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1. During the Founding era, ________ were the strongest supporters of
adding a bill of rights to the Constitution.
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a. merchants and landowners
b. Antifederalists
c. Federalists
d. slaves - ANSWER b. Antifederalists
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2. Legally enforced segregation in public schools is a form of ________
discrimination.
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a. stare decisis
b. suspect
c. de facto
d. de jure - ANSWER d. de jure
3. What is the most important check on majority rule in the United States?
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a. laissez-faire capitalism
b. "one person, one vote"
c. the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights
d. popular sovereignty - ANSWER c. the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights
4. What did the New Jersey Plan propose for Congress?
a. representation would be equal for each state
b. representation would be based on population
c. representatives to Congress would be appointed by the state legislatures
d. representation would be proportionate to the share of taxes paid by each state
to the federal government - ANSWER representation would be based on
population
6. Marble cake federalism" is associated with the
"Marble cake federalism" is associated with the
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Correctb. pattern of intergovernmental cooperation that has blurred the lines
between the states and the national governments.
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a. increasing political power of local governments over the last two decades.
b. pattern of intergovernmental cooperation that has blurred the lines between
the states and the national governments.
c. confusion that emerged during the 1960s about which layer of government is
actually responsible for regulating the national economy.
, d. practice of federal officials bribing their state counterparts with various gifts in
order to convince them to follow national standards. - ANSWER b. pattern of
intergovernmental cooperation that has blurred the lines between the states and
the national governments.
7. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Roe v. Wade (1973) have been extremely
important in the development of
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a. a constitutional right to privacy.
b. a test that can be used to determine what is protected speech.
c. American due process.
d. the rights of individuals accused of crimes. - ANSWER a constitutional right
to privacy.
8. The Fourth Amendment protects citizens against ________.
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a. unreasonable searches and seizures
b. cruel and unusual punishment
c. self-incrimination
d. quartering military troops in private homes - ANSWER a. unreasonable
searches and seizures
9. An example of ________ is when federal officials force state officials to
implement more stringent water pollution regulations.
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Incorrectc. police power