End of Course Assessment Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Voting Rights - Answer -✔✔ 1965; invalidated the use of any test or device to
deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had
disenfranchised blacks; as more blacks became politically active and elected black
representatives, it rboguth jobs, contracts, and facilities and services for the black
community, encouraging greater social equality and decreasing the wealth and
education gap
Congressional Override - Answer -✔✔ The power of Congress to pass legislation
over a president's veto.
Gibbons v Ogden - Answer -✔✔ Regulating interstate commerce is a power
reserved to the federal government
Amicus Curiae - Answer -✔✔ Latin for "friend of the court"; a written brief from an
individual or group claiming to have information useful to a court's consideration of a
case.
Separation of Powers - Answer -✔✔ The division of power among the legislative,
executive, and judicial branches of government.
Primaries - Answer -✔✔ A preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party
conference or to select the candidates for a principal, esp. presidential, election.
Caucuses - Answer -✔✔ A meeting of the members of a legislative body who are
members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy.
Lobbyist - Answer -✔✔ Interest group representative.
Declaration of Independence - Answer -✔✔ The proclamation made by the
Second American Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776, which asserted the freedom
and independence of the 13 colonies from Great Britain.
Supreme Court - Answer -✔✔ The highest federal court in the U.S. consisting of
nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.
Judicial Activism - Answer -✔✔ The philosophy that the Supreme Court should
play an active role in shaping national policies by addressing social and political issues.
Questions With Correct Answers
Voting Rights - Answer -✔✔ 1965; invalidated the use of any test or device to
deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had
disenfranchised blacks; as more blacks became politically active and elected black
representatives, it rboguth jobs, contracts, and facilities and services for the black
community, encouraging greater social equality and decreasing the wealth and
education gap
Congressional Override - Answer -✔✔ The power of Congress to pass legislation
over a president's veto.
Gibbons v Ogden - Answer -✔✔ Regulating interstate commerce is a power
reserved to the federal government
Amicus Curiae - Answer -✔✔ Latin for "friend of the court"; a written brief from an
individual or group claiming to have information useful to a court's consideration of a
case.
Separation of Powers - Answer -✔✔ The division of power among the legislative,
executive, and judicial branches of government.
Primaries - Answer -✔✔ A preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party
conference or to select the candidates for a principal, esp. presidential, election.
Caucuses - Answer -✔✔ A meeting of the members of a legislative body who are
members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy.
Lobbyist - Answer -✔✔ Interest group representative.
Declaration of Independence - Answer -✔✔ The proclamation made by the
Second American Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776, which asserted the freedom
and independence of the 13 colonies from Great Britain.
Supreme Court - Answer -✔✔ The highest federal court in the U.S. consisting of
nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.
Judicial Activism - Answer -✔✔ The philosophy that the Supreme Court should
play an active role in shaping national policies by addressing social and political issues.
