Gleaned from MCQs

The ___ Amendment guarantees the right to peaceably assemble or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.

First

The ____ Amendment's protections against search and seizure

Fourth

The ___ case dealt with the issue of prior restraint or censorship. The Court ruled against the United States when they tried to stop the publication of the Pentagon Papers.

New York Times v. United States (1971)

A citizen cast her vote for the candidate in a congressional election based on the candidate's promise to reform the health care system. Which voting behavior model best characterizes the citizen's choice?

Prospective voting

in ____ voting, the voter is basing his vote on the performance of the economy during the candidate's previous term.

Retrospective

A voter has seen his income increase by 3% over the past four years. He is encouraged that unemployment is down and the price of gas has remained relatively low. On Election Day, by voting for the incumbent presidential candidate, he has engaged in which type of voting?

Retrospective voting

Students at a public university hold a peaceful protest to demonstrate against an increase in the cost of college tuition. Which of the following constitutional protections best applies to this scenario

The First Amendment

The police searched a suspect's smartphone without getting a warrant and found photo evidence of criminal activity. After a thorough investigation, the suspect was charged and the evidence obtained from the smartphone was used in the trial. Which of the following amendments contains the Bill of Rights protections that were most likely violated in this scenario?

The Fourth Amendment

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), the Supreme Court ruled that corporations and labor unions could spend unlimited amounts of money on political advertising. Which was the basis for the Court's ruling?

The freedom of speech in the First Amendment

A member of Congress is arrested and convicted of failing to pay the proper amount of income tax. Which core American value is most relevant to this case?

The rule of law

The idea of having a constitution, which establishes the powers of the government to enact and enforce legislation, is most closely aligned with which of the following core American values?

The rule of law

Equality of opportunity

a bedrock of the American democratic system. Ensuring that factors such as race, gender, age, etc. do not prevent a person from being considered for an opportunity creates equality of opportunity for all people. Preventing this type of discrimination does not guarantee equality of outcome (i.e., what grades the student will receive or whether or not they will graduate) but preventing this type of discrimination guarantees equality of opportunity.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932 after running on the Democratic Party platform that included an expansion of federal programs aimed at pulling the United States out of the Great Depression. The expansion plan, known as the New Deal, substantially increased the voting base of the Democratic Party. As a result, the Democratic Party dominated Congress and many state governments for the next half century. The election of 1932 is considered a critical election because it...

changed the base of support in each party

The rule of law

a core American value that guarantees that American laws apply to all United States citizens, regardless of race, gender, class, or occupation.