Chapter 5 Civil Rights
Question 1 The
Supreme Court decision that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson was:
1) Sweatt v.
Painter
2) Missouri v.
Gaines
3) McCulloch v.
Maryland
4) Brown v. Board of Education
Question 2 The following amendment is also known as "dual citizenship" amendment:
1) 1
2) 5
3) 14
4) 19
Question 3 The Constitution was silent on the issue of equality until the addition of Civil War amendments.
1) True
2) False
Question 4 The Equal Rights Amendment was not ratified by enough states and did not become part of the Constitution.
1) True
2) False
Question 5 The decision in Mendez v. Westminster case led to desegregation in the entire USA, not just California.
1) True
2) False
Question 6 The doctrine of "separate but equal" was pronounced by the following court case:
1) Dred Scott
v. Sandford
2) Brown v.
Board of Education
3) Plessy v. Ferguson
4) All of the
above
Question 7 The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board was influenced by:
1) The average
income of African Americans
2) Dred Scott
v. Sandford
3) Mendez v. Westminster
4) McCulloch v.
Maryland
Question 8 The 19th amendment establishes:
1) Social
justice
2) Social
Security
3) Universal
suffrage for everyone who is 18
4) Women's suffrage
Question 9 The wage gap between men and women has shrunk during the last four decades to the point where it is barely noticeable.
1) True
2) False
Question 10 In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), the US Supreme Court rules that slaves were US citizens.
1) True
2) False
1) The Missouri Compromise of 1820
A) abolished slavery.
B) kept
slavery legal south of 36 degrees latitude.
C) was opposed by the World Anti-Slavery Society.
D) allowed freedmen to go to Liberia.
2) Among the most prominent people in the abolition movement
was
A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) Thurgood Marshall.
C) Thomas Jefferson.
D)
William Lloyd Garrison.
3) "The little woman who started the big war"
A) refers to Frederick Douglass's characterization of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
B) refers to Jefferson Davis’s description of Uncle Tom's
Cabin.
C)
refers to Abraham Lincoln's characterization of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author
of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
D) describes Susan B. Anthony, the author of the Declaration
of Rights and Sentiments.
4) The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments are
collectively known as the
A) Civil Liberties Amendments.
B) Bill of Rights.
C) Susan B. Anthony Amendments.
D) Civil
War Amendments.
5) Laws that denied most legal rights to newly freed slaves
and prohibited blacks from voting, sitting on juries, or appearing in public
places after the Civil War in the South were known as
A) Jim Crow laws.
B) carpet-bagging.
C) abolitionism.
D)
Black Codes.
6) Former slaves were granted citizenship as well as the
privileges and immunities thereof, and states were barred from depriving anyone
of life, liberty, or property without due process of law through the ________
Amendment.
A) Twelfth
B) Thirteenth
C)
Fourteenth
D) Fifteenth
7) In Plessey v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
"separate but equal"
A) was constitutional by a 5-4 vote.
B) was unconstitutional by a 5-4 vote.
C) was unconstitutional by an 8-1 vote.
D) was
constitutional by an 8-1 vote.
8) Women finally received the right to vote in 1920 through
the ________ Amendment.
A)
Nineteenth
B) Twenty-First
C) Twenty-Second
D) Twenty-Third
9) The Supreme Court decision that overturned Plessey v.
Ferguson in 1954 was
A) Sweatt v. Painter.
B) Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada.
C) McLaurin v. Oklahoma.
D)
Brown v. Board of Education.
10) A hallmark of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
strategy to achieve equality was
A) the use of illegal marches.
B)
nonviolence.
C) working with women's groups such as the National
Organization for Women.
D) sit-ins.
11) Racial discrimination that results from practice rather
than law is called ________ discrimination.
A) cultural
B) de
facto
C) direct
D) de jure
12) The Equal Rights Amendment provided
A) that all states guarantee equal rights to all women.
B) that
no state or Congress could deny or abridge equal rights on account of sex.
C) that equality for women included the right to an
abortion.
D) that equal rights were a federal issue.
13) ________ is the largest Hispanic group in the United
States.
A) The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
B) The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
C) The
League of United Latin American Citizens
D) The Council of Hispanics
14) American Indians
A) were the first U.S. citizens.
B) were
not made U.S. citizens until 1924.
