AP Gov Unit 3 Test

Second Amendment

"In McDonald v. Chicago (2010), the US Supreme Court stated that "self-defense is a baseic right, recognized by many legal systems from ancient times to teh present day" and that an individual's right to bear arms was 'deeply rooted in ths Nation's history and tradition." The quote points to which of the following amendments to the US Constitution as a basis to limit state action?

a person's right to know the reasons for his or her imprisonment

A writ of habeas corpus refers to

Chose freedom of speech as most crucial to their own liberty

According to the data, both gun owners and non-gun owners

Colleges can consider race but cannot use strict racial quotas in admission practices

According to the quote, what is the likely effect of the Court's ruling in the Bakke case?

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Discrimination in public accommodations was made illegal in the US as a direct result of the

The exclusionary rule

During an investigation, police officers find illegal drugs while searching a home for which they did not acquire a warrant. Which of the following would prevent the drugs from being used as evidence at trial?

Right of privacy

Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade are similar Supreme Court cases in that both cases are based on the

Separation of students by race, even in equally good schools, in unconstitutional

In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court established which of the following principles?

Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel provision applies to those accused of major crimes under state laws

In Gideon v Wainwright, the US Supreme Court ruled that the

Police must inform criminal suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning suspects after arrest

In Miranda v Arizona, the US Supreme Court declared that

The US Constitution implies a right to privacy and thus made abortions legal

In Roe v Wade, the majority of Supreme Court justices determined that

Both cases struck down local ordinances that prescribed segregation

In the case Boynton v. Virginia (1960), the Supreme Court ruled that segregation at a bus stop restaurant was illegal based on the Interstate Commerce Act. Which of the following explains how this case is similar to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).

Division of church and state

The "wall of separation" doctrine refers to the

Make most rights contained in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to

Equality for women

The Nineteeth Amendment to the Constitution, the Equal Rights Amendment, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 were all directed toward the goal of

Affirmative action

The Supreme Court addressed the admissions policy of the Univerisity of Michigan Law School in Grutter v Bollinger (2003). Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the court, "in the context of its individualized inquiry into the possible diversity contributions of all applicants, the Law School's racce-conscious admissions program does not unduly harm nonminority applicants." The primary issue of controversy in the Grutter v Bollinger decision involves

Initially affected only schools where segregation was mandated by law

The Supreme Court decision quoted above did which of the following?

The death penalty is not necessarily cruel and unusual punishment

The Supreme Court has ruled which of the following concerning the death penalty?

The heavy presumption against prior restraint

The Washington Post receives a top secret report that details how the executive branch mishandled a deal made with a foreign nation regarding nuclear weapons. The executive branch attempts to stop the publishing of the report, but the publishers cite the precedent in New York Times Company v. United States (1971) establishing which of the following legal rules?

Limit free speech

The clear-and-present danger test devised by the Supreme Court was designed to define the conditions under when public authorities could

Plessy v Ferguson, 1897

The doctrine of "separate but equal" referred to above had previously been upheld by which of the following Supreme Court decisions?

Negotiate a plea bargain

The federal Constitution guarantees all of the following rights to a person arrested and charged with a serious crime EXCEPT the right to

Incorporation

The process of extending the protectinos of the Bill of Rights by means of the Fourteenth Amendment apply to the actions of state governments is known as

Civil Rights Act of 1964

To enforce the 14th Amendment more clearly, Congress passed the

A state university refuses acceptance of any new applicants from a specific race

Which of the following applications of affirmatie action would the United States Supreme Court likely consider underconstitutional?

The government has made women subservient by denying them the right to vote

Which of the following best captures a portion of the author's argument?

Provisions in the Bill of Rights that provide guarantees against arbitrary interference by government

Which of the following best defines civil liberties?

The poll shows there is an ongoing debate over whether gun control laws promote or interfere with individual rights

Which of the following best explains how poll respondents regard the relationship between the right to own guns and personal freedom?

8th Amendment

Which of the following constitutional amendments is most related to the issue shown on the map?

Both Cesar Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. argued for the continued use of nonviolence to further their causes

Which of the following is a similarity between the views expressed in the excerpt above and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?

Protected by the First Amendment: right to burn a flag Not Protected by the First Amendment

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of rights proteted and not protected by the First Amendment?

Establishment Clause: Prohibits the federal government from promoting religion or creating a national religion Free Exercise Clause: Protects an individual's religious beliefs and reasonable religious practices

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Establishment Cluase and the Free Exercise Clause?

The principle that all people should be equal under the law, as embodied in the Equal Protection Clause

Which of the following is contained in the 14th Amendment was likely an inspiration for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which of the following is most likely responsible for the increase in the number of soutern African American state legislators between 1960 and 1992 as shown in the graph?

The right to assemble

Which of the following provisions of the Bill of Rights could support the actions that Cesar Chavez is encouraging the farmworkers to take?

Most states in the South and West allow capital punishment

Which of the following statements best describes the information in the map?

Such segregation affected interstate commerce, and Congress therefore had the authority to outlaw it

Which of the following was an argument used by the Supreme Court in upholding federal statutes outlawing segregation in public accomodations?

A city enforces its laws restricting noise to limit the scale of an outdoor concert event intended to raise public awareness of climate change

Which of the following would be considered an instance in which time, place, and manner restrictions would be applied to the First Amendment?

A person is prosecuted for a federal crime without a jury

Which of the following would most likely be considered a violation of the 4th Amendment?

A student wears a black armband at school to protest government involvement in a war

Which of the following would most likely be protected by the First Amendment?