US GOVT. Chapter 15,16, & 17

In Palko v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that Frank Palko's Fifth Amendment protection against double jeopardy was not a(n) _________ right the state of Connecticut had to follow. a. fundamental b. privacy c. concurrent d. dual e. explicit

A

In a challenge to the Civil Rights Act before the Supreme Court in the case involving Ollie McClung who refused to serve blacks in his restaurant, the Court based its decision upholding the act on which constitutional principle? a. Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce b. Fifth Amendment's equal protection clause c. Thirteenth Amendment's protection against slavery clause d. federal government's duty to ensure domestic tranquility e. Bill of Rights

A

In 1988, Congress exercised its lawmaking power to check the law-interpreting power of the judiciary. In response to the 1984 case, Grove City College v. Bell, they passed legislation that made it crystal clear - a. if an institution gets federal money, it can only discriminate with moneys given from private individuals. b. if any part of an institution gets federal money, no part of it can discriminate. c. poll taxes are illegal. d. civil disobedience was unconstitutional. e. discrimination in housing rental and sales is illegal.

B

In 2016 the U.S national debt was roughly equivalent to _________ per person. a. $23,000 b. $59,000 c. $87,000 d. $123,000 e. $323,000

B

People who assume roles of prominence in society are known as a. common ground. b. public figures. c. the judiciary. d. majoritarians. e. pluralists.

B

Persons possess __________ and governments possess a. rights; privileges. b. rights; powers. c. values; powers. d. liberties; rights. e. rights; liberties.

B

Prior to the 1964 act, the civil rights laws that Congress enacted in 1957 and 1960 dealt mainly with a. work laws. b. voting rights. c. taxation. d. education. e. property rights.

B

Racial segregation that is not the result of government action is called __________ segregation. a. de jure b. de facto c. uncoordinated d. res mensa e. geographic

B

Students demonstrating against the war in Iraq by wearing black armbands as a symbolic protest would probably be protected under which case ruling? a. Smith v. City of Chicago b. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Co. School District c. Evanston v. Texas Independent School District # 83 d. Albert v. University of Sacramento e. Near v. Minnesota

B

The rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution are found in a. the Eighteenth and Twenty-Second Amendments. b. the Bill of Rights and the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment. c. Article III. d. Article I. e. Amendments 1 through 27.

B

Which of these terms is an economic condition characterized by price increases linked to a decrease in the value of the currency? a. depression b. inflation c. stagflation d. downturn e. recession

B

Why did the women's suffrage movement aim at a constitutional amendment? a. State legislatures consistently opposed efforts to grant the right to vote to women. b. The Supreme Court ruled against efforts to apply the Fourteenth Amendment to women. c. Ordinary legislation that Congress had passed had proved ineffective. d. The experience of African Americans showed that only a constitutional amendment could quickly and effectively guarantee the right to vote. e. An amendment was perceived as the easiest path to equal rights.

B

A reporter obtained information from a confidential source pertaining to an ongoing criminal grand jury investigation. The free press standard that the reporter must adhere to in this situation requires that the reporter a. go to jail for contempt rather than reveal the information. b. divulge the information from the source but not give the name of the source. c. give whatever testimony the reporter is capable of giving. d. divulge information only if the name of the confidential source is revealed first. e. decline to appear before the grand jury.

C

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress passed the USA-PATRIOT Act, which a. gave government increased power over who is allowed to run for office. b. empowered the president to ban social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram in an attempt to maintain public order. c. expanded the government's ability to tap phones and monitor internet traffic. d. extended the requirement that one be a "native-born American" to run for president, to all federal elective offices. e. created a universal gun owner registration list.

C

An American citizen's ability to drive a car only with the possession of a valid license may be best described as a a. civil liberty. b. civil right. c. privilege. d. power. e. negative right.

C

An ex post facto law a. impairs contracts between states. b. prevents double jeopardy. c. declares an action illegal after it has been committed. d. declares a person guilty without the benefit of trial. e. is only applicable at the local level.

C

If a school has all black students because only black families live in the neighborhoods that feed into the school, it is an example of _____ segregation. a. de jure b. civil c. de facto d. partisan e. Jim Crow

C

In 2010, The Supreme Court in McDonald v. Chicago, ruled in a 5-4 decision that an individual's right to bear arms a. can be prohibited by state or local government. b. only is permitted if the individual is part of a state militia. c. cannot be prohibited by state or local government. d. only is permitted if the individual submits to a state background check. e. permits the individual to possess submachine guns and assault rifles.

