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Title: 12th Grade Street Law Impact of 14th adm
1. The first Supreme Court interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment came with which of the
following cases?
A. The Civil Rights Cases
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. The Slaughterhouse Cases
D. Dred Scott v. Sanford
E. The Cherokee Indian Cases
2.
Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services
The chart shows the average monthly welfare benefit per recipient in constant 2006 dollars.
According to the chart, what has been the trend in welfare benefits between 1986 and 2000?
A. There was a steady decline.
B. There was an increase followed by a decline.
C. There was a steady increase.
D. There has been no change.
E. There was a decline followed by an increase.
3. In the case Palko v. Connecticut (1937), Frank Palko, who had been tried and convicted on
first-degree murder charges, argued that
A. he was not given a fair and speedy trial
B. the right to peacefully assemble was his right according to the Due Process Clause
C. the Fifth Amendment guaranteed him the right to have evidence presented to a grand jury
D. his protection against double jeopardy had been violated
E. he was not presented with an attorney when requested
4. Which of these is addressed in the Fourteenth Amendment?
A. Immigration
B. Citizenship
C. Voting
D. States' rights
E. Women's rights
5. Welfare is an example of
A. an Earned Income Tax credit
B. a state entitlement program
C. a social insurance program
D. a means-tested program
E. Supplemental Security Income
6. In 1961, the Supreme Court case Map v. Ohio overturned the previous ruling upheld in Wolf v.
Colorado (1949). These cases dealt with
A. cruel and unusual punishment
B. rights of the accused
C. freedom of the press
D. unreasonable search and seizure
E. access to a lawyer
7. Which of the following economic paradigms influenced United States economic policy during
the Franklin Roosevelt Administration?
A. laissez-faire
B. Keynesianism
C. monetarism
D. fiscal conservatism
E. socialism
8. Which case marked the beginning of equal protection under the law for African Americans?
A. Gitlow v. New York
B. Plessy v. Fergusen
C. Brown v. Board of Education
D. Craig v. Boren
E. Dred Scott v. Sanford
9. How do the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments differ?
A. The Fifth Amendment includes due process.
B. The Fourteenth Amendment protects citizens at the national level.
C. The Fourteenth Amendment includes due process.
D. The Fifth Amendment protects citizens at the state level.
E. The Fourteenth Amendment protects citizens on the state level.
10. Which of the following are aspects of monetary policy in the United States?
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
progressive taxation
regressive taxation
discount rates
open- market operations
government spending
A. I and II only
B. III, IV, and V only
C. I, II, and V only
D. III and IV only
E. I, II, III, IV, and V
11. Which of the following are examples of entitlement programs in the United States?
I.
II.
III.
IV.
social security
food stamps
Medicare
unemployment compensation
A. III and IV only
B. I and II only
C. II, III, and IV
D. I, II, III, and IV
E. III only
12. The Supreme Court case De Jonge v. Oregon (1925) was significant because it protected
A. affirmative action
B. a woman's right to choose
C. the right to peacefully assemble
D. the rights of the accused
E. the disabled from discrimination in public places
13. Which statement is true regarding the Supreme Court case Powell v. Alabama?
A.
The defendants were given access to attorneys immediately prior to the trial, leaving them
with little time to prepare a defense.
B.
The African American defendants were denied access to attorneys because the arresting
officers were well-known racists.
C. The prosecuting attorney ignored the defendant's request for an attorney.
D. The defendant spoke in his own defense against the wishes of his attorney.
The defendants were not read their Miranda Rights, and therefore, did not know that what
E.
they said could be held against them.
14. The American Disabilities Act is a federal act that requires state institutions and private
businesses to make their establishments accessible to persons with disabilities. The federal
government, however, does not provide any financial support to build or remodel facilities. This
is an example of
A. a shield law
B. an unfunded mandate
C. a block grant
D. gridlock
E. a per curiam decision
15. Which of the following are promised in the Fourteenth Amendment?
I.
II.
III.
states are prohibited from abridging constitutional "privileges and
immunities
states are barred from taking a person's life, liberty, or property "without
due process of law"
states are barred from denying citizens "equal protection under the law"
A. I, II and III
B. I only
C. III only
D. II and III only
E. I and II only
16. Brown v. Board of Education put an end to
A. discrimination in the workplace
B. affirmative action
C. the suffrage movement
D. de facto segregation
E. de jure segregation
17. Which of the following most heavily influences the majority of voters' support for one
candidate over the other?
A. International affairs
B. The economy
C. Entitlements
D. The environment
E. National defense
18. Which Supreme Court case ruled that censorship in the press is unconstitutional?
A. Schenck v. United States
B. Wolf v. Colorado
C. Gitlow v. New York
D. Near v. Minnesota
E. Texas v. Johnson
19.
The graph describes United States defense spending as a percentage of the total budget. Which of
the following statements is NOT supported by the graph?
A. Defense spending as a percentage of the total budget increased from 1950 to 1955.
B.
The percentage of the total budget used for defense spending reached its lowest point in
the 1990s.
C.
The percentage of the budget used for defense spending was higher in recent years than it
was in the 1960s.
D. Defense spending as a percentage of the total budget reached its peak in the mid-1950s.
E.
Between 1955 and 1965, defense spending steadily decreased as a percentage of the total
budget.
20.
[T]o condition the solicitation of aid for the perpetuation of religious views or systems
upon a license, the grant of which rests in the exercise of a determination by state
authority as to what is a religious cause, is to lay a forbidden burden upon the exercise
of liberty protected by the Constitution.
—1940
These words were spoken in which Supreme Court case?
A. Gitlow v. New York
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. Cantwell v. Connecticut
D. Griswold v. Connecticut
E. Wolf v. Colorado
21. By the 1970s, the Court had begun to expand the interpretation of the Fourteenth
Amendment to include
A. disabled persons
B. African Americans
C. the elderly
D. immigrants
E. women
22. Which of the following was the outcome of Gitlow v. New York?
A. The First Amendment was applied to individual states.
B. Disabled persons were protected in the workplace.
C. Women were given the right to choose an abortion.
D. Affirmative action was introduced.
E. Segregation in public places was brought to an end.
23. Which factor greatly contributed to the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
A. Freedom of speech
B. The right to protest
C. The Fourth Amendment
D. The rights of states
E. The Tenth Amendment