Unit 7 Study Guide
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1.
Date:
4.
Which of these statements best explains why
school o cials are allowed to search a student's
locker without a search warrant?
A.
It is illegal for police o cers to enter school
property.
B.
All constitutional rights are denied students
under 21 years of age.
C.
School o cials are part of local police
departments.
D. It is considered necessary for the protection
of other students.
2.
Which statement explains the signi cance of the
data shown in this graph?
Which of these Supreme Court decisions
established the doctrine of “separate but equal”?
A.
Plessy v. Ferguson
B.
Marbury v. Madison
C.
Tinker v. Des Moines School District
This graph shows voter turnouts for selected
minority groups.
A.
Immigration rates have reduced the in uence
of Hispanic Americans.
B.
Immigration rates have reduced the political
in uence of Asian Americans.
C.
Increasing diversity in the United States has
expanded opposition to political incumbents.
D. Increasing diversity in the United States has
expanded the political in uence of minority
groups.
D. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
3.
5.
Which U.S. president's administration is most
closely associated with detente and the Watergate
scandal?
A.
Jimmy Carter
B.
Gerald Ford
C.
Richard Nixon
D. Ronald Reagan
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The decision in Gideon v. Wainwright extended
due process in state courts to include
A.
women
B.
the poor
C.
the elderly
D. disabled persons
6.
This excerpt is from an FBI bulletin published in
June 2006.
8.
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution
protects against unreasonable searches and
seizures. To be reasonable, a search generally
must be supported by a warrant issued upon
probable cause. But, there are exceptions
to this general rule. One such exception
applies when a search serves “special
government needs” beyond the normal
needs of law enforcement; in which case,
the search may be reasonable despite the
absence of a warrant, probable cause, or even
individualized suspicion.
In the United States, a citizen's exercise of speech
and expression may be legally restricted when that
individual
A.
threatens public safety.
B.
opposes public opinion.
C.
criticizes public o cials.
D. condemns public institutions.
What is a result of searches conducted because of
“special government needs”?
A.
The practice of reasonable searches is further
limited.
B.
Probable cause is determined by local elected
o cials.
C.
Personal liberties are limited by national
security concerns.
D. The practice of issuing restraining orders
becomes o cially approved.
9.
7.
Which U.S. president regarded universal health
care as a major issue for the federal government
to resolve?
A.
Jimmy Carter
B.
Ronald Reagan
C.
George H.W. Bush
D. Bill Clinton
Which situation resulted from the OPEC oil
embargo of 1973?
A.
oil shortages and rising prices
B.
oil shortages and falling prices
C.
oil surpluses and rising prices
D. oil surpluses and falling prices
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10.
A line graph of workforce participation rates of
women from 1982 to 2002 is shown.
11.
Source: National Center
for Education Statistics
According to the graph, which was the rst year
that there was a higher percentage of women
in Ohio's workforce than in the United States
workforce?
A.
1985
B.
1992
C.
1997
This graph shows the percentage of classrooms
with Internet access during the 1990s.
Which statement accurately evaluates the impact
of the trend shown in the graph?
D. 2001
A.
New technology increased teacher salaries.
B.
Computer media became a useful tool for
education.
C.
Computer literacy replaced traditional core
subjects in schools.
D. Technology costs encouraged the use of
traditional instructional methods.
12.
What was the main purpose for Operation Desert
Storm?
A.
to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in
Iraq
B.
to stop civil rights violations in Iraq
C.
to reform the political system in Iraq
D. to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait
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13.
A means of communication that is used in some
homes today but was not available 20 years ago is
the
A.
television.
B.
C.
stereo.
D. computer.
16.
A newspaper prints an article on a controversial
political issue.
This article could be considered biased if its
author
telephone.
A.
formed logical conclusions based on fact.
B.
contacted supporters of only one side.
C.
presented statistical information on the issue.
D. included information that had not been
published before.
14.
In the United States, freedom of the press to
report on certain matters may be restricted during
wartime because
A.
reporting military secrets may threaten
national security.
B.
laws against libel and slander are strictly
enforced during wartime.
C.
materials used to print newspapers must be
conserved during wartime.
17.
D. the government has a compelling interest in
suppressing opposing views.
The immigration policies in place since the 1960s
have
A.
reinforced the population patterns re ected in
the laws of the 1920s.
B.
greatly increased ethnic diversity in American
society.
C.
encouraged immigration from Western
European countries.
D. discouraged immigration from Asian countries.
15.
Which of these situations would violate a right
established in Miranda v. Arizona?
A.
School authorities search a student's locker
without a warrant.
B.
A city prohibits cigarette companies from
advertising on billboards.
C.
A state passes a law establishing several
methods of capital punishment.
18.
The government provides a lawyer to a person
who cannot a ord one if that person is
A.
B.
C.
D. Police o cers refuse to allow a person in
custody to consult with a lawyer.
preparing a will
ling for divorce
being sued by a business partner
D. being charged with a serious crime
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19.
21.
Use the bar graph below to answer the following
question.
20.
from 1901 to 1910
B.
C.
from 1951 to 1960
D. from 1971 to 1980
A.
The United States depended upon the
importation of oil products.
B.
The United States business community relied
upon the exchange of consumer goods.
C.
The United States government wanted to
maintain free trade routes in the oil rich
region.
D. The United States government hoped to
establish democratic governments in the
volatile region.
During which decade did the fewest immigrants
come to America?
A.
Why did the United States become involved in the
rst Gulf War?
from 1931 to 1940
Use the bar graph below to answer the question
that follows.
22.
Which country is included in the area that had the
greatest number of immigrants to the United States
in the 1980s?
A.
Italy
B.
C.
