PLSC 101 Chapter 15 Final Quiz

Which is included as part of the free exercise clause of the First Amendment? A) The government may not designate an official religion B) The government may not interfere with the individual practice of religious beliefs C) The government may not become involved with religious teaching D) The government may not favor religion over nonreligion

ANSWER : B

Which of the following choices best explains the principle concern of the framer as they wrote the Constitution? A) They worried that without a bill of rights, America would be just like Great Britain B) They worried that without individual liberties there would be no point to the American Revolution C) They worried more about national government intrusions on individual freedom than about state government intrusions D) They worried more about state government intrusions on individual freedom than about national government intrusions

ANSWER : C

In 2006, Congress passed the ________, which authorized a system to try alien unlawful enemy combatants and to deny access to the courts for any alien detained by the U.S. government determined to be an enemy combatant.

Military Commissions Act

In the 1780s, why did many Americans insist on including a bill of rights in the new Constitution?

They found the proposed Constitution too stingy in its listing of liberties and wanted more guarantees of restrictions on the power of the national government

Many civil libertarians believe that actions to combat terrorism taken by presidents Bush and Obama are ________.

a serious threat to American freedom

The Supreme Court in "Lochner v. New York" ruled that _________

a state did not have the right to regulate hours of labor

The landmark abortion decision of "Roe v. Wade" was based on __________

an earlier decision concerning the right to privacy

What are civil liberties as defined by the American government?

freedoms found primarily in the Bill of Rights that protect people from government interference

According to the ruling in "Miller v. California," material is deemed obscene only if

it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

Government may interfere with freedom of speech only when the speech __________

poses a significant danger and imminent harm

The free exercise clause ____________

prohibits Congress from impeding religious beliefs

The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment says that no state "can deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. " The death penalty has been challenged as a violation of this clause because of the __________.

racial bias in the application of the punishment

The full faith and credit clause in the Constitution mandates that ______

states must recognize contracts entered into with the people of other states

The most famous prior restraint case, "New York Times v. United States," involved ___________

the government's desire not to publish a history of the Vietnam War based on Department of Defense documents

During his administration, President Bush claimed authority as commander in chief to stretch his constitutional powers. He issued executive orders that allowed for ________

the use of military tribunals to try noncitizens accused of terrorism

The use of the death penalty in the United States ____________

varies greatly from one state to the next

When does the Constitution allow Congress and the states to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

when public safety demands it because of rebellion or invasion