Answer Options:
A. but much of it was very ineffective and parts were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
\nB. and participated in more equality causing for African Americans.
\nC. and was accepted by the American public.
\nD. that prevented African Americans from being excluded equal public accommodations.
\nE. All of the above are true.
Answer: A. but much of it was very ineffective and parts were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Question: The notion of a “living Constitution” is often associated with:
Answer Options:
A. judicial restraint.
\nB. judicial activism.
\nC. broad construction.
\nD. strict construction.
\nE. Both A and D.
Answer: C. broad construction.
Question: The Civil Rights Acts passed by Congress between 1865 and 1875:
Answer Options:
A. were designed to enforce the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.
\nB. implemented the affirmation of citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
\nC. were intended to equalize the burdens of Americans of all ethnic backgrounds.
\nD. made it illegal to use race or customs to deprive anyone of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution.
Answer: A. were designed to enforce the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.
Question: A major consequence of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was:
Answer Options:
A. the elimination of discriminatory voter registration tests.
\nB. the acceptance of lesser voter rights regimes.
\nC. the establishment of federally administered voter registration procedures.
\nD. limitations on the abilities of counties in the South to change voter registration procedures without federal approval.
\nE. All of the above are true.
Answer: E. All of the above are true.
Question: Informal methods of constitutional change include
Answer Options:
A. congress proposing an amendment with a three-fourths majority of both houses.
\nB. state governments changing their constitutions to give them supremacy.
\nC. use of judicial review by the courts.
\nD. state governments agreeing to hold conventions to amend the Constitution.
\nE. All of the above are true. Incorrect
Answer: C. use of judicial review by the courts.
Question: The Affordable Care Act that Congress passed in March 2010 will end health care fraud and abuse once and for all.
Answer Options:
True
\nFalse
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following is correct regarding legislators who write laws?
Answer Options:
A. They do not bring bias to the process.
\nB. They bring their own ethical beliefs to the table.
\nC. They perform strictly as their constituents ask.
\nD. All of these are correct.
\nE. None of these is correct.
Answer: B. They bring their own ethical beliefs to the table.
Question: After a bureaucratic regulation is proposed:
Answer Options:
A. it is published in the Federal Register.
\nB. a sixty-day waiting period occurs to allow Congress to overturn the regulation.
\nC. the regulation can be challenged in court by directly interested parties.
\nD. All of the above are true.
Answer: D. All of the above are true.
Question: Taxes were imposed on the colonies to
Answer Options:
A. pay for the coronation of King George III.
\nB. pay for the establishment of more colonies.
\nC. pay for the costs of Britain’s defense of the colonies during the French and Indian War. Correct
\nD. enrich wealthy British landowners.
\nE. None of the above is true.
Answer: pay for the costs of Britain’s defense of the colonies during the French and Indian War.
Question: A constitutional amendment can be proposed by
Answer Options:
A. a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures.
\nB. a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress.
\nC. the legislatures in two-thirds of the states.
\nD. a majority vote in both chambers of Congress, provided the amendment is not vetoed by the president.
\nE. Options A and B are true.
Answer: Options A and B are true.
Question: The major function of Congress is:
Answer Options:
A. enforcing laws.
\nB. interpreting laws.
\nC. lawmaking.
\nD. using the impeachment power.
\nE. investigating other branches of government through oversight.
Answer: C. lawmaking.
Question: The idea that bureaucracies will try to increase their budgets and expand their power is overseen in:
Answer Options:
A. the Weberian view of bureaucracy.
\nB. the acquisitive view of bureaucracy.
\nC. the monopolistic view of bureaucracy.
\nD. the New Deal view of bureaucracy.
\nE. All of the above.
Answer: B. the acquisitive view of bureaucracy.
Question: A writ of certiorari by the Supreme Court orders:
Answer Options:
A. both parties in a case to reach agreement without further litigation.
\nB. state courts to abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court.
\nC. a lower court to send up the record of a case for review.
\nD. Congress to examine unconstitutional legislation.
\nE. a prisoner to be brought before the court and the reasons for the detention to be provided.
Answer: C. a lower court to send up the record of a case for review.
Question: The term amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief refers to:
Answer Options:
A. arguments by those interested in the outcome of a case but who are not parties to the case.
\nB. requests for the Supreme Court orders a lower court to send up the records of a case.
\nC. a Supreme Court order barring further testimony during oral arguments.
\nD. the belief that the Supreme Court should actively practice judicial review.
\nE. None of the above is true.
Answer: A. arguments by those interested in the outcome of a case but who are not parties to the case.
Question: Public opinion can serve as a check on the judiciary because:
Answer Options:
A. people have the ability to vote federal judges out of office if they do not approve of the rulings of the courts.
\nB. public may pressure elected officials not to enforce an unpopular ruling.
\nC. the Supreme Court typically polls the public as a basis for their decisions.
\nD. presidents will veto a Supreme Court decision if it is particularly unpopular.
\nE. Congress will override a decision of the Supreme Court with a majority vote in both houses.
Answer: B. public may pressure elected officials not to enforce an unpopular ruling.
Question: A temporary law that Congress passes when an appropriations bill has not been decided by the beginning of the fiscal year is an:
Answer Options:
A. emergency resolution.
\nB. budget resolution.
\nC. continuing resolution.
\nD. privilege budget.
\nE. temporary budget.
Answer: C. continuing resolution.
Question: The concept of separation of powers was included in the Constitution to prevent:
Answer Options:
A. one individual from the federal and state governments.
\nB. the usurpation of citizen’s power.
\nC. a major dispute over power between the House and the Senate.
\nD. statesmen over state governors creating an aristocracy.
\nE. tyranny by either the majority or the minority. Correct
Answer: tyranny by either the majority or the minority.
Question: As chief diplomat, the president:
Answer Options:
A. is responsible for all decisions judges in federal courts.
\nB. is responsible for setting a path to the executive branch.
\nC. decides federal rules made by the Congress.
\nD. negotiates treaties, recognizes foreign governments, and makes executive agreements.
\nE. ratifies treaties.
Answer: D. negotiates treaties, recognizes foreign governments, and makes executive agreements.
Question: Which of the following is correct regarding legislators who write laws?
Answer Options:
They do not bring bias to the process.
\nThey bring their own ethical beliefs to the table.
\nThey intentionally create laws that are contradicting.
\nAll of these are correct.
\nNone of these is correct.
Answer: They bring their own ethical beliefs to the table.