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What is the notification that police must give a person being arrested that she or he has a right to remain silent and a right to legal counsel commonly known as?a. Taking the fifthb. First amendment protectionc. Miranda rightsd. Gideon's Trumpete. Griswold rightsWhich of the following terms is used for certain types of nonverbal activities, such as flag burning or students wearing black armbands to school that the Supreme Court has ruled were protected under the First Amendment?a. Symbolic speech or expressionb. Direct speechc. Fighting wordsd. Hate speeche. Public speechWhich of the following statements regarding the Gibbons v. Ogden case is true?a. The national government lost the power to regulate intrastate commerce.b. State governments won the right to control navigation in interstate waters.c. The power to regulate interstate commerce was determined to be an exclusive national power of the federal government.d. The ruling provided the national government with decreasing power over economic affairs throughout the land.e. The Supreme Court found that commerce was defined as the exchange of goods and not navigation or transport of people.Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Bill of Rights?a. The rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights change over time, depending on interpretation by the Supreme Court.b. The rights guaranteed to all citizens in the Bill of Rights are self-executing and have required little interpretation.c. The Bill of Rights has always been equally applied to both the national and state governments.d. The Bill of Rights consists of additions to the civil liberties initially discussed in the Constitution.e. The Bill of Rights narrowly defines basic freedoms, requiring great consideration by the Supreme Court in interpreting them.While many point to slavery as the reason the Civil War was fought, many others believe it was really a battle over which of the following?a. Property rights and excessive taxationb. National government supremacy versus the rights of the statesc. Whether to align with England or Franced. Instilling term limits at all levels of governmente. Expanding U.S. borders and the resulting immigrationWhat does it mean when a state government passes a law that forbids texting while operating a vehicle?a. It is employing concurrent powers according to the Tenth Amendment.b. It is delegating enumerated powers to the national government.c. It is implementing inherent powers.d. It is exercising police powers.e. It is reserved for Congress to decide.Which of the following did the early Supreme Court generally do under Chief Justice John Marshall?a. It preserved states' rights.b. It lessened trade powers between the states.c. It issued conflicting decisions about the balance between national and state power.d. It remained silent about federalism issues.e. It increased national power.Civil liberties are understood to be which of the following?a. Equal economic treatment under the lawb. Equality of opportunity and equality of outcome for all individualsc. Limits on government power to interfere with personal freedomsd. Equal educational opportunity under the lawe. Absolute freedom for all individualsWhat legal requirement is established in Gideon v. Wainwright?a. A lawyer does not have to be provided in a state case, only in federal cases.b. Search warrants are always needed to gather evidence.c. Lawyers only need to be appointed in death penalty cases.d. There can be no cruel and unusual punishment.e. If one cannot afford an attorney, the government must provide one.Why was the ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland significant?a. It established the Court's power of judicial review.b. It permitted the Court to nationalize banking.c. It established the doctrine of implied powers.d. It expanded the power of Congress to use the commerce clause.e. It increased the powers reserved to the states and the people.What is the doctrine of dual federalism?a. The function of government is determined by the people.b. The federal government has more functions than the state governments.c. The state governments have more functions than the federal government.d. The state and federal governments have identical functions.e. The state and federal governments have separate functions.Which of the following gives Congress the power to regulate trade among the states?a. The Bill of Rightsb. The commerce clausec. The McCulloch v. Maryland decisiond. The necessary and proper clausee. The Supreme CourtDuring the time of the Constitutional Convention, why was federalism an appealing compromise?a. It prevented cities and states from being dominated by a single group or faction.b. It maintained state traditions while creating a strong national government to handle common problems.c. It allowed politicians to avoid issues of slavery and women's suffrage.d. It permitted states to nullify actions of the national government.e. It made the national government the focal point of dissatisfaction.As it relates to the states, what does the full faith and credit clause mean?a. It prosecutes individuals who have broken other states' laws.b. It returns persons fleeing justice back to their home state.c. It honors the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.d. It extends to citizens of other states the privileges and immunities of its own citizens.e. It prosecutes individuals who have broken other states' laws and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.The Bill of Rights limits the power of which of the following?a. The government over the rights and liberties of individualsb. The national government over the rights of the statesc. State governments over the inherent powers of the national governmentd. National and state governments to tax individualse. State governments to tax the national governmentThe Constitution has remained largely intact for over 230 years because of which of the following?a. The principles set forth in the Constitution are flexible enough to meet new events and concerns.b. The principles set forth in the Constitution are impractical to amend.c. The principles set forth in the Constitution can only be changed in certain parts.d. The principles set forth in the Constitution are unchallenged principles of the Founding Fathers.e. The principles set forth in the Constitution are mandated to remain unchanged.Contrary to the Southern states' intention, which of the following was a result of the Civil War?a. An increase in the political power of individual statesb. The expansion of voting rights to all citizens, including blacks and womenc. A resurgence of Southern manufacturing and Northern agricultured. An increase in the political power of the national governmente. Thousands of banks failing and widespread unemploymentWhat was the central question in the McCulloch v. Maryland case?a. Whether or not the executive branch had the power to institute a peacetime draftb. Whether or not Congress had the power to establish a national bankc. Whether or not Congress had the power to regulate commerce along major waterwaysd. Whether or not the Supreme Court had the power to investigate the executive branche. Whether or not it should remove one of its own members from the CourtThe necessary and proper clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution is also known as which one of the following?a. The supremacy clauseb. The confederal systemc. The commerce claused. The unitary systeme. The elastic clauseWhat did the Bill of Rights do, as originally presented in the Constitution?a. Limited only the power of the national government, not that of the statesb. Protected citizens from all forms of governmentc. Protected citizens from the national and state governments, but not from local governmentsd. Limited only the power of state governmentse. Contained no language on religion
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