Transcript Which of the following court cases established Judicial Review?

Final Review
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Which of the following court cases established
Judicial Review?
A) Gideon v. Wainwright
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Marbury v. Madison
D) Korematsu v. United States
A political party’s beliefs are stated in the
party___________ .
A) Nomination
B) Registration
C) Convention
D) Platform
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional
Convention?
A) Revise the Constitution
B) Revise the Articles of Confederation
C) Revise the Mayflower Compact
D) Revise the Declaration of Independence
The 13 original state governments had all of the following,
except:
A) Monarchs
B) Bill of Rights
C) Legislative Branches
D) Executive Branches
Which of the following creates the budget for the National
Government:
A) Legislative Branch
B) Executive Branch
C) Judicial Branch
D) State Legislatures
Which of the following elects the President:
A) Citizens
B) Electoral College
C) State Legislators
D) State Governors
Which of the following statements is best defined as,
“people equals power”:
A) Popular Sovereignty
B) Natural Rights
C) Citizenship
D) Expressed Powers
Congressional power of 2/3 Override is an example of
which of the following:
A) Popular Sovereignty
B) Representative Democracy
C) Federalism
D) Checks and Balances
Which Article of the Constitution establishes the legislative
branch?
A) Article I
B) Article II
C) Article III
D) Article VII
Which states opposed the Virginia Plan?
A) Large States
B) All States
C) Small States
D) No States
The United States has which of the following political
systems:
A) One-party system
B) Two-party system
C) Three-party system
D) Multi-party system
The landmark court decision of McCulloch v Maryland
establish which of the following
A) separate but equal was constitutional
B) congresses power to regulate interstate commerce
C) struck down school prayer
D) supremacy of the federal government
The power to coin money is an example of an:
A) Reserved power
B) Concurrent Power
C) Enumerated power
D) None of the Above
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the
Judicial Branch:
A) Makes Laws
B) Carry out Laws
C) Interpret Laws
D) All of the above
Which level of the Federal Judicial system has “original
jurisdiction”?
A) Federal District Court
B) US Appellate Court
C) US Supreme Court
D) All of the above
What best describes the governments power to tax?
A) Reserved power
B) Enumerated power
C) Concurrent power
D) Implied power
People who are eligible to vote are called:
A) Caucus
B) Electorate
C) Plurality
D) Coalition
Which of the following court cases established governments
practice of separate but equal
A) Plessy v Ferguson
B) Rust v Sullivan
C) Korematsu v. U.S.
D) Marbury v. Madison
The “Necessary and Proper Clause” gives Congress which
of the following powers?
A) Expressed powers
B) Concurrent powers
C) Implied powers
D) Reserved powers
All of the following are duties EXCEPT
A) attending school
B) paying taxes
C) voting in elections
D) serving on a jury
Which of the following can come up with an idea for a
legislative bill?
A) A member of Congress
B) The President
C) a citizen
D) all of the above
The leader of the House of Representatives is called the:
A) president pro tempore
B) majority leader
C) speaker of the house
D) chairman of the chamber
Which of the following best describes the economic concept
of Scarcity:
A) unlimited resources v. limited wants and needs
B) limited resources v. unlimited wants and needs
C) higher price v. lower quantity
D) lower price v. higher quantity
The Basic source of all political power in the United States is
the
A) Constitution of the United States
B) local government: town, city or county
C) Congress of the United States
D) people of the states
When a state confiscates private property for public
purposes, the state is exercising the right of
A) popular sovereignty
B) eminent domain
C) general welfare
D) police power
The principle that the power to govern belongs to the people
and is delegated by them to their elected officials is
A) popular sovereignty
B) separation of powers
C) federalism
D) national supremacy
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
are important because they
A) provide for the abolishment of slavery
B) list the powers of Congress
C) guarantee basic individual rights
D) give blacks the right to vote
Wasteland is a country in which there is very little
government ownership of farms and businesses. People may
start their own businesses and the government doesn’t
interfere with wages or prices. Wasteland is
A) cooperative
B) socialistic
C) capitalistic
D) communistic
Which of the following is a function of the marketplace?
A) to make sure that buyers pay the lowest possible prices
B) to make things look attractive
C) to have honest advertising
D) to bring buyers and sellers together
The Gideon vs. Wainwright case established the
A) supremacy of the United States Constitution
B) right of a suspect to have a lawyer present before being
questioned by police
C) right to have a lawyer provided by the court if
the accused cannot afford one.
D) supremacy of judicial review
The term “monopoly” describes a situation in which the
market price of goods and services is established by which
of the following
A) many sellers
B) a single buyer
C) many buyers and sellers
D) a single seller or a small group of sellers
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution includes all
but one of the following rights. Select the one not found
A)right to worship as one pleases
B) right of peaceful assembly
C) right to bear arms
D) right to free speech
As a result of the 19th Amendment
A) more working women have high-paying jobs
B) about half of our senators are women
C) women have the right to vote
D) women were granted freedom of speech
“…No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws” is a
brief description of the
A) First Amendment
B) Eight Amendment
C) Fourteenth Amendment
D) Nineteenth Amendment
The system of checks and balances in the United States was
designed to
A) reduce the power of state government
B) reduce the importance of political parties
C) prevent one branch of government from becoming too
strong
D) equalize the powers of the state and national government
Which of the following best describes a true Market
economy:
A) means of production are privately owned
B) government controls the means of production
C) individuals and government own the means of production
D) means of production are controlled by customs
The term point of equilibrium is best described as:
A) where price is greater that quantity demanded
B) where price is less than quantity supplied
C) where price and quantity are equal
D) all of the above
Which of the following shows ownership in a corporation?
