AP Government Midterm Review (Unit 3)

Which of the following constitutional provisions limits the power of the federal government to collect digital metadata?

4th Amendment

(Paul Cassell & Katie Stith, "Criminal Procedures Clauses" from National Constitution Center) Based on the text, which of the following Constitutional Amendments would the author claim is the most relevant?

5th Amendment

Based on previous court rulings, which of the following scenarios would most likely violate the exclusionary rule upheld by the Fourth Amendment?

A police officer confiscates cocaine from a minor's bedroom without a warrant for the drugs.

Based on previous court rulings, the Supreme Court is most likely to view a case concerning which of the following as an affirmative action case?

A university uses race as a factor in their admissions process.

Which of the following actions would be considered legal based on the right to privacy precedent established by Roe v. Wade?

A woman could have an abortion procedure.

Based on Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, which of the following scenarios would most likely occur as a direct result of the passage of the bill?

Adding a women's basketball team at the state university where a men's team already existed.

(U.S. Executions From 1976-2016 Graph) Which of the following statements is reflected in the data in the chart?

At the current rate, it is likely that there will be zero executions by 2020.

Based on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which of the following scenarios would most likely occur as a direct result of the passage of this bill?

Citizens would not need to pass any type of test in order to register to vote.

(Civil Liberties VS Civil Rights Chart) Which of the following is an accurate comparison of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights?

Civil Liberties: Upheld by the Bill of Rights Civil Rights: Upheld by equal protection clause

(Engel v. Vitale VS Wisconsin v. Yoder Chart) Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases?

Engel v. Vitale: Ruled Prayer in Public School to be a violation of the Constitution Wisconsin v. Yoder: Ruled that students did not have to attends school past 8th grade if religion did not permit it.

(Enhance Individual Freedom VS Enhance Public Safety Chart) Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the impacts on individual freedom and public safety?

Enhance Individual Freedom: New York Times Co. v. U.S. Enhance Public Safety: Schenck v. U.S.

(Paul Cassell & Katie Stith, "Criminal Procedures Clauses" from National Constitution Center) Which of the following Supreme Court Cases is most closely related to the authors' statement?

Gideon v. Wainwright

(Paul Cassell & Katie Stith, "Criminal Procedures Clauses" from National Constitution Center) Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to the topic of the cartoon?

McDonald v. Chicago

(Michael Lindenberger, Time) Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's reporting in the passage?

Members of the executive and legislative branch have little tolerance for printing information that could compromise national security.

Which of the following would NOT be considered a government response to a social movement?

Miranda Warning Rights

(Michael Lindenberger, Time) Someone opposing the perspective of the politicians cited above would most likely use which of the following cases to support their viewpoint?

New York Co. v. U.S.

Which of the following actions by public officials would be most likely to occur based on the precent established by Brown v. Board of Education?

Public schools would be integrated so that race-based school segregation would not exist.

Based on previous court ruling, which of the following scenarios would most likely violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Race is the only factor used to draw district lines in a Congressional district.

Based on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which of the following scenarios would most likely occur as a direct result of the passage of this bill?

Students who do not speak English as their first language are guaranteed a public school education.

(Michael Lindenberger, Time) Which of the following constitutional provisions would someone opposing the perspective from the passage use to support their opinion?

The 1st Amendment

(Second Amendment Cartoon, Darrin Bell, The New Yorker) Which of the following best describes the message in the political cartoon?

The Founding Fathers' original intent of the 2nd Amendment has been debated for generations.

Which of the following is n example of a social movement motivated by the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment?

The LGBTQ Movement

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the doctrine of selective incorporation?

The Second Amendment protects individual rights from state laws as well as federal laws.

(U.S. Executions From 1976-2016 Graph) Which of the following best explains the trend of executions in the U.S. according to the data in the line graph above?

The increasingly complex appeals process has made carrying out the death penalty more challenging.

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

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

During the Civil War, President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus and detained thousands of the citizens who protested the war. Which of the following statements best illustrates this scenario?

There is tension between civil liberties and public order.

Which of the following actions by the public school students would most likely be protected symbolic speech based on the precedent established by Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)?

Wearing t-shirts objecting to Congress' lack of response to school shootings.

(Paul Cassell & Katie Stith, "Criminal Procedures Clauses" from National Constitution Center) Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's argument in the passage?

While the Miranda rule is designed to protect the accused from unwanted interrogation, many people forego this right.