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POLS 1101 EXAM #1 (UGA-DR.GLAS)
2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS.
1. Lemon Test - correct answer -The three-part test for
Establishment Clause cases that a law must pass before it is
declared constitutional: it must have a secular purpose; it must
neither advance nor inhibit religion; and it must not cause
excessive entanglement with religion.
2. Miranda rule - correct answer -Requirement that police inform
suspects that they have a right to remain silent and a right to
have counsel while being interrogated. Failure to inform
suspects of their rights will result in any confession or evidence
thus obtained being inadmissible against them at trial.
3. Neutrality test - correct answer -Policy favored by justices in
establishment of religion decisions. The justices used the
neutrality test not so much to prevent favoritism among
religious groups as to root out policies that preferred religious
groups generally over nonreligious groups engaged in a similar
activity.
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4. Obscentiy - correct answer -defined as publicly offensive acts
or language, usually of a sexual nature, with no redeeming
social value
5. Penumbras - correct answer -Judicially created rights based on
various guarantees of the Bill of Rights. The right to privacy is
not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but the Supreme Court
has argued that this right is implicit in various clauses found
throughout the Bill of Rights.
6. Privileges and immunities clause - correct answer -The clause
in Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment stipulating that "no
State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
7. Selective incorporation - correct answer -The Supreme Court's
gradual process of assuming guardianship of civil liberties by
applying piecemeal the various provisions of the Bill of Rights
to state laws and practices.
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8. What determines the amount of electoral college votes a state
gets? - correct answer -based on population (two votes for the
Senators and one for each House of Representative)
9. Article I of the Constitution details the role of the
__________________ branch. - correct answer -legislative
10. What is the Virginia Plan? - correct answer -Congressional
support based on population, slaves count as citizens, strong
legislature, Federal judges picked by legislature; supported by
large states and southern states
11. How many amendments to the U.S. Constitution are there?
And who initiated the process of ratifying each one? - correct
answer -27 amendments. They are all proposed in Congress
(National Constitutional Convention has never happened).
12. Authors of Primary Papers - correct answer -John Jay,
James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
POLS 1101 EXAM #1 (UGA-DR.GLAS)
2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS.
1. Lemon Test - correct answer -The three-part test for
Establishment Clause cases that a law must pass before it is
declared constitutional: it must have a secular purpose; it must
neither advance nor inhibit religion; and it must not cause
excessive entanglement with religion.
2. Miranda rule - correct answer -Requirement that police inform
suspects that they have a right to remain silent and a right to
have counsel while being interrogated. Failure to inform
suspects of their rights will result in any confession or evidence
thus obtained being inadmissible against them at trial.
3. Neutrality test - correct answer -Policy favored by justices in
establishment of religion decisions. The justices used the
neutrality test not so much to prevent favoritism among
religious groups as to root out policies that preferred religious
groups generally over nonreligious groups engaged in a similar
activity.
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4. Obscentiy - correct answer -defined as publicly offensive acts
or language, usually of a sexual nature, with no redeeming
social value
5. Penumbras - correct answer -Judicially created rights based on
various guarantees of the Bill of Rights. The right to privacy is
not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but the Supreme Court
has argued that this right is implicit in various clauses found
throughout the Bill of Rights.
6. Privileges and immunities clause - correct answer -The clause
in Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment stipulating that "no
State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
7. Selective incorporation - correct answer -The Supreme Court's
gradual process of assuming guardianship of civil liberties by
applying piecemeal the various provisions of the Bill of Rights
to state laws and practices.
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8. What determines the amount of electoral college votes a state
gets? - correct answer -based on population (two votes for the
Senators and one for each House of Representative)
9. Article I of the Constitution details the role of the
__________________ branch. - correct answer -legislative
10. What is the Virginia Plan? - correct answer -Congressional
support based on population, slaves count as citizens, strong
legislature, Federal judges picked by legislature; supported by
large states and southern states
11. How many amendments to the U.S. Constitution are there?
And who initiated the process of ratifying each one? - correct
answer -27 amendments. They are all proposed in Congress
(National Constitutional Convention has never happened).
12. Authors of Primary Papers - correct answer -John Jay,
James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