Russia
D. Thailand
In 1964, volunteers went to Mississippi to work
for civil rights in a movement known as Freedom
Summer. What was the main goal of these
volunteers?
A.
They wanted to integrate local high schools.
B.
They wanted to register African Americans to
vote.
C.
They wanted to organize a march on
Washington, D.C.
D. They wanted to protest the integration of
public facilities.
Venezuela
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23.
A police o cer observes George driving in
a dangerous manner. The o cer stops him,
determines the car is stolen, and arrests him. In
order not to violate George's right to due process
of law, the police o cer must
A.
advise him of his right to an attorney.
B.
allow him to pay a ne and be released.
C.
require him to prove that he did not steal the
car.
25.
The volume of oil imports to the United States
changed in the late twentieth century.
How did these changes a ect American foreign
policy?
D. require him to pass a driving test.
A.
The United States promoted democracy in
Latin America.
B.
The United States expanded its in uence in
the Middle East.
C.
The United States looked for ways to control
illegal immigration.
D. The United States helped former enemies to
adopt a market economy.
24.
This statement was made in 1992 by United States
presidential candidate Ross Perot in response to a
question about the proposed North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
There will be a job-sucking sound going
south.
26.
Read the excerpt below.
Which factor explains why Ross Perot made this
prediction about NAFTA?
A.
Mexico had lower labor costs.
B.
Mexico had better j ob bene ts.
C.
Mexico had fewer factory jobs.
D. Mexico had stronger labor unions.
The court's decision most likely protects the rights
of
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A.
the police
B.
the accused
C.
journalists
D. victims of crime
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27.
Since the 1960s, which political party in the
United States most closely represents the views of
conservative voters?
A.
Democratic Party
B.
C.
Socialist Party
D. Green Party
30.
Republican Party
How does the media in the United States generally
in uence legislation?
A.
The media o ers the most reliable sources of
information available to lawmakers.
B.
The media reporting of news allows for more
independent decision making by legislators.
C.
The media provides news coverage on topics
that in uence the public and lawmakers.
D. The media sets the agenda for political party
platforms, which in uences voting.
28.
Use the following chart to answer the following
question.
The data above support the thesis that between
1990 and 2000
A.
the price of newspapers decreased steadily.
B.
information in newspapers became more
reliable.
C.
people became more informed about world
events.
31.
32.
Which activities were major events of President
Jimmy Carter's administration?
A.
Iran Hostage Crisis, passage of the Camp
David Accords
B.
Whitewater, passage of the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
C.
A.
the right to an attorney
B.
the right to a jury of peers
C.
the right to confront witnesses
D. the right to a speedy and public trial
D. people decreasingly relied on newspapers as a
source of information.
29.
Which of these rights of a suspect is protected by
the Miranda v. Arizona decision?
collapse of the Soviet Union, Desert Storm
Which of these rights is guaranteed to criminal
defendants as a result of the Supreme Court's
decision in Gideon v. Wainwright?
A.
the right to an attorney
B.
the right to a trial by jury
C.
the right to confront witnesses in court
D. the right to remain silent when questioned by
police
D. passage of Medicare, Vietnam
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33.
Look at the cartoon below.
35.
Which of these points of view is expressed by the
cartoon?
According to media reports, in 2002 President
Bush signed a secret order authorizing the National
Security Agency (NSA) to monitor overseas
e-mails, telephone calls, and other communications
originating within the United States of hundreds,
and perhaps thousands, of U.S. citizens and
foreign nationals without rst obtaining warrants.
The administration subsequently admitted that
such warrantless surveillance was occurring and it
dubbed it the Terrorist Surveillance Program.
Gregory Nojeim, 2007
A.
Interesting news is unavailable to readers.
B.
People choose entertainment rather than
information.
According to the excerpt, how did the U.S.
government change its citizens' rights to privacy
in response to the terrorist acts of 2001?
C.
The government needs to limit the freedom of
the press.
A.
The federal government has full authority to
monitor the previously private communications
of all citizens.
B.
State governments are now required to report
electronic communications between citizens
and foreign nationals.
C.
Local governments must monitor all citizens'
private cell phones.
D. The media discourages people from reading
newspapers.
D. Citizens' encrypted communications are
reclassi ed as criminal violations of national
security policy.
34.
A newspaper prints an article about a bill in the
U.S. Senate. What would indicate that the article
is biased in favor of the bill?
A.
The article quotes the entire text of the bill.
B.
The article is printed before the nal vote on
the bill.
C.
The article quotes only senators who support
the bill.
36.
D. The article indicates that the president will
likely veto the bill.
Which statement describes an underlying rationale
for the national welfare reforms passed in the
mid-1990s?
A.
Chronic poverty is the result of barriers to
economic opportunity.
B.
Central governments are more e ective at
promoting nancial security.
C.
Public assistance programs tend to foster
dependence on government aid.
D. Addressing economic inequality is the most
urgent matter of social injustice.
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37.
What foreign policy under the administrations of
has been a consistent feature of U.S. President
Harry Truman through President George W. Bush?
A.
support for the state of Israel
B.
opposition to dictators in Iraq
C.
friendly relations with mainland China
39.
In the past, the United States manufactured most
of the products used by Americans. Now, many of
these products are imported from other countries.
What is one reason for this change?
D. strained relations with France and Germany
A.
The United States government encourages
Americans to buy foreign goods.
B.
Foreign workers manufacture products that
Americans can no longer make.
C.
The United States economy has grown smaller
in recent decades.
D. Foreign producers can make goods for less
money than American producers.
38.
Read the headline below.
This headline would have been most appropriate
for which of the following cases?
A.
Miranda v. Arizona
B.
Gideon v. Wainwright
C.
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
D. Tinker v. Des Moines
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