GOV MC Chapter 3 and 4
Which of the following scenarios, related to the First Amendment, best illustrates the "right . . . to petition the Government . . ." ?
A citizen calls a member of Congress to persuade her to vote yes on a bill.
Which of the following statements best describes how United States citizens regard the rights of free speech and assembly?
A majority agrees in principle with these rights, but in practice many people are often intolerant of views they do not support.
Which of the following best describes an exit poll?
A poll that asks voters at randomly selected voting places whom they voted for so that election results can be predicted more quickly
Which of the following illustrates a situation that would not be protected by the First Amendment due to time, place, and manner restrictions?
Antibusiness protestors are arrested and prosecuted for shutting down major intersections in New York City's Times Square during rush hour.
Which of the following best describes how the generations view themselves in regards to the idealistic trait?
Baby-Boomer respondents are more likely to consider themselves idealistic than Generation X respondents.
The primary responsibility for determining monetary policy in the United States rests with the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
QUOTE Which of the following is a similarity between the views expressed in the excerpt above and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?
Both César Chávez and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. argued for the continued use of nonviolence to further their causes.
. In the case Boynton v. Virginia (1960), the Supreme Court ruled that segregation at a bus stop restaurant was illegal based on the Interstate Commerce Act. Which of the following explains how this case is similar to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) ?
Both cases struck down local ordinances that prescribed segregation.
In the case Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson (1971), the parents of Chinese American students who attended a primarily Asian American school challenged San Francisco's effort to desegregate the public schools, arguing that their culture and language would be diluted if their children were dispersed from their local school. The Supreme Court denied the challenge from the parents basing their decision on the Fourteenth Amendment. Which of the following cases was most likely used in the decision as a precedent?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
Writing for the court in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), a case weighing whether race can be considered in college admissions, Justice Lewis Powell wrote: "Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids. . . . The . . . goal asserted by petitioner is the attainment of a diverse student body. This clearly is a constitutionally permissible goal for an institution of higher education. . . . The freedom of a university to make its own judgments as to education includes the selection of its student body." According to the quote, what is the likely effect of the Court's ruling in the Bakke case?
Colleges can consider race but cannot use strict racial quotas in admission practices.
Which of the following groups would be most likely to support a constitutional amendment banning all abortions?
Conservatives
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of policy positions advocated by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party?
Democratic Party: Favors increases in spending for programs such as Medicare and Medicaid Republican Party: Favors significant increases in defense and military spending in the federal budget
Which of the following principles protects a citizen from imprisonment without trial?
Due process
Which of the following is NOT a core value of United States political culture?
Economic equality
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the establishment clause and the free exercise clause?
Establishment Clause: Prohibits the federal government from promoting religion or creating a national religion Free Exercise Clause: Protects an individual's religious beliefs and reasonable religious practices
Interest groups are protected under the Constitution by the
First Amendment
Policy that describes the impact of the federal budget (including taxes, spending, and borrowing) on the economy is referred to as which of the following?
Fiscal policy
Most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to the states because of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution's
Fourteenth Amendment
Based on the line graph, which of the following statements about church attendance in 1972 is true?
In 1972, more people surveyed reported attending church weekly than reported attending rarely or never.
Which of the following expresses the most significant political concern in the passage?
Increased awareness of citizen inequalities that need to be addressed
A member of Congress who advocates for a more Keynesian approach to solving a recession will likely support which of the following policies?
Increasing federal spending on infrastructure programs
A person loses his job and refuses to accept any government assistance to get back on his feet, instead relying on savings and seeking a new job immediately. Which of the following core values would this person most relate to?
Individualism
Which of the following is true about the right of free speech, as currently interpreted by the Supreme Court?
It protects the right to express opinions even without the actual use of words
Which of the following is a correct comparison of the positions of libertarians and conservatives on matters of social policy?
Libertarians: Support the right of same-sex marriage Conservatives: Oppose the right of same-sex marriage
The card shown above was issued as a consequence of which of the following Supreme Court decisions?
Miranda v. Arizona
The facts of which of the following cases are most related to the political cartoon?
New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
Which of the following public policies would Republicans be most likely to support?
Opening public lands for ranching and oil exploration
The graph above supports which of the following statements?
People with higher incomes are more likely to think of themselves as conservative than are those with lower incomes.
The establishment clause in the First Amendment does which of the following?
Prohibits the setting up of a state church.
Which of the following statements is consistent with data shown in the bar graph?