C

In Near v. Minnesota, the Supreme Court a. ruled that prior restraint is a political issue and therefore not justifiable. b. ruled that prior restraint is not a violation of freedom of the press. c. ruled that prior restraint almost always places an unacceptable burden on a free press. d. ruled that prior restraint of the press is permitted by the clear and present danger test. e. applied a three-pronged test to identify whether prior restraint is permissible.

C

In the 1970s, Daniel Ellsberg stole classified documents that came to be known as the __________ and gave them to national newspapers. a. Vietnam Plans b. Nixon Scheme c. Pentagon Papers d. Watergate Files e. Snowden Report

C

In the U.S., freedom of press has primarily meant protection from a. being forced to reveal one's sources. b. having to be impartial. c. censorship. d. libel lawsuits. e. government ownership of newspapers.

C

Plessy v. Ferguson, which involved segregated public accommodations, is noteworthy because it a. upheld the principles of the Fourteenth Amendment. b. applied the national supremacy clause to such cases. c. upheld state-imposed racial segregation and endorsed the separate-but-equal doctrine. d. stated that Congress had no power to pass legislation requiring open public accommodations. e. removed the barrier that denied blacks the right to enter public accommodations.

C

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans a. only governmental acts of discrimination. b. only discrimination by educational institutions. c. private and governmental acts of discrimination. d. only discrimination against women and African Americans. e. only private discrimination.

C

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 established the right to nondiscrimination in public accommodations and a. access to home loans. b. voting. c. employment opportunity. d. education. e. free speech.

C

The Civil Rights Act was one part of President Johnson's plan known as a. the "New Deal." b. "Fireside Chats." c. the "Great Society." d. "Make America Great Again." e. "Just Say No."

C

The Supreme Court declared prayer in public schools unconstitutional in a. Minersville School District v. Gobitis. b. West Virginia State Board v. Barnette. c. Engel v. Vitale. d. Epperson v. Arkansas. e. Near v. Minnesota.

C

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution are collectively known as the _____ amendments. a. Reconstruction b. suffrage c. Civil War d. prohibition e. Bill of Rights

C

The business cycle is a. the process of investing and gaining a profit. b. the period during which the federal government compiles the budget. c. periods of expansion and inflation alternating with periods of contraction and unemployment. d. the process of extracting money from the economy through taxes and then returning it through spending. e. inflation and recession.

C

The event that served as the catalyst for the gay liberation movement in the United States was a. the Montgomery bus boycott. b. the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade of 1984. c. the Stonewall Riots. d. the Watts Riot. e. the Gay Pride March of 1971.

C

The majority in the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges case held that a. gay marriage laws were the purview of the states. b. the court had gone too far in the United States v. Windsor case, usurping the power of state legislatures, who possessed the right to define marriage. c. the right to marry was fundamental, protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, and essential to liberty regardless of whether the couple was same-sex or opposite sex. d. the Defense of Marriage Ace (DOMA) was constitutional. e. parts of DOMA were unconstitutional.

C

Which amendment to the Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote? a. Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 b. Eighteenth Amendment in 1918 c. Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 d. Twenty-fourth Amendment in 1964 e. Twenty-sixth Amendment in 1971

C

Which form of equality recognizes that real disparities exist between groups that require attention? a. formal b. general c. dynamic d. limited e. partisan

C

A country in which the government is described as laissez-faire is one in which a. the government selects the citizens who will control enterprise. b. the government controls all forms of enterprise. c. the citizenry has no say. d. there is no government control. e. big business and government work together to implement control.

D

A good method of evaluating a country's amount of national debt, according to the authors, is a. looking at the raw amount of debt, without any fancy statistics. b. looking at the amount of debt controlling for inflation. c. dividing the debt as a percentage of the amount of U.S. currency in active circulation. d. dividing the debt as a percentage of gross domestic product. e. comparing the net debt load today to the net debt load in the same month, but ten years ago.

