Gov.t chapter 19-21Test – Flashcards
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what did Article III of the Constitution set up?
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Judicial Branch
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who confirms federal judges?
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Senate
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How do most of the Supreme Court's cases get to that level?
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On appeal from the federal court's of appeals and the highest state courts
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What does the Supreme Court's have exclusive jurisdiction over?
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Case involving two or more state
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How many justices must agree to a Supreme Court decision?
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At least five
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The court set up by Congress for the Virgin Islands,Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands are called?
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Territorial court
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Individual rights in the Constitution are described as?
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Limited
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What does the religious guarantees under the 1st Amendment say?
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People are free not to worship
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What kind of speech does the government limit on public radio and television broadcasts?
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Obscene language
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What is the difference between civil liberties and civil right?
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Civil liberties are freedoms the gov.t cannot take away; civil rights are protections granted by government.
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Which amendment declares that rights exist beyond those listed in the Constitution?
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9th Amendment
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What law makes it a crime to advocate the violent overthrow of the US government?
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Smith Act. of 1940
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Due process clauses are set out on which amendments in the Constitution?
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5th and 14th Amendment.
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What is the Supreme Court uphold in the case of roe v. Wade?
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Right of privacy
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What is the main purpose of the Patriot Act?
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To guard the nation against terrorism
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In what case did the Supreme Court rule that police can conduct a search with no warrant?
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Searching an automobile
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What makes it legal for police to collect evidence through wiretapping?
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A warrant from a judge.
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What does the Miranda Rule say?
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Police must tell suspect about his or her rights before questioning
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Working women have mainly focused on which issue in regard to discrimination in the workplace?
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Pay inequality
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In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, what did the Court say about separate schools for whites and African Americans?
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They could never equal
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What is the name for a state law that required racial segregation in rail coaches?
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Jim Crow Law
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What made it illegal to refuse to rent to a family with children?
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
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How would an American citizen lose his or her citizenship?
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Choosing expatriation
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How did the Civil Rights Act 1964 affect desegregation in the Untied States?
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It allowed the federal government to sue to integrate schools
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How is the US a heterogeneous society?
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Is made up of many Kinds of people from different places.
