POL 110 FINAL EXAM (PART 1)
POL 110 Final Exam (Part 1)
This exam consist of 25 multiple choice questions and covers the material
in Chapters 1 through 5.
1.
Freedom of
speech is strongly protected under the __________ Amendment.
2.
Public trust and
confidence in the federal government has declined sharply since the
3.
Who was the
chief architect of the Constitution?
4.
The text notes
that, in the mid-1930s, the vast majority of Americans
5.
The chief
executive in a parliamentary system is usually called
6.
The Declaration
of Independence contains twenty-seven paragraphs that list
7.
The Articles of
Confederation went into effect in
8.
The number of
senators allowed to each state under the Great Compromise was
9.
In drafting the
Declaration, Jefferson originally added an item that addressed the issue of
__________ but Congress decided to drop it from the document.
10.
The Virginia
Plan was authored by
11.
Which classic
case involved prayer in public schools?
12.
The reason the
Nazi Party was allowed to parade through Skokie, Illinois, is that
13.
Police may
legally search persons for evidence either when they have a search warrant or
when
14.
The amendment
that is probably the most important in terms of having the Bill of Rights apply
to the states is the
15.
The ban on
double jeopardy can be found in the
16.
One of the major
issues in the debate over the Equal Rights Amendment concerned the treatment of
men and women in
17.
The Supreme
Court ruled that separate educational facilities for the races are “inherently
unequal” in
18.
The Court’s
rulings regarding sexual harassment draw largely from
19.
When the University
of Michigan employed race in its decision-making process for admissions, the
Supreme Court ruled that it could only be employed as a(n)
20.
The Court’s
decision in Lawrence v. Texas was notable for its reference to
21.
In recent years,
most mandates have concerned
22.
Officials
representing __________ states challenged the constitutionality of Obamacare in
the federal courts.
23.
State officials
complained because Obamacare required that the states
24. The Constitution was
ratified in
25.
The Constitution
has been amended __________ times in more than 225 years.
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