C) negotiated land rights for citizenship.
D) enjoy more religious protections than other racial
minorities.
15) The U.S. Supreme Court consistently has found that
A) the Americans with Disabilities Act must be interpreted
liberally.
B) public buildings must always be accessible to the
handicapped.
C) failure to hire pilots who wear classes can be grounds
for a discrimination claim.
D) the
disabled can sue local governments that do not make public buildings accessible
to the disabled.
16) The first major affirmative action heard and decided on
its merits by the U.S. Supreme Court was
A) Defunis v. Odegaard.
B)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.
C) Tennessee v. Lane.
D) Brown v. Board of Education.
1) The Missouri Compromise of 1820 eliminated tensions over
slavery.
FALSE
TRUE
2) Most of the former Confederate states passed Black Codes
to restrict opportunities for newly freed slaves.
TRUE
FALSE
3) In Plessey v. Ferguson, a majority of the Supreme Court
argued that the Constitution should be colorblind.
TRUE
FALSE
4) The suffrage movement aimed to grant women the right to
vote.
TRUE
FALSE
5) Brown v. Board of Education is considered by many
scholars to be the most important civil rights case of the twentieth century.
TRUE
FALSE
6) Among the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was
a prohibition on arbitrary discrimination in employment.
TRUE
FALSE
7) In Hernandez v. Texas, the Court ruled unanimously that
Mexican Americans were entitled to a jury that included other Mexican
Americans.
TRUE
FALSE
8) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is the Native American
equivalent of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
TRUE
FALSE
9) One of the most significant difficulties for
Asian-Pacific Americans has been finding a Pan-Asian identity.
TRUE
FALSE
10) The George W. Bush administration ended the “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” Policy.
TRUE
FALSE
11) Most Americans support affirmative action as a means to
overcome past discrimination.
TRUE
FALSE
Chapter 6 Congress
Question 1 Currently, there is a limit on the number of terms that our representatives at the national level can serve.
1) True
2) False
Question 2 A main organizational principle in the House AND the Senate is/are:
1) The
two political parties
2) Strong party leadership
3) None of the above
4) A and B
Question 3 All bills must be introduced by members of Congress.
1) True
2) False
Question 4 Filibusters are tactics used to delay a bill in the House of Representatives.
1) True
2) False
Question 5 A pocket veto occurs when:
1) The House overturns a bill passed by
the Senate.
2) The Senate overturns a bill passed by
the House.
3) The President strikes specific
appropriations from a budget bill.
4) The
President does not sign or veto a bill that is passed during the last 10 days
of a session.
Question 6 The Senate has the sole power to do the following:
1) Declare war
2) Advice
and consent on major presidential appointments
3) Vote on impeachment
4) Initiate revenue bills
Question 7 Members of the House are elected for ___ year terms.
1) Two
2) Three
3) Six
4) Eight
Question 8 The House of Representatives has the sole power to do the following:
1) Declare war
2) Try impeached officials
3) Make agreements with the executive
4) Initiate
revenue bills
Question 9 The Senate has ________ leadership than the House.
1) Stronger
2) Weaker
3) Less personal
4) More partisan
Question 10 There are ____ members of Congress with full voting privileges.
1) 430
2) 100
3) 535
4) 435
Question
11 the current majority leader in the
Senate is:
a)Bill
Haney
b) Newt
Gingrich
c) Mitch
McConnell
d) John Boehner
Question
12 US congress is a unicameral
legislature.
True
False
Question
13 Senators tend to be more
specialized than members of the House.
True
False
Question
14 Who appoints the members from the
majority party to the Rules committee?
a)The
House Majority leader
b)
The Senate majority leader
c) The Speaker of the House
d)
The President
Question
15 one of the constitutional powers of
congress is to exercise the power of pocket veto.
True
False
Question
16 Committee to which proposed bills
are referred and that continue from one Congress to the next are called----------
committee.
a)Joint
b)
Conference
c)
Special
d) Standing
Question
17 The power to establish and define
powers of local government units belongs to:
a)The
President
b)
Federal courts
c)
Rules committee
d) State legislatures
Question
18 Congress can suspend habeas corpus
if a supermajority of our elected representatives agrees to do it.
True
False
Question
19 Members of Congress use earmarks to
benefit the nation.
