Gov Unit 1c Test Review

What is public opinion?

Aggregation of views shared by a segment of society on issues of interest or concern

Which statement best defines the term civil liberties?

Freedoms that the government protects with laws.

Why was the case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) important to the desegregation of schools throughout the United States?

It overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), ruling that separate is inherently not equal.

Which of the following situations is a direct result of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990?

Ramps and elevators make public buildings accessible to people in wheelchairs.

Money that is pledged by a defendant to guarantee his or her appearance at trial is known as-

bail

Read this excerpt from an amendment to the US Constitution. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. This excerpt from a constitutional amendment explains

citizenship of the United States.

What was the U.S. policy toward people of Japanese descent living on the West Coast during World War II?

Most were confined to U.S. internment camps until the war ended.

Interest groups and political action committees are both types of organizations that-

are not part of the government, but can influence the government.

An interest group that endorses a candidate is-

asking voters to elect the candidate.

True or False: In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that the "separate-but-equal" doctrine could be legal as long as the facilities were "equal".

True

True or False: Interest groups participate in government at every level by lobbying, or contacting a public official to support the group's interests.

True

When may the government limit civil liberties and rights?

When it is necessary to protect the common good.

Which war led to the ratification of women's voting rights, as it was the first time women were significantly involved in the war effort?

World War I

What is probable cause?

reasonable grounds for a search

Which part of the Bill of Rights guarantees each person the right to hold any religious belief they choose?

free exercise clause

What is true about the Third Amendment?

has never been the subject of a Supreme Court case

Frank Palko thought the Fifth Amendment ban on double jeopardy applied to his case because-

he was tried twice for the same crime.

Compared with political parties in multiparty systems, what are parties in our two-party system more likely to do?

lack party unity

Among other things, the USA PATRIOT act gave officials-

more freedom to search telephone and e-mail communications.

Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the federal government was given the power to review any changes to voting laws, specifically targeting

places where Congress believed discrimination was widespread.