D

Adam Smith's "invisible hand" refers to a. the uncontrollable forces of nature that affect the economy. b. a successful gothic novel Smith wrote, thereby gaining the income necessary to pursue less lucrative academic speculation. c. the control that government exercises over the economy. d. the economic force that converts individual pursuit of personal profit into societal good. e. the fact that the basic cost of goods will always increase.

D

Charles Schenck, the defendant in Schenck v. United States, was charged with a. speaking against the president in public places. b. pipe-bombing a federal building. c. burning the flag. d. disrupting military recruitment by distributing leaflets claiming that the draft was unconstitutional. e. distributing pornographic material.

D

In Brown v. Board of Education II, the Supreme Court ordered that public school systems must desegregate a. "at the discretion of the local school district." b. "without further ado." c. "immediately." d. "with all deliberate speed." e. "or face closure."

D

In its 2011 decision Snyder v. Phelps, the Supreme Court affirmed the right of the Westboro Baptist Church to a. call for the violent overthrow of the Supreme Court. b. picket Planned Parenthood clinics with images of guns. c. distribute leaflets outside IRS offices telling taxpayers they were going to hell. d. picket funerals to communicate their belief that God punishes the military for tolerating homosexuality. e. legally remove a statue of the Ten Commandments from a public park if their own tablet reading, "God Hates America" was not also accepted for display.

D

In the years after the Civil War, former slave states enacted ____________, attempting to restrict the freedoms of blacks. a. constitutional amendments b. civil rights legislation c. set-asides d. black codes e. jurisdiction laws

D

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 provided for all of the following except a. equal access to public accommodations regardless of race, religion, or national origin. b. equal employment opportunities regardless of race. c. withholding federal grants-in-aid from state programs that discriminated on the basis of race. d. elimination of the poll tax as a requirement for voting. e. strengthened voting rights legislation.

D

The Constitution's _____________ clause prevents the government from interfering with religious practice. a. establishment b. essential freedoms c. nondiscrimination d. free-exercise e. miranda

D

The __________ has been construed to provide protection for the individual from the actions of a repressive state government. a. First Amendment b. Fifth Amendment c. Ninth Amendment d. Fourteenth Amendment e. Fourth Amendment

D

The civil rights guarantee of "equal protection of the laws" is located in the a. Civil Rights Act of 1875. b. Preamble to the Constitution. c. Declaration of Independence. d. Fourteenth Amendment. e. Sixth Amendment.

D

The phrase "wall of separation between church and state" originated with a. the First Amendment. b. the Bill of Rights. c. the Declaration of Independence. d. Thomas Jefferson. e. the Constitutional Convention.

D

The poll tax that was first imposed in Georgia in 1877 was a way to prohibit _____ from voting. a. farmers b. suffragette women c. white men d. disenfranchised blacks e. immigrants

D

Title IX is an aspect of an amendment that prohibits sex discrimination in federally aided programs for a. social security. b. healthcare. c. employee benefits. d. education. e. food stamps.

D

When did American Indians receive U.S. citizenship? a. They have always had it. b. 1776 c. 1848 d. 1924 e. 1969

D

Which standard used by the Supreme Court when deciding whether a law or policy is constitutional says that the law or policy must be justified by a "compelling governmental interest?" a. amicus brief b. writ of certiorari c. enscription d. strict scrutiny e. Miranda warning

D

While the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was proposed in 1923, it did not get through Congress until a. 1925. b. 1945. c. 1953. d. 1972. e. 2012.

D

Words that "inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of peace" are a. still protected by the First Amendment. b. treason and not subject to First Amendment protection. c. words that hurt, but still protected by the First Amendment. d. fighting words, which do not convey ideas and are not subject to First Amendment protection. e. symbolic speech and protected by the First Amendment.

