The Founding and The Constitution
Federalism
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Public Opinion
100
The amendment route to social change...
...is, and always will be, extremely limited.
100
In a federal system, how is power distributed?
Between the State and National Governments.
100
What do the Miranda rights concern?
Self-Incrimination
100
Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery?
The fourteenth amendment
100
What is the so-called gender gap?
Political and voting differences between men and women.
200
Under the Great Compromise, small states were given an advantage in...?
The Senate.
200
By the year 1932, what percent of the United States workforce was unemployed?
25%
200
The right to privacy was based on the decision of what Supreme Court case?
Roe v. Wade
200
Who is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 enforced by?
The Department of Justice
200
What are public-opinion polls?
They are scientific instruments for measuring public opinion.
300
What reserves power not granted to the national government to the states?
The Tenth Amendment
300
What are expressed powers?
Specific powers provided to the national government in the United States Constitution.
300
A law that declares an action to be illegal after it has been committed is called what?
An ex post facto law.
300
This constitutional amendment guaranteed voting rights for African American men.
The fifteenth amendment
300
What does the practice of push polling involve?
Asking loaded questions to subtly shape the respondent's opinion.
400
The three-fifths compromise dealt with what issue?
A slave would count as three-fifths of a person when determining population.
400
The division of powers and functions between the national government and state governments is the definition of...
...Federalism
400
What is the purpose of the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
To protect the right to believe in and practice one's religion of choice.
400
In what case did the United States Supreme Court declare that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal"?
Brown v. Board of Education
400
Which kind of polling error arises when a sample of public opinion over represents or under represents some opinions?
Selection Bias
500
Proponents of the Idea of the "living constitution" argue that...
...the judiciary is the institution best qualified to adjust the constitution's principles to new problems and times.
500
What do Implied Powers of the necessary and proper clause allow?
It allows the national government to interpret its delegated powers expansively.
500
Dollree Map was convicted through evidence obtained through an illegal police search. What happened in her case?
The Supreme Court ruled that the illegal evidence could not be used in court.
500
What did the policy of "Don't ask, don't tell" concern?
Allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military as long as they do not openly proclaim their sexual orientation or engage in homosexual activity.
500
What is the term used to denote the beliefs that people have about political issues, events, institutions, and personalities?
Public Opinion
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