Unit Test — Cumulative exam

Question 1

best

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a protection enabling a citizen to be treated fairly under the law

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

Read the excerpt from the US Constitution.No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

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Citizens cannot be blocked from a political position based on religion.

Question 4

Justice John Harlan’s dissent to the court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson was based on what premise?

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The Constitution is “color-blind.”

Question 5

A legal order for an investigation into whether a person who is arrested has been imprisoned legally defines

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habeas corpus.

Question 6

One of the results of the Schenck decision was that it removed protections for

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speech intended to cause panic or harm.

Question 7

The 14th Amendment includes a provision that prohibits "double jeopardy." What is double jeopardy?

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being tried twice for the same crime.

Question 8

A state’s taxes are determined by

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its legislature and voters.

Question 9

Punishing someone for an action that did not used to be a crime is an example of

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an ex post facto law.

Question 10

Which statement reflects the Federalists’ view on abuses of power?

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Government controls can guard against abuses of power.

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