Good
The prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment comes from which amendment?
Eighth
The best example of a civil right is the right to
vote
If I wanted to remove a state-elected official from office, what type of election would need to be held?
Recall
In order to be declared the winner of the presidential election, a candidate must receive at least 270 Electoral College votes.
True
Freedom rides and sit-ins were part of the philosophy of _____ used as a means to achieve racial justice.
civil disobedience
The word _______ does not appear in the Constitution but has been interpreted to exist by the courts.
privacy
The “right to remain silent” is a citizen’s protection against which of the following?
self-incrimination
The Fourth Amendment’s requirement for a warrant ________.
does not apply when there is a serious risk that evidence will be destroyed before a warrant can be issued
Which statement regarding the Civil War Amendments is correct?
The Fourteenth Amendment asserted that no state shall deny a person due process of law.
_____ refer specifically to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law.
Civil rights
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was illegal in the case of
Brown v. Board of Education
The ________ Act of 1965 ended the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voter registration in many cities and towns.
Voting Rights
Which constitutional amendment abolished poll taxes?
Twenty-fourth Amendment
In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court rule that “separate but equal” facilities were legal?
Plessy v. Ferguson
_____, the use of mob action to murder African Americans accused of violating the behavior code, was a common practice in the South.
Lynching
Racial segregation that occurs because of past socioeconomic conditions and residential racial patterns is known as
de facto segregation
If your friend explains to you that they choose not to vote because it takes too much time, energy, and is not worth the effort, they are not voting because of:
Rational choice theory
The Supreme Court has decided that the death penalty ________.
may not be applied to those who were under 18 when they committed a crime
When someone votes based on the behavior of the candidate that is already in office, they are engaging in blank space voting.
Retrospective
The Second Civil Rights Act mandated that
everyone is entitled to full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations.
The _______ Amendment says that citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of their race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Fifteenth
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution because ________.
key states refused to ratify the Constitution unless it was added
If I live in a state in which the requirement to be declared the winner of the election is at least 50% + 1% of the vote, then my state operates under a _________ system.
Majority
In blank space primaries, any registered voter can vote in any party’s primary, whereas in blank space primaries, voting is limited to registered members of that party.
Open; closed
When voters choose a candidate based on what they promise they will do for them in the future, they are engaging in which form of voting?
Prospective