POLS 1101 TEST PAPER ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔where is the right to privacy found in the constitution? how did it apply to roe v
wade? - ✔✔due process clause of the 14th amendment under the right to privacy for a
women to have an abortion or not
✔✔what is the significance of plessy vs ferguson? - ✔✔separate but equal
✔✔what was the significance of brown vs board of education - ✔✔reversed plessy v
ferguson
✔✔how did the civil rights ac of 1964 and voting rights act of 1965 put a stop to jim crow
laws in the south - ✔✔civil rights act ended segregation and banned discrimination
while the voting rights act banned all literacy test
✔✔what are the judicial standard of review for civil rights cases - ✔✔strict scrutiny
✔✔explain the difference between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome -
✔✔equality of opportunity is how we are all treated equally under the law and equality of
outcome is how we should all literally be treated equally(fairness fallacy)
✔✔what was the equal rights amendment and why did it fail - ✔✔civil rights may not be
denied on the basis of one's sex. failed due to the elimination of laws that aimed to
protect women
✔✔what is the signiface of miranda vs arizona? - ✔✔defendant's statements to
authorities are inadmissible in court unless the defendant has been informed of their
miranda rights
✔✔what governing institution does article 1 create? 2? 3? - ✔✔1. Legislative
2. Executive
3. Judicial
, ✔✔article 1 of the constitution - ✔✔bicameral legislature, checks and balances
✔✔article 2 of the constitution - ✔✔take care clause and foreign policy
✔✔take care clause - ✔✔the president shall take care that the laws will be faithfully
executed
✔✔article 3 of the constitution - ✔✔federal court system
✔✔article 4 of the constitution - ✔✔republican form of government
✔✔article 5 of the constitution - ✔✔amendments require 2/3 congress and 3/4 states
majority/ they're 27 amendments
✔✔article 6 of the constitution - ✔✔the us constitution is the supreme law of the land
✔✔article 7 of the constitution - ✔✔ratification of the constitution
✔✔privileges and immunity clause - ✔✔prevents a state from treating citizens of other
states in a discriminatory manner
✔✔checks and balances - ✔✔-legislative checks= congress can impeach judges and
the president as well as set the budget for any governmental action
-judicial checks= rule laws unconstitutional
- executive checks= veto laws and nominates supreme court judges
✔✔strict scrutiny - ✔✔the statute must be narrowly tailored to address a compelling
state interest.
✔✔ Government - ✔✔the governing body of a nation, state, or community
✔✔enumerated powers - ✔✔the powers of the federal government that are specifically
described in the Constitution
✔✔the bill of rights - ✔✔1st amendment- freedom of speech press and assembly
2nd amendment- right to bear arms
3rd amendment - no quartering
4th amendment - no unreasonable search and seizure
5th amendment - due process and double jeopardy
6th amendment - right to a speedy and fair trial
7th amendment - right to jury trial
8th amendment - no excessive bails or fines and no cruel or unusual punishment
9th amendment - non enumerated rights
10 amendment - rights reserved to the states
SET A+
✔✔where is the right to privacy found in the constitution? how did it apply to roe v
wade? - ✔✔due process clause of the 14th amendment under the right to privacy for a
women to have an abortion or not
✔✔what is the significance of plessy vs ferguson? - ✔✔separate but equal
✔✔what was the significance of brown vs board of education - ✔✔reversed plessy v
ferguson
✔✔how did the civil rights ac of 1964 and voting rights act of 1965 put a stop to jim crow
laws in the south - ✔✔civil rights act ended segregation and banned discrimination
while the voting rights act banned all literacy test
✔✔what are the judicial standard of review for civil rights cases - ✔✔strict scrutiny
✔✔explain the difference between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome -
✔✔equality of opportunity is how we are all treated equally under the law and equality of
outcome is how we should all literally be treated equally(fairness fallacy)
✔✔what was the equal rights amendment and why did it fail - ✔✔civil rights may not be
denied on the basis of one's sex. failed due to the elimination of laws that aimed to
protect women
✔✔what is the signiface of miranda vs arizona? - ✔✔defendant's statements to
authorities are inadmissible in court unless the defendant has been informed of their
miranda rights
✔✔what governing institution does article 1 create? 2? 3? - ✔✔1. Legislative
2. Executive
3. Judicial
, ✔✔article 1 of the constitution - ✔✔bicameral legislature, checks and balances
✔✔article 2 of the constitution - ✔✔take care clause and foreign policy
✔✔take care clause - ✔✔the president shall take care that the laws will be faithfully
executed
✔✔article 3 of the constitution - ✔✔federal court system
✔✔article 4 of the constitution - ✔✔republican form of government
✔✔article 5 of the constitution - ✔✔amendments require 2/3 congress and 3/4 states
majority/ they're 27 amendments
✔✔article 6 of the constitution - ✔✔the us constitution is the supreme law of the land
✔✔article 7 of the constitution - ✔✔ratification of the constitution
✔✔privileges and immunity clause - ✔✔prevents a state from treating citizens of other
states in a discriminatory manner
✔✔checks and balances - ✔✔-legislative checks= congress can impeach judges and
the president as well as set the budget for any governmental action
-judicial checks= rule laws unconstitutional
- executive checks= veto laws and nominates supreme court judges
✔✔strict scrutiny - ✔✔the statute must be narrowly tailored to address a compelling
state interest.
✔✔ Government - ✔✔the governing body of a nation, state, or community
✔✔enumerated powers - ✔✔the powers of the federal government that are specifically
described in the Constitution
✔✔the bill of rights - ✔✔1st amendment- freedom of speech press and assembly
2nd amendment- right to bear arms
3rd amendment - no quartering
4th amendment - no unreasonable search and seizure
5th amendment - due process and double jeopardy
6th amendment - right to a speedy and fair trial
7th amendment - right to jury trial
8th amendment - no excessive bails or fines and no cruel or unusual punishment
9th amendment - non enumerated rights
10 amendment - rights reserved to the states