D

________ was the first case to establish that the Bill of Rights would be applied more broadly than the Supreme Court initially held. a. Plessy v. Ferguson b. Schenck v. United States c. Near v. Minnesota d. Gitlow v. New York e. Palko v. Connecticut

D

A U.S. Court of Appeals held in 2013 that when Daniel Ray Carter, Jr., an employee of the sheriff's office in Hampton, Virginia ______, it was constitutionally protected symbolic speech. a. "liked" a Facebook page b. placed a campaign sign in his yard c. wore an arm band protesting police brutality d. attended a pro-immigration rally e. participated in a march supporting separation of church and state

A

A(n) ___________ requires that a specified proportional share of some benefit go to a given group. a. quota b. goal c. equality of opportunity d. equality of outcome e. anti-discrimination law

A

A(n)_________ is a law that declares a person guilty without the benefit of trial. a. bill of attainder b. selective incorporation c. ex post facto law d. prior restraint action e. lemon test

A

According to the efficient market hypothesis, financial markets _____ all relevant information about securities into their prices. a. quickly absorb b. ignore c. slowly respond to d. compare e. are irrational about

A

According to the text, in addition to the courts, what else has been instrumental in advancing the civil rights of African Americans? a. the legislature b. U.S. voters c. big business d. political activists e. PACs

A

Collectively, the Supreme Court has ruled that religion reflects the idea that ____________ is unlimited, but ____________ is not. a. freedom to believe; freedom to practice b. freedom to practice; freedom to believe c. freedom to establish; freedom to believe d. freedom to practice; freedom to establish e. freedom to believe; freedom to establish

A

Discrimination against persons or groups that is harmful and is based on animus is called __________ discrimination. a. invidious b. reverse c. benign d. civil e. criminal

A

George Mason and others believed that omitting the Bill of Rights would a. deter many states from adopting the Constitution. b. ease the adoption of the Constitution. c. make women less likely to support the Constitution. d. make the Constitution a stronger document. e. included too much delegation of power to the states.

A

Homer Plessy attempted to challenge Louisiana's racial segregation policies by a. refusing to move from a "whites-only" Louisiana train car. b. sitting in at a "whites-only" restaurant. c. refusing to sit at the back of a New Orleans streetcar. d. sitting on the ground floor of a public theater, instead of in the balcony. e. sending his daughter for treatment to a superior "whites-only" hospital.

A

How did "white flight" affect the inner-city schools? a. Most of the inner-city schools were predominantly black. b. Most of the inner-city schools were predominantly white. c. The inner-city and suburban schools became more balanced in white and black populations. d. The inner-city schools were closed down because of a lack of students. e. Most of the suburban schools were predominantly black.

A

In an early NAACP challenge to segregation, Lloyd Gaines sued the state of Missouri after it a. attempted to pay his tuition to another school outside of the state. b. rented a few rooms in an office building and hired two black lawyers and called this its state law school for blacks. c. required him to sit in the hallway and listen while white students attended lectures. d. called out the Missouri National Guard to forcibly evict him from its law school campus. e. banned him from the University of Missouri law school cafeteria and required him to use its library facilities only after hours.

A

In response to the firestorm that erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, after police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, the Justice Department a. investigated and exonerated Darren Wilson, but found invidious discrimination in the police department and municipal court, reaching an agreement with city officials to reform the police force. b. reinvestigated officer Darren Wilson and, unlike the grand jury, found him guilty of manslaughter. c. investigated the city of Ferguson, and arrested many policy officers and municipal court officials, citing violations of the Civil War amendments and various federal laws. d. did nothing. e. established a series of required reforms for the police department so that officers, including Darren Wilson, would avoid prosecution for hate crimes.

A

In the case of United States v. Virginia, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg viewed the case using _____ when assessing official acts that deny individuals rights or responsibilities based on their sex. a. "skeptical scrutiny" b. "de jure segregation" c. "amicus brief" d. "equal-but-separate" e. "vetting"

A

Market economies are loosely called a. capitalist economies. b. monetarist models. c. command economies. d. planning models. e. competition constructs.

A

Over time, the Supreme Court has used the __________ to apply the specifics of the Bill of Rights to the states. a. Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause b. Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause c. Tenth Amendment d. the Gideon Rule e. Palko v. Connecticut precedent

A

Powers and privileges guaranteed to the individual and protected against arbitrary removal at the hands of the government or other individuals are best defined as a. civil rights. b. human rights. c. civil liberties. d. negative liberties. e. inalienable rights.

A

President Lyndon Johnson considered civil rights legislation a. his top priority. b. something he must work on in remembrance of John Kennedy, who introduced civil rights legislation. c. unrealistic. d. unimportant compared to his other legislative initiatives. e. something that the legislature should work on but not the president.