True
False
Chapter 7 The Presidency
Question 1 "Citizens'
legislature" means that the politicians are professional lawmakers.
1) True
2) False
Question 2 One of the constitutional powers of Georgia General Assembly includes the ability to establish and define the powers of local government units.
1) True
2) False
Question 3 Filibusters are a common occurrence in Georgia General Assembly.
1) True
2) False
Question 4 Georgia General Assembly meets all year long.
1) True
2) False
Question 5 Which of the following is NOT a presidential power:
1) The power to
convene Congress
2) The power to declare war
3) The power to
pardon
4) The power to
veto legislation
5) all of the
above are presidential powers
Question 6 The following President greatly increased presidential powers:
1) Eisenhower
2) Reagan
3) Franklin D. Roosevelt
4) Ford
Question 7 President can veto constitutional amendments.
1) True
2) False
Question 8 Neustadt's theory suggests that the President should use his formal powers as frequently as possible.
1) True
2) False
Question 9 The 22nd amendment limits the President to serving no more than:
1) 4 years
2) 8 years
3) 9 years
4) 10 years
Question 10 According to the in-class assigned reading, Senator McCaskill criticized her Republican colleagues for attempting to hide information about earmarks.
1) True
2) False
Chapter 8 the executive branch and the federal bureaucracy
Question 1 According
to the War Powers Act, the President must inform Congress within 48 hours about
his decision to start a military action abroad.
1) True
2) False
Question 2 Agreements
that the President enters with foreign nations that do not require the approval
of the Senate are called:
1) Executive agreements
2) Executive
orders
3) Covenants
4) Legislative
packages
Question 3 Congress
can override a Presidential veto with a
1) Simple
majority in the House
2) Simple
majority in the Senate
3) Two-third majority in the House and
two-third majority in the Senate
4) Two-third
majority in the joint session of the House and the Senate
Question 4 The
composition of the Cabinet is described in Article 2 of the Constitution.
1) True
2) False
Question 5 A
two-third majority vote by the Senate is required to remove the President after
impeachment.
1) True
2) False
Question 6 The
executive order of the President:
1) has the power to create policy
2) has no legal
consequence
3) is the same
as the executive agreement
4) is a rule
from the judicial branch mandating that the President do something
Question 7 Which
of the following offices is the President constitutionally empowered to
appoint?
1) The state
Supreme Court justices
2) The speaker
of the House
3) Ambassadors
4) The
President of the Senate
Question 8 The
Office of Management and Budget aids the President in drafting his budget
proposal.
1) True
2) False
Question 9 The
White House Staff:
1) must be
confirmed by the Senate
2) number over
2,000
3) possess
independent legal authority
4) derive their power from their personal
relationship with the President
Question 10 The EOP
(the Executive Office of the President) includes:
1) The Treasury
department
2) The Council of Economic Advisers
3) The CIA
4) All of the
above
Question The Pendleton Act established the principle of
___________ in federal hiring.
1) Patronage
2) Merit
3) Partisanship
4) Civility
Question 2 The
ratification of _______ in 1913 gave Congress the authority to implement a
federal income tax.
1) 10th
amendment
2) Hatch Act
3) 16th Amendment
4) Supremacy
clause
Question 3 The
Senate's checks on bureaucracy include:
1) Issue executive
orders
2) The power to confirm presidential
appointees
3) all of the
above
4) none of the
above
Question 4 The
following Department was created after 9/11:
1) Department
of Defense
2) Department
of State
3) Department of Homeland Security
4) None of the
above
Question 5 The
size of the bureaucracy decreased after the Civil War.
1) True
2) False
Question 6 Weber's
theory underlines the following feature of bureaucracy:
1) Its
flexibility
2) Legal authority
3) Its huge
authority
4) All of the
above
Question 7 Today
most bureaucrats are hired based on merit.
1) True
2) False
Question 8 Iron
triangles refer to the relationships between agencies, interest groups and
departments.
1) True
2) False
Question 9 The
power of the courts to review acts of the other branches of government is known
as:
1) judicial
privilege
2) government
review
3) judicial review
4) original
jurisdiction
Question 10 The
justices of the Supreme court are
1) elected in
nonpartisan election
2) appointed by
Congress and ratified by the President
3) nominated by
the House and confirmed by the Senate
4) nominated by the President and
confirmed by the Senate
