Straighterline American Government
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Which decision is indicative of how the Surpreme Court interpreted the Fourteenth
Amendment and state discretion in civil rights matters in the decades after the Civil War? -
✔Plessy v. Ferguson
The "separate but equal" standard was created by - ✔The Surpreme Court
Through its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court - ✔ruled that Congress could not
outlaw slavery anywhere in the United States.
The individual right that is widely regarded as the most basic of individual rights is: -
✔freedom of expression
The Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Gitlow v. New York - ✔States do not
have complete power over what their residents can legally say
In 1987 the Supreme Court ruled that creationism - ✔is a religious doctrine, not a
scientific theory.
The inclusion of certain provisions of the Bill of Rights in the Fourteenth Amendment, so that
these rights are protected from infringements by the state governments, is called -
✔Selective incorporation
, In the Constitution, procedural due process is protected by the - ✔Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and
Eighth Amendment
Today, women currently hold about ________ of the seats in the House of Representatives -
✔19 percent
All of the following statements about Asian American rights are true EXCEPT that - ✔Asian
Americans have the second highest median family income of any group
The Supreme Court concept of suspect classifications suggests that - ✔laws that classify
people differently on the basis of their race or ethnicity are presumed to have discrimination as
their purpose
Any law that includes a gender classification is subject to the - ✔Intermediate scrutiny test
Which of the following groups is LEAST likely to identify with the Democratic Party? -
✔White Southerners
Public support for same-sex marriage has - ✔increased significantly since the 1990s
Party identification refers to - ✔an emotional attachment to a political party
What term do scholars use for a purported opinion offered by a respondent who is
unfamiliar with the specific issue? - ✔non-opinion
According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, young adults are substantially more likely
than senior citizens to support - ✔stronger environmental regulations
Libertarians are opposed to governmental intervention - ✔in both the economic and social
spheres
Final Exam| Questions solved 100%
Correct| Rated A+| Verified
Which decision is indicative of how the Surpreme Court interpreted the Fourteenth
Amendment and state discretion in civil rights matters in the decades after the Civil War? -
✔Plessy v. Ferguson
The "separate but equal" standard was created by - ✔The Surpreme Court
Through its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court - ✔ruled that Congress could not
outlaw slavery anywhere in the United States.
The individual right that is widely regarded as the most basic of individual rights is: -
✔freedom of expression
The Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Gitlow v. New York - ✔States do not
have complete power over what their residents can legally say
In 1987 the Supreme Court ruled that creationism - ✔is a religious doctrine, not a
scientific theory.
The inclusion of certain provisions of the Bill of Rights in the Fourteenth Amendment, so that
these rights are protected from infringements by the state governments, is called -
✔Selective incorporation
, In the Constitution, procedural due process is protected by the - ✔Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and
Eighth Amendment
Today, women currently hold about ________ of the seats in the House of Representatives -
✔19 percent
All of the following statements about Asian American rights are true EXCEPT that - ✔Asian
Americans have the second highest median family income of any group
The Supreme Court concept of suspect classifications suggests that - ✔laws that classify
people differently on the basis of their race or ethnicity are presumed to have discrimination as
their purpose
Any law that includes a gender classification is subject to the - ✔Intermediate scrutiny test
Which of the following groups is LEAST likely to identify with the Democratic Party? -
✔White Southerners
Public support for same-sex marriage has - ✔increased significantly since the 1990s
Party identification refers to - ✔an emotional attachment to a political party
What term do scholars use for a purported opinion offered by a respondent who is
unfamiliar with the specific issue? - ✔non-opinion
According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, young adults are substantially more likely
than senior citizens to support - ✔stronger environmental regulations
Libertarians are opposed to governmental intervention - ✔in both the economic and social
spheres