A) corporate stock
B) corporate bond
C) certificate of deposit
D) none of the above
The court case Brown v. Board of Education dealt with
which of the following:
A) 1st Amendment
B) 2nd Amendment
C) 5th Amendment
D) 14th Amendment
This early American political party opposed a strong
national government
A) Jeffersonian Republicans
B) Federalists
C) Anti-Federalist
D) American Independent
In 1776 what did Americans accuse the British Government
of doing?
A) taxing them without their consent
B) quartering troops in their houses
C) failing to give prisoners a fair trial
D) all of the above
A change in the U.S. Constitution is called
A) a tariff
B) a veto
C) an amendment
D) a filibuster
A series of taxes on newspapers, books, and documents that
Americans were forced to pay to the British before the
Revolutionary War was called
A) excise
B) tyranny
C) empire taxes
D) stamp taxes
Which of the following shows the movement of goods and
services through an economy?
A) supply and demand chart
B) Gross Domestic Product
C) Business Cycle
D) Circular Flow Model
The court case Miranda v. Arizona dealt with which of the
following:
A) freedom of speech
B) right bear arms
C) cruel and unusual punishment
D) rights of the accused
In economics a decision to buy a certain product is called a
A) consumer choices
B) tradeoff
C) opportunity cost
D) all of the above
The United States economy is best described as:
A) traditional
B) command
C) market
D) mixed
Which of the following is the key incentive for starting your
own business?
A) ownership
B) profits
C) lower tax rates
D) decision-making
Which of the following has the power to declare laws
unconstitutional?
A) executive branch
B) legislative branch
C) judicial branch
D) all of the above
Capital goods refer to
A) corporate securities
B) money in savings accounts
C) goods used to produce other goods
D) all money in the economy
Which of the following would reduce the surplus of a
product?
A) lower price and makes less
B) lower price and make more
C) raise price and make less
D) raise price and make more
What is the role of government in a mixed economy?
A) control prices
B) protect business owners
C) control supply and demand
D) protect consumers and workers
In a market economy, price is controlled by which of the
following?
A) the government
B) businesses
C) consumers
D) supply and demand
What is the most important job of the President?
A) deal with foreign countries
B) control the military
C) carry out laws passed by Congress
D) appoint federal judges
If market price is below market demand, the result would
be:
A) a equilibrium
B) surplus
C) price elastic
D) shortage
Technological advances cause which of the following:
A) lower prices
B) better quality
C) higher profits
D) all of the above
The person accused of a crime is called a:
A) plaintiff
B) defendant
C) criminal
D) convict
If the Supreme Court finds a law in conflict with the
Constitution, it:
A) remands the case to a lower court
B) changes the law
C) asks Congress to change the law
D) declares the law unconstitutional
More education and training of the work force generally
leads to
A) less productivity of the work force
B) less unemployment for skilled workers
C) greater productivity of the work force
D) more unemployment for skilled workers
A “pocket veto” refers to
A) Congress’s power to override a Presidential veto
B) the ability of the Supreme Court to decide whether an act of
legislation is unconstitutional
C) the ability of the bureaucracy to daily implementing orders
D) the President’s refusal to sign a bill when Congress
adjourns within ten days after its passage
An individual that is paid to try to influence legislators to
vote for or against certain legislation is a
A) member of a pressure group
B) legislative secretary
C) lobbyist
D) politician
Which economic problem must ALL societies solve?
A) guaranteeing everyone an annual wage
B) securing right-to-work laws
C) satisfying unlimited wants with limited resources
D) speeding up the rate of industrialization
If our country were placed in a position of having to declare
war on another nation, which of the following would be
responsible for declaring war?
A) President
B) Congress
C) Supreme Court
D) President but with approval from the Senate
The principle of specialization means that
A) employees are assigned to a specific task to increase
efficiency
B) production per worker is low but costs of production
are no greater
C) incomes are related to the marginal product of the
worker
D) machines are substituted for human capital
Laissez-faire
A) limits the role of government
B) is a dominant European economic theory
C) is a policy of non-interference
D) is all of the above
E) is only A and C above
Which of the following is not a requirement to be a
member of the House of Representatives:
A) college graduate
B) 25 years old
C) naturalized citizen
D) resident of district
Suffrage is
A) a condition of slavery
B) a search order
C) fair action by the government
D) the right to vote
In the court case United States v Nixon, the Supreme Court
ruled on which of the following
A) the use of War Powers Act
B) the use of Presidential Impeachment
C) the use of Executive Privilege
D) the use of a Presidential pardon
The most common reason for non-voting in American
elections is
A) illness on election day
B) complicated voting procedures
C) indifference/apathy
D) physical and mental disabilities
A filibuster is a speech in the Senate for the purpose of
A) officially reviewing the bill just prior to a vote
B) explaining a bill’s details to all members
C) criticizing a committee’s report on a bill
D) delaying or preventing the vote on a bill
In order to vote wisely a citizen must
A) understand the problems of government
B) know the policies of candidates
C) study the issues
D) all of the above
The lawyer employed by government to present the
government’s case is called
A) the government lawyer
B) the defense attorney
C) the district attorney
D) the people’s representative
Which of the following has the power to tax?
A) Congress
B) NC General Assembly
C) Boone Town Council
D) All of the Above
The court case Tinker vs. Des Moines School District dealt
with which of the following
A) separation of church and state
B) freedom of the press
C) freedom of speech
D) right to bear arms