Republicans are more likely than Democrats to believe that there should be fewer regulations on businesses to promote economic growth and increase wages.
A polling firm tried to predict the results of an election by sampling 1,000 adults within a state for two days prior to the election, using landline telephones of likely voters. After the election, the firm found that their poll results were not close to the actual election results. Which of the following recommendations would be the best for the firm to follow in the future?
Sample people who have cell phones, in addition to those with landlines.
In Gideon v. Wainwright, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the
Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel provision applies to those accused of major crimes under state laws
Which of the following is a principle underlying the Bill of Rights?
Some rights are fundamental and should not be subject to majoritarian control.
Which of the following best explains the trend depicted in the chart above?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
In a public opinion poll, a polling company used an online survey tool to randomly contact respondents who did not have telephone lines in addition to contacting people over the phone. Which of the following best explains this decision?
The company wanted to ensure that the sample of the population was truly random.
The Supreme Court has ruled which of the following concerning the death penalty?
The death penalty is not necessarily cruel and unusual punishment.
Which of the following best explains the data in the line graph?
The economy is likely the most important issue because it is a broader category that is more open to individual interpretation than both jobs and the budget deficit.
Which of the following is a necessary step for the government to take to protect school choice, based on the article?
The federal government should provide funding to families to pursue schooling options other than the public school system.
Which of the following statements accurately explains a limitation of the line graph?
The line graph does not illustrate differences along party lines regarding the perception of the Federal Reserve.
Using both of the maps, which of the following best explains the role that ideology has played in the shaping of corporate tax rates?
The maps indicate that states that have high corporate tax rates are more likely to enact liberal policies
Which of the following is one of the central concerns of the First Amendment?
The right of citizens to petition the government for redress of grievances
Which of the following explains why any attempt to reduce Social Security benefits is difficult?
There are many voters who support Social Security.
Which of the following statements presents the most important limitation of the data in the graph?
There is no information about the total number of state legislators.
Which of the following is true of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ?
Which of the following is true of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ?
The activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on
bank interest rates
When a child's parents both identify strongly with the same political party, the child will most likely
identify with the parents' party
The clear-and-present danger test devised by the Supreme Court was designed to define the conditions under which public authorities could
limit free speech
The federal Constitution guarantees all of the following rights to a person arrested and charged with a serious crime EXCEPT the right to
negotiate a plea bargain
Political socialization is the process by which
political values are passed to the next generation
The Constitution and its amendments expressly prohibit all of the following EXCEPT
sex discrimination in employment
With respect to prayer in public schools, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that
state-sponsored prayer violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment
In Roe v. Wade, the majority of Supreme Court justices determined that
the United States Constitution implies a right to privacy and thus made abortions legal
The free-exercise clause protects
voluntary prayer by student groups before school
Which of the following would most likely be protected by the First Amendment?
A student wears a black armband at school to protest government involvement in a war.
Which of the following public policies is best supported by the notion of free enterprise?
After a review, the Federal Trade Commission approving a corporate merger of cable providers
Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to the topic of the article?
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of rights protected and not protected by the First Amendment?
Protected by the First Amendment: The right to burn a flag Not Protected by the First Amendment: Obscenity
Which of the following best defines civil liberties?
Provisions in the Bill of Rights that provide guarantees against arbitrary interference by government
Which of the following was an argument used by the Supreme Court in upholding federal statutes outlawing segregation in public accommodations?
Such segregation affected interstate commerce, and Congress therefore had the authority to outlaw it.
The United States Supreme Court has used which of the following to incorporate the Bill of Rights into state law?
The Fourteenth Amendment
The United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was based on which of the following?
The Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection
During an investigation, police officers find illegal drugs while searching a home for which they did not acquire a warrant. Which of the following would prevent the drugs from being used as evidence at trial?
The exclusionary rule
All of the following statements reflect positions the Supreme Court has taken with regard to the right of free speech EXCEPT:
There are no acceptable governmental restrictions on free speech.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, the Equal Rights Amendment, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 were all directed toward the goal of
equality for women
Jim Crow laws, still in place in the early 1960s in the South, were outlawed by the
passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
If a college's admission policy to reserve twenty seats in its incoming class for applicants belonging to racial minority groups is challenged in the courts, a judge is likely to
strike down the policy because reserving seats amounts to a quota system
A state government places security cameras facing a popular site of protest in a public square in front of its statehouse. This scenario illustrates
the balance of promoting stability and ensuring civil liberties