A

States are now obligated to protect most provisions of the Bill of Rights as a result of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment's ___________ clause. a. due process b. state's rights c. equal protection d. free exercise e. privacy

A

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) extended the protections granted in which law, to people with physical and mental disabilities? a. Civil Rights Act of 1964 b. Fifteenth Amendment c. Nineteenth Amendment d. Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 e. PATRIOT Act

A

The Equal Pay Act was introduced after _____ when women had joined the workforce in significant numbers. a. WWII b. the Vietnam War c. the Civil War d. the Great Depression e. the New Deal

A

The Second Amendment of the Constitution refers to a. the right to bear arms. b. a ban on cruel and unusual punishment. c. the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. d. a right not to be tried twice for the same offense. e. the right for citizens not to have soldiers quartered within their houses.

A

The Twenty-fourth Amendment, ratified in 1964, a. banned poll taxes in primary and general elections for national office. b. empowered the attorney general to register potential voters. c. gave women the right to vote. d. banned racial discrimination in the rental and sale of most housing. e. gave state courts the lawful refusal to follow a Supreme Court order.

A

The case Cohen v. California dealt with a man who was prosecuted for wearing a jacket in a Los Angeles courthouse with the following words emblazoned on it: a. "**** the draft. Stop the war." b. "Death to the Jews." c. "Somebody please shoot Nixon." d. "I have a bomb." e. "Contract killer for hire."

A

The establishment clause of the First Amendment a. prohibits government from sponsoring or supporting religious activity. b. establishes Protestantism as the official religion of the United States. c. prevents the government from interfering with the exercise of religion. d. forbids the establishment of restrictions on free speech. e. keeps Congress from making other amendments official without a Supreme Court ruling.

A

The free-expression clauses reflect the a. the press and speech clauses of the First Amendment. b. the Emancipation Proclamation. c. women's right to vote of the Nineteenth Amendment. d. the silence clause of the Fifth Amendment. e. the Civil Rights Act.

A

The separate-but-equal doctrine was first instituted in which court case? a. Plessy v. Ferguson b. Brown v. Board of Education c. Roe v. Wade d. Sweatt v. Painter e. Sullivan v. New York Times

A

Today, versions of protectionism are most evident in a. state laws that are meant to deter women from having abortions even though the procedure is legal. b. laws that limit the number of hours a week women can work. c. state laws that prohibit women from working in "toxic" environments. d. laws that limit the number of pounds women can lift in their jobs. e. wage-equality laws.

A

What legislation did President Obama sign after becoming president that undid the 2007 Supreme Court decision making it more difficult for plaintiffs to bring lawsuits over pay discrimination? a. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act b. Equal Pay Act c. EEOC Pay Reform Act d. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Act e. Civil Rights Act of 1991

A

When adopted, the Bill of Rights imposed limits on _________, but not on a. the national government; state governments. b. state governments; the national government. c. state governments; individuals. d. individuals; state governments. e. individuals; the national government.

A

Which of the following statements is correct with respect to school prayer? a. Public schools must open their doors to after-school religious activities on the same basis as other after-school programs. b. Prayers in public school assemblies that mention only "God" but no specific religion's deity can be upheld as constitutional. c. Nonsectarian prayers at official public school graduations are permissible under the Constitution. d. Prayers at public high school football games are permissible so long as the prayers are organized and led by students. e. A prayer written on a public school auditorium wall, but not recited by students or faculty, is permitted under the First Amendment.

A

Abigail Fisher sued the University of Texas-Austin because she argued that using _____ in university admissions violates the equal protection clause. The Supreme Court heard her case in 2012. a. gender b. race c. GPA d. wealth e. religion

B

Benign discrimination is based on a. hatred. b. reason. c. differences. d. loyalty. e. partisanship.

B

Federal law that _____________ was struck down by the 2013 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor. a. prohibited gays and lesbians from serving in the armed forces b. denied federal benefits to same-sex couples c. protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination d. allowed gays to take leadership roles in the Boy Scouts e. permitted housing discrimination against gays and lesbians

B

Government efforts to expand opportunities for women, minorities, and veterans are called a. strict scrutiny. b. affirmative action. c. No Child Left Behind. d. the New Deal. e. social services.

