,Chapter 1: Police History
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The police represent the__________power of government, rather than the__________power of
government.
a. civil, military c. administrative, political
b. military, administrative d. military, civil
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 3
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
2. The person known as the father of American policing is:
a. O. W. Wilson c. August Vollmer
b. Robert Peel d. John S. Dempsey
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 19
OBJ: To introduce you to the history of policing in the first half of the twentieth century
3. The members of the military appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus to protect the palace and the
emperor were called the:
a. Royal Guard c. Roman Guard
b. Praetorian Guard d. Praefectus Urbi
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 3
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
4. The__________evolved into the Gendarmerie Nationale, which today polices the areas outside
France’s major cities.
a. Praefectus Urbi c. Maréchausée
b. Praetorian Guard d. Magistrates
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 4
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
5. Who formed the Bow Street Runners?
a. Henry Fielding c. Patrick Colquhoun
b. Sir Robert Peel d. Colonel Charles Rowan
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 6
OBJ: To show you how the U.S. police and, indeed, the entire U.S. criminal justice system evolved
from the English law enforcement experience
6. Who is generally credited with establishing the first police department in London, England?
a. Henry Fielding c. Patrick Colquhoun
b. Sir Robert Peel d. Sir Charles Rowan
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 7
OBJ: To show you how the U.S. police and, indeed, the entire U.S. criminal justice system evolved
from the English law enforcement experience
7. The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what city?
a. Chicago c. Philadelphia
b. New York City d. Boston
, ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 11
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
8. What U.S. Supreme Court decision held that a black slave could not sue in court for his freedom
because he was a piece of property, not a citizen?
a. Dred Scott v. Sandford
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
d. Mabury v. Madison
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 10
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
9. Many historians and scholars indicate that__________in the American South were the precursor to the
modern American system of policing.
a. Praetorian Guard c. thief-takers
b. slave patrols d. Vigiles
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 9
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
10. The only law enforcement officers available on the American frontier were the__________and the
__________.
a. county sheriff, town marshal c. chief of police, county sheriff
b. county marshal, town sheriff d. military provost, town marshal
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
11. The Statute of Winchester established the office of ___________, who was responsible for organizing
and supervising the watch.
a. county sheriff c. city marshal
b. parish constable d. police chief
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
12. ___________ were assistants to the constables and walked the streets removing vagrants.
a. Beadles c. Marshals
b. Deputies d. Roamers
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
13. A form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred the Great in the latter part of the
nineteenth-century England was/were the ___________.
a. Vigiles c. shire-reeve
b. hue and cry d. mutual pledge
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 4
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
, 14. What statute made it a crime not to assist the night watch?
a. Posse Comitatus Act of 1879 c. Statute of Winchester
b. Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 d. Volstead Act
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
15. The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 created the ___________.
a. bobbies c. FBI
b. office of the U.S. marshal d. New York City Police Department
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
16. The first state police agency was the ___________.
a. Arizona Rangers c. Texas Rangers
b. New Mexico Mounted Patrol d. Nevada Posse
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
17. By the 1880s, what private national detective agency had offices in nearly two dozen cities?
a. Brinks National Security
b. Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency
c. Wells Fargo Detection Services
d. Rocky Mountain Detective Association
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 17
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
18. Which Massachusetts governor fired all the striking police officers during the Boston police strike and
later became president of the United States?
a. Woodrow Wilson c. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Calvin Coolidge d. Ronald Reagan
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 18
OBJ: To introduce you to the history of policing in the first half of the twentieth century
19. What legislation became law in 1920 and established National Prohibition?
a. Olmstead Act c. Volstead Act
b. Homestead Act d. Federal Judiciary Act of 1789
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 18
OBJ: To introduce you to the history of policing in the first half of the twentieth century
20. The Latin term__________means “the power of the county.”
a. terra nullius c. corpus delecti
b. flagrante delicto d. posse comitatus
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The police represent the__________power of government, rather than the__________power of
government.
