TEST I GOVNT – Flashcards

Members of Congress have frequently proposed a constitutional amendment to make flag burning a crime because

Which of the following would NOT be an example of speech plus?

What is the purpose of the Tenth Amendment?

The federal system can be best defined as

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 attempted to

________ defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.

The events that led to the Revolutionary War were triggered by which of the following?

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution deals with ________.

Which of the following statements best describes the number of peaceful civil rights demonstrations during the 1950s and 1960s?

The expressed powers of Congress are listed in ________ of the U.S. Constitution.

________ is most closely associated with the idea that the First Amendment protects the "marketplace of ideas."

In American political culture, economic freedom means ________.

Legally enforced segregation in public schools is a form of ________ discrimination.

Why was United States v. Lopez (1995) important?

Which of the following was not discussed as a purpose of government in the Constitution's Preamble?

The U.S. House of Representatives was designed to

________ is the strategy of delegating a policy program to a lower level of government.

During the Philadelphia Convention, in order to win concessions from large states, representatives from smaller states like Delaware threatened to

A state government's authority to regulate the safety, health, and morals of its citizens is called ________ power.

Which statement best describes the Supreme Court's trend in interpreting federalism since the mid-1990s?

"Marble cake federalism" is associated with

Miranda v. Arizona (1966) was important because it produced rules that must be used

According to the authors of the text, democracy functions best when

The source of implied powers under the U.S. Constitution is the ________ clause.

Which of the following types of speech receives the greatest level of First Amendment protection?

Which of the following statements best describes naturalization laws in the United States prior to 1870?

________ compels state officials to obey costly federal regulations, but does not reimburse those costs.

Why did the Equal Rights Amendment fail to pass?

What was a major reason that the slogan "states' rights" became tarnished in the 1950s and 1960s?

What did the New Jersey Plan propose for Congress?

The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

The framers employed the separation of powers and federalism in order to

________ occurs when a state grants a city the ability to govern its own local affairs.

Prior to the eighteenth century,

The Bill of Rights was designed to protect ________.

What was the Supreme Court's response to the Civil Rights Act of 1875?

Which rights do NOT fall under constitutional arguments in favor of the right to privacy?

Which area was NOT covered by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Which statement best describes American federalism since the 1930s?

Since 1973, the right to an abortion has been

The National Associated for the Advancement of Colored People had the most success with ________ for combating racism.

A ________ vote by both houses of Congress, and a ratification vote of ________ of the states are required to amend the U.S. Constitution.

Which of the following statements best describes the discussion of local government found in the U.S. Constitution?

On the subject of representation, Antifederalists wanted

What did the Supreme Court justices rule in Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)?

Which of the following is true about the Bill of Rights?

How was political power in Congress divided under the Articles of Confederation?

Each of the following was an Antifederalist EXCEPT ________.

The ________ rule forbids the introduction in trial of any piece of evidence obtained illegally

The ________ forbade workplace discrimination based on race.

The ________ was the key group in Europe that pushed for limited government.

Which of the following was NOT a function of government most commonly performed by state governments during the era of dual federalism?

Which of the following is true about the Annapolis Convention?

Who was NOT appointed to help draft the Declaration of Independence?

How does the U.S. Constitution create a system that underrepresents urban areas?

________ powers exist when both state and national governments possess a certain level of authority.

________ described politics as "who gets what, when, and how."

The constitutional basis for the nationalization of the Bill of Rights is the ________.

Which of the following statements about freedom of speech is true?

During the ratification debates, who were the Antifederalists?

The American experience with civil rights suggests which of the following things about political change in the United States?

The Supreme Court justices began to change their position on racial discrimination in the ________.

The demand that there be no taxation without representation is a good example of what political reform of the eighteenth century?

McDonald v. Chicago (2010) was significant because it

How did the traditional system of dual federalism establish a "commercial republic"?

What major changes in Western government led to the establishment of constitutional government?

Montesquieu called ________ the principle of giving each branch of government its own constituency.

How many amendments to the Constitution have been formally proposed in Congress in U.S. history?

Title IX of the 1972 Education Act has had its greatest effect on ________.

Political apathy among Americans hurts which core political value the most?

Under the Articles of Confederation, it was left to the ________ to execute the laws passed by Congress.

________ was the only state NOT to send delegates to the Philadelphia Convention.

During the late nineteenth century, the equal protection clause was

A federal grant to states to assist in the building of new public schools is an example of a ________ grant.

In their response to Brown v. Board of Education (1954), southern officials did all of the following EXCEPT

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools (1992) is important because it

Which of the following economic policies was the national government allowed to implement during the nineteenth century?

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) established the right

The current prohibition on states to criminalize abortion is based on

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) was important because it

________ is evidenced when federal officials force state officials to implement more stringent water pollution regulations.

A government that is not constrained by legal limits and also seeks to eliminate those organized social groups that might challenge or limit its authority is known as a(n) ________ government.

It was during the tenure of Chief Justice ________ that the Supreme Court established gender discrimination as a highly visible area of civil rights law.

Colonial protesters of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act rallied around ________.

Which of the following is the best description of the Supreme Court's first ruling on the issue of the nationalization of the Bill of Rights in 1833?

Who wrote the Supreme Court opinions in both McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?

Which of the following is true of Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Roe v. Wade (1973) have been extremely important in the development of

How did the colonists' victory in the Revolutionary War change the balance of political power in the new states?

What was one effect of dual federalism during the early republic?

The willingness to be restrained by the power of social institutions, but not political or legal institutions, is a hallmark of a(n) ________ regime.

The privileges and immunities clause of Article IV is also referred to as the ________.

Which level of government writes the majority of criminal laws?

The right to remain silent is guaranteed by the ________ Amendment.

The first written constitution for the United States was called the ________.

When the Alaskan legislature passed a law in the 1970s that gave state residents preference over nonresidents in obtaining work on oil pipelines, this law violated the ________.

Why was New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) significant?

What led British officials to raise taxes on the American colonists during the 1760s?

"Due process of law" in the United States is generally defined by the ________ amendments.

What was the main reason that Alexander Hamilton did NOT want a bill of rights?