Voting Facts
The age at which you can pre-register to vote
A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 17
What is 16?
The U.S. Supreme Court enabled which government practices to continue in its ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A. prohibiting monopoly formation
B. segregating public facilities
C. establishing immigration quotas
D. regulating financial markets
B. segregating public facilities
Which form of government is based on popular sovereignty?
A. communism
B. dictatorship
C. monarchy
D. republic
D. republic
Government by the people and the separation of powers are the main principles of which founding document?
A. Bill of Rights
B. U.S. Constitution
C. Mayflower Compact
D. Northwest Ordinances
B. U.S. Constitution
Which of the following ancient civilizations established a republican form of government?
A. Roman
B. Egyptian
C. Greek
D. Persian
A. Roman
The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18
A. 19th Amendment
B. 14th Amendment
C. 20th Amendment
D. 26th Amendment
What is the 26th Amendment?
Which Supreme Court case established the basis for the exercise of judicial review under Article III of the Constitution?
A. Fletcher v. Peck
B. Gibbons v. Ogden
C. Marbury v. Madison
D. McCulloch v. Maryland
C. Marbury v. Madison
Which article of the U.S. Constitution grants the power to coin money, make treaties, and levy import duties?
A. Article I
B. Article II
C. Article III
D. Article IV
A. Article I
Which person is considered to be the principal author of the U.S. Constitution?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Richard Henry Lee
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. James Madison
D. James Madison
Which circumstance would require a search warrant?
A. searching persons with reasonable suspicion
B. examining evidence that is in plain view
C. searching school lockers for contraband
D. examining the contents of a hotel room
D. examining the contents of a hotel room
The number of years it takes for a Floridians vote-by-mail ballot request to expire
A. One Year
B. Two Years
C. Four Years
D. Ten Years
What is two years?
Which Supreme Court case defined the First Amendment rights of public school students?
A. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District
B. Abington School District v. Schempp
C. Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
D. Everson v. Board of Education
A. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District
Use the passage below, from an exchange between former president Nixon and a television interviewer, to answer the question that follows.
“Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal”--Richard M. Nixon Source: The Washington Post, June 5, 1977
Which constitutional principle does the statement from President Nixon contradict?
A. separation of powers
B. republicanism
C. rule of law
D. equality
C. rule of law
In the Mayflower Compact, Plymouth settlers pledged to unite into "a civil body politic" and agreed to make and abide by laws that "insured the general Good of the Colony."
What founding document did this set a precedent for?
A. Declaration of Independence
B. Bill Of Rights
C. Magna Carta
D. U.S. Constitution
D. U.S. Constitution
Which phrase best describes the power of impeachment?
A. the ability of the U.S. House to charge federal officers with a crime or violation
B. the ability of the U.S. Supreme Court to determine constitutionality of laws
C. the power of the U.S. Senate to remove federal officers for a crime or violation
D. the power of the U.S. President to enforce decisions of federal courts
A. the ability of the U.S. House to charge federal officers with a crime or violation
The hours that the polls are open
A. 7AM to 8PM
B. 6:30AM to 7PM
C. 7AM to 7PM
D. 9AM to 8PM
What is between 7AM and 7PM?
Which of the following cases resulted in a decision that undermined civil rights and liberties in prioritization of national security?
A. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
B. Brown v. Board of Education
C. District of Columbia v. Heller
D. Korematsu v. United States
D. Korematsu v. United States
What is the principal function of a written constitution?
A. resolving disagreements between competing parties
B. confirming resistance to civil disobedience
C. declaring the independence of a state
D. outlining the structure and powers of a government
D. outlining the structure and powers of a government
Which of the following statements regarding the Monroe Doctrine is accurate?
A. The Monroe Doctrine prohibited future European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
B. Debates over the Monroe Doctrine heightened sectional divisions in the United States.
C. The United States used the Monroe Doctrine to justify the annexation of overseas territories.
D. Great Britain's opposition to the Monroe Doctrine was a major cause of the War of 1812.
A. The Monroe Doctrine prohibited future European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
A man is walking down a public street window-shopping. A robbery is reported in that same area. Police officers stop and search the man who is shopping.
On what Constitutional grounds could this man contest this search as a violation of his rights?
A. Second Amendment
B. Third Amendment
C. Fourth Amendment
D. Fifth Amendment
C. Fourth Amendment
2 of 3 requirements need to be able to vote in the United States
What is, you must be a citizen of the United States of America, who is at least 18 years old, who has not been convicted of a felony or has had rights restored, and who a judge has not deemed mentally unfit to vote
A person is charged with felony breaking and entering. During the court proceedings, the defendant requested an attorney and was denied the right to counsel. Which Supreme Court case overturned the trial court’s decision, due to lack of counsel?
A. Miranda v. Arizona
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. McCulloch v. Maryland
D. Gideon v. Wainwright
D. Gideon v. Wainwright
Which of the following objectives best describes the purpose of the system of checks and balances, as defined in the U.S. Constitution?
A. establishing accountability for the government when levying taxes
B. maintaining a healthy economy and establishing trade with other governments
C. keeping any one of the three branches of government from becoming too powerful
D. assuring that the government spends only as much money as it takes in
C. keeping any one of the three branches of government from becoming too powerful
The Mayflower Compact includes a pledge to ensure that all citizens look out for the general good of the colony. Based on this, what impact has the Mayflower Compact had on modern understanding of the purpose of government in the United States?
A. The government should protect the property of influential citizens.
B. The government should provide equal protection under the law.
C. The government should advance the goals of the elite.
D. The government should establish religious unity.
B. The government should provide equal protection under the law.
By what process were eighteen-year-olds fully granted the right to vote?
A. resolution of Congress
B. voter initiative
C. Supreme Court decision
D. constitutional amendment
D. constitutional amendment