to the Sixth Amendment

True

False

39.

1 point

Right to vote for presidential elections in Washington D.C is the 23rd amendment

True

False

40.

1 point

Nineteenth Amendment

right to vote for women

right to vote for black men

Wyoming

1920

41.

1 point

Right to Bear arms

Second Amendment

Fifth Amendment

Thirteenth Amendment

Third Amendment

42.

1 point

senate has power to accept and reject treaties and presidential appointments

advice and consent

oversight

judicial

setting of policy

43.

1 point

Prohibits Slavery

Thirteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment

Tenth Amendment

Fifteenth Amendment

44.

1 point

What does the First amendment do?

protects our freedom of expression

protection from unreasonable search and seizure

right to bear arms

protection from troops

45.

1 point

What cannot be used in court?

confessions

illegally seized evidence

property

46.

1 point

26th amendment right to vote if you are 18 or older (Vietnam war)

True

False

47.

1 point

Protects from self-incrimination

Fifth Amendment

Thirteenth Amendment

Second Amendment

Sixth Amendment

48.

1 point

Grants former slaves full citizenship rights and more

fourteenth amendment

ninth amendment

fifteenth amendment

49.

1 point

What are the three different types of speech?

Pure Speech

Speech and Conduct

Free Speech

Symbolic Speech

50.

1 point

Non-legislative functions of congress

politico

oversight

judicial

setting of policy

investigation

advice and consent