B

If Congress forced conscientious objectors to fight—to violate their religious beliefs or deeply held humanistic opposition to war—the government would run afoul of the __________ of the First Amendment. a. free association clause b. free-exercise clause c. establishment clause d. due process clause e. equal protection clause

B

In 1791, when the Bill of Rights was ratified, it a. was made up of fifteen amendments. b. was made up of ten amendments. c. did not include a provision protecting free speech. d. applied to the states but not to the national government. e. was intended to be temporary.

B

A state establishes a school voucher program where students or parents can choose to give the voucher money to either secular or religious schools. The Supreme Court is likely to rule this state program a. unconstitutional, because it can amount to a government establishment of religion. b. unconstitutional, because the voucher program would amount to an excessive entanglement between government and religion. c. constitutional, because it allows a religious student to pursue his or her free exercise to attend a religious school. d. constitutional, because the establishment clause of the Constitution only applies to federal programs and not to state policies. e. constitutional, because the program does not favor religious schools over nonreligious schools when it is the student or parent making the choice.

E

Despite coming into the labor force in large numbers during the 1940s, women were paid lower wages than the men they replaced because a. of the economic burden that most industries were facing during that time. b. of the large number of workers that entered into the workforce (supply and demand). c. corporations faced large tax burdens during the wars. d. of the Women's Working Wages legislation. e. men were expected to be the principal financial providers.

E

Government can impose reasonable restrictions on free speech by limiting the a. provocative nature of the ideas contained in the speech. b. overtly political content of speech. c. content of religious ideas expressed. d. spreading of anti-government messages. e. means for communicating ideas.

E

In broad terms, to discriminate means to a. espouse hatred of one particular group. b. to treat people differently based on hostility to members of that particular group. c. to require certain groups to be second-class citizens. d. threaten the civil rights of an individual. e. make or recognize differences.

E

One unintended result of the immigration legislation signed by President Johnson in 1965 was "chain migration," under which a. more persons than anticipated from Africa and Asia with specified technical skills or education applied to immigrate. b. some immigrants would reapply for residence repeatedly, making it hard to send them back to their home countries when their visas expired. c. people from certain regions of foreign countries uncovered loopholes in the law allowing many more people than expected from certain villages, for example, to immigrate. d. people repeatedly applied for immigration from different countries until they were successful, using fraudulent documentation that the U.S. immigration system was ill-prepared to evaluate. e. immigrants would petition for their relatives to come to the United States.

E

President Harry S. Truman issues an executive order in 1948 that ordered the dismantling of authorized racial segregation of the armed forces. This is an example of a. the separate-but-equal doctrine. b. gerrymandering. c. racial profiling. d. disenfranchisement. e. desegregation.

E

The Supreme Court does not require that state juries have twelve members. It permits jury sizes to vary but has said that the minimum number needed for a jury is a. two. b. ten. c. five. d. eight. e. six.

E

The freedom of the press is especially salient when a. the government is highly polarized. b. there is a presidential election. c. there is a congressional election. d. there is a terrorist attack. e. the nation is at war.

E

The program in question in the Lemon v. Kurtzman case in 1971 was struck down by the Supreme Court because a. two of the justices were unable to hear the case. b. it would require military personnel to reveal their tax records. c. it went against free speech. d. the program was designed to rehabilitate criminals who were a threat to society. e. it would require the government to monitor the program and be entangled with religion.

E

The value of the goods and services actually produced is called the nation's a. productive capacity. b. economic outlook. c. GSB. d. composite wealth. e. gross domestic product.

E

Today, China says that it has a _____ market economy because it depends on the private sector for economic growth but also direct and supports state-owned enterprises. a. capitalist b. laissez-faire c. liberal d. pragmatist e. socialist

E

What was the main reason the Brown family brought a lawsuit against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas? a. Linda Brown was not allowed to get a drink of water out of the only drinking fountain at the school because she was not white. b. Linda Brown allowed a black student to sit next to her in the school lunchroom. c. Linda Brown boarded a bus that was for black students only. d. Linda Brown was not allowed to ride the same bus as the white children even though they all went to the same school. e. Linda Brown was refused admittance to a white-only school because she was black.

E

Which of the following best describes the concept of civil rights? a. rights generally accorded all citizens b. political rights of speech and assembly c. rights extended to citizens from legislative action d. guarantees of life, liberty, and property granted to all citizens e. powers and privileges guaranteed to individuals and protected against arbitrary withdrawal by the government or individuals

E