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1. Which right did the colonists consider "inalienable" in C) pursuit of
happiness
the Declaration of Independence?
A) privacy
B) trial by jury
C) pursuit of happiness
D) voting
2. Which United States Supreme Court decision A) Bush v. Gore
focused on how states count popular votes for
president and vice president? (2000)
A) Bush v. Gore (2000)
B) U.S. v. Nixon (1974)
C) Baker v. Carr (1962)
D) Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission (2010)
3. In what 1620 document do the writers form a
"civil body politic"?
A) the Mayflower Compact
A) the Mayflower
B) the Articles of Confederation Compact
C)the Magna Carta
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D) the Declaration of Independence
4. Which United States Supreme Court case held B) Miranda v.
that persons accused of crimes must be advised
of their Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights upon Arizona (1966)
their arrest?
A) Engel v. Vitale (1962)
B) Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
C) Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
D) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
5. What is an example of representation?
C) The U.S.
A) The bureaucracy establishes national
Congress passes
regulations.
a law.
B) The court system rules on a dispute between
two states.
C) The U.S. Congress passes a law.
D) The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
writes a majority opinion.
6. What are two natural rights identified in the
Declara- tion of Independence?
A) bear arms and life C) life and liberty
B) jury trials and liberty
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C) life and liberty
D) jury trials and bear arms
7. Which action is an example of petitioning the govern- A) lobbying oflcials
ment?
A) lobbying officials
B) serving on a jury
C) becoming politically informed
D) paying taxes
8. Which United States Supreme Court holding A) Engel v. Vitale
impact- ed the way that religious practice was
approached in public schools? (1962)
A) Engel v. Vitale (1962)
B) Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
C) Roe v. Wade (1973)
D) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
9. Which of the following cases reinforced the
federal government's authority to run a federal
institution without interference by a state?
A) Brown v. Board of Education (1954) C) McCulloch v.
Maryland (1819)
B) Engel v. Vitale (1962)
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C) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
D) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
10. Which of the following cases reinforced the power B) Marbury v.
of the courts? Madison (1803)
A) Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
B) Marbury v. Madison (1803)
C) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
D) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
11. Which statement from the English Bill of Rights is
re- flected in the U.S. Constitution's Eighth
Amendment? C) "That
excessive bail ought
A) "That...keeping a standing army within the not be re-
king- dom in time of peace...is agains law;"
quired...nor cruel and
B) "That the...power of suspending the un- usual punishments
laws...without consent of inflict- ed;"
Parliament is illegal"
C) "That excessive bail ought not be
required...nor cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted;"
D) "That the freedom of speech...in Parliament
ought not to be...questioned in any court"
12.
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1. Which right did the colonists consider "inalienable" in C) pursuit of
happiness
the Declaration of Independence?
A) privacy
B) trial by jury
C) pursuit of happiness
D) voting
2. Which United States Supreme Court decision A) Bush v. Gore
focused on how states count popular votes for
president and vice president? (2000)
A) Bush v. Gore (2000)
B) U.S. v. Nixon (1974)
C) Baker v. Carr (1962)
D) Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission (2010)
3. In what 1620 document do the writers form a
"civil body politic"?
A) the Mayflower Compact
A) the Mayflower
B) the Articles of Confederation Compact
C)the Magna Carta
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D) the Declaration of Independence
4. Which United States Supreme Court case held B) Miranda v.
that persons accused of crimes must be advised
of their Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights upon Arizona (1966)
their arrest?
A) Engel v. Vitale (1962)
B) Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
C) Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
D) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
5. What is an example of representation?
C) The U.S.
A) The bureaucracy establishes national
Congress passes
regulations.
a law.
B) The court system rules on a dispute between
two states.
C) The U.S. Congress passes a law.
D) The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
writes a majority opinion.
6. What are two natural rights identified in the
Declara- tion of Independence?
A) bear arms and life C) life and liberty
B) jury trials and liberty
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C) life and liberty
D) jury trials and bear arms
7. Which action is an example of petitioning the govern- A) lobbying oflcials
ment?
A) lobbying officials
B) serving on a jury
C) becoming politically informed
D) paying taxes
8. Which United States Supreme Court holding A) Engel v. Vitale
impact- ed the way that religious practice was
approached in public schools? (1962)
A) Engel v. Vitale (1962)
B) Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
C) Roe v. Wade (1973)
D) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
9. Which of the following cases reinforced the
federal government's authority to run a federal
institution without interference by a state?
A) Brown v. Board of Education (1954) C) McCulloch v.
Maryland (1819)
B) Engel v. Vitale (1962)
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C) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
D) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
10. Which of the following cases reinforced the power B) Marbury v.
of the courts? Madison (1803)
A) Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
B) Marbury v. Madison (1803)
C) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
D) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
11. Which statement from the English Bill of Rights is
re- flected in the U.S. Constitution's Eighth
Amendment? C) "That
excessive bail ought
A) "That...keeping a standing army within the not be re-
king- dom in time of peace...is agains law;"
quired...nor cruel and
B) "That the...power of suspending the un- usual punishments
laws...without consent of inflict- ed;"
Parliament is illegal"
C) "That excessive bail ought not be
required...nor cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted;"
D) "That the freedom of speech...in Parliament
ought not to be...questioned in any court"
12.
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