a. civil, military c. administrative, political
b. military, administrative d. military, civil
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 3
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
2. The person known as the father of American policing is:
a. O. W. Wilson c. August Vollmer
b. Robert Peel d. John S. Dempsey
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 19
OBJ: To introduce you to the history of policing in the first half of the twentieth century
3. The members of the military appointed by Roman Emperor Augustus to protect the palace and the
emperor were called the:
a. Royal Guard c. Roman Guard
b. Praetorian Guard d. Praefectus Urbi
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 3
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
4. The__________evolved into the Gendarmerie Nationale, which today polices the areas outside
France’s major cities.
a. Praefectus Urbi c. Maréchausée
b. Praetorian Guard d. Magistrates
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 4
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
5. Who formed the Bow Street Runners?
a. Henry Fielding c. Patrick Colquhoun
b. Sir Robert Peel d. Colonel Charles Rowan
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 6
OBJ: To show you how the U.S. police and, indeed, the entire U.S. criminal justice system evolved
from the English law enforcement experience
6. Who is generally credited with establishing the first police department in London, England?
a. Henry Fielding c. Patrick Colquhoun
b. Sir Robert Peel d. Sir Charles Rowan
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 7
OBJ: To show you how the U.S. police and, indeed, the entire U.S. criminal justice system evolved
from the English law enforcement experience
7. The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what city?
a. Chicago c. Philadelphia
b. New York City d. Boston
, ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 11
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
8. What U.S. Supreme Court decision held that a black slave could not sue in court for his freedom
because he was a piece of property, not a citizen?
a. Dred Scott v. Sandford
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
d. Mabury v. Madison
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 10
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
9. Many historians and scholars indicate that__________in the American South were the precursor to the
modern American system of policing.
a. Praetorian Guard c. thief-takers
b. slave patrols d. Vigiles
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 9
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
10. The only law enforcement officers available on the American frontier were the__________and the
__________.
a. county sheriff, town marshal c. chief of police, county sheriff
b. county marshal, town sheriff d. military provost, town marshal
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
11. The Statute of Winchester established the office of ___________, who was responsible for organizing
and supervising the watch.
a. county sheriff c. city marshal
b. parish constable d. police chief
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
12. ___________ were assistants to the constables and walked the streets removing vagrants.
a. Beadles c. Marshals
b. Deputies d. Roamers
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
13. A form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred the Great in the latter part of the
nineteenth-century England was/were the ___________.
a. Vigiles c. shire-reeve
b. hue and cry d. mutual pledge
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 4
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
, 14. What statute made it a crime not to assist the night watch?
a. Posse Comitatus Act of 1879 c. Statute of Winchester
b. Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 d. Volstead Act
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 5
OBJ: To acquaint you with the rich, colorful history of policing
15. The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 created the ___________.
a. bobbies c. FBI
b. office of the U.S. marshal d. New York City Police Department
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
16. The first state police agency was the ___________.
a. Arizona Rangers c. Texas Rangers
b. New Mexico Mounted Patrol d. Nevada Posse
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
17. By the 1880s, what private national detective agency had offices in nearly two dozen cities?
a. Brinks National Security
b. Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency
c. Wells Fargo Detection Services
d. Rocky Mountain Detective Association
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 17
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
18. Which Massachusetts governor fired all the striking police officers during the Boston police strike and
later became president of the United States?
a. Woodrow Wilson c. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Calvin Coolidge d. Ronald Reagan
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 18
OBJ: To introduce you to the history of policing in the first half of the twentieth century
19. What legislation became law in 1920 and established National Prohibition?
a. Olmstead Act c. Volstead Act
b. Homestead Act d. Federal Judiciary Act of 1789
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 18
OBJ: To introduce you to the history of policing in the first half of the twentieth century
20. The Latin term__________means “the power of the county.”
a. terra nullius c. corpus delecti
b. flagrante delicto d. posse comitatus
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 16
OBJ: To acquaint you with early American policing—both the colonial experience and the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries
