ap gov test unit 1

The colonists fought the American revolution to protect liberties they believed were

all of the above

in order for a law to constitutionally discriminate between men and women, it must

all of the above

the court has applied the wall of separation metaphor to strike down

all of the above

symbolic speech, as defined by the text, is

an act that conveys a political message

in miranda v. arizona, the supreme court ruled that for a confession to be considered voluntary, the suspect must

be told that he/she does not need to talk to the police

the average american is more likely than the average european to

believe in god

which of the following statements most accurately describes the 1992 supreme court

busing can be ended if segregation is caused by shifting housing patterns

If you, as a private individual, are harmed grievously by the statements of someone who can also prove that the statements were true, you

cannot collect damages from that person

in their struggle for equal treatment, woman, unlike blacks, had to deal with a legal tradition that

claimed to be protecting them

an example of a good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule would be if police

conduct a search with an invalid warrant they believe to be valid

in 1965 the supreme court found an invasion of a zone of privacy when a state attempted to prevent the sale of

contraceptives

plessy v. ferguson had the effect of

declaring that segregated public facilities, if equal, do not violate the 14th amendment

recent efforts to scale back the size and activities of the national government and shift responsibilities back to the states has become known as

devolution

one reason the naacp's strategy of using the courts to further black civil rights worked was that it

did not require a broad legislative alliance

all of the following are generally regarded as important elements of the us political culture except

economic equality

the importance of the great compromise adopted by the constitution convention was that it

ensure support for a strong national government from small as well as large states

Those powers which are given to the national government exclusively are __________ powers.

enumerated

the new jersey plan would have allotted votes in congress to states on the basis of

equality

generally speaking, in civil rights cases the plaintiff's ultimate goal is

getting state/federal laws overturned on the basis of constitutionality

The Court demanded that the evidence obtained in Mapp v. Ohio be excluded because the police

had not obtained a search warrant

If people have a sense of political efficacy, then they believe they

have a say in what government does

the central issue in the framing of the us constitution was that ov

how strong to make the central government

studies show that americans support constitutional freedoms under what conditions

in the abstract, but not always concrete

the term elastic clause has been used to describe the necessary and proper clause of the constitution because

it has been used by congress to influence issues beyond the scope of their enumerated powers

all of the following were true of the government under the articles of confederation except

larger states had more votes in the national legislature

the level of public trust in the government during the 70's and 80's compared to the 50's and 60's appears

lower than the historical norm

which of the following statements about economic equality applies most accurately to americans

most americans believe that everyone has the right to be successful- equality of opportunity

the Mcculloch v. maryland decision established

national government supremacy over the states

powers generally reserved to the states that include providing for the general health and welfare of its citizens are collectively known as

police powers

congregational churches have provided many americans with

political training and experience

the display of a potentially offensive symbol, such as a swastika or a burning cross has been deemed by the supreme court to be

protected by the bill of rights

for the founding fathers, federalism was a way to

provide efficient local administration

which procedure allows voters to remove an elected official from office

recall

the nature of the amendment process has probably kept the amendments added to the us constitution

relatively few in number

block grants and revenue sharing were efforts to

reverse trends by allowing states and localities freedom to spend money as they wished

the us constitution failed to outlaw slavery because

southern support was essential to the adoption of the document

categorical grants are supervised by

special committees of Congress

when attempting to determine if a law denies equal protection, the supreme court uses the standard of

strict scrutiny

all of the following are reasons why certain groups survive in the face of political intolerance except

such groups are able to go underground

in the bakke case the supreme court held that the university medical school, in admitting students, may

take race into account

the doctrine of nullification refers to

the claimed authority of the states to declare a federal law void for violating the U.S. Constitution

when going against popularly held beliefs and challenging broadly supported laws, it makes sense that groups would pursue those goals through

the court system

the bill of rights has come to apply to the states through the interpretation of

the tenth amendment

the framers saw no need for a bill of rights because

their chief concern was protecting public order, not guaranteeing rights

the most important source of political values for most americans is probably

their family

conscientious objectors my be excused from participation in war even if they do not believe in a supreme being so long as there is sufficient evidence that

they are guided by a deeply held moral or ethical code

which of the following statements about mandates are not true

they are tied to specific federal grants

public mood in the thirteen states between the time of the signing of the declaration of independence and the signing of the constitution can best be described as

unified and fearless

compared to federalists, antifederalists tended to favor a

weak decentralized government as a protection of liberty

the culture war is about

what kind of country we ought to live in