Reference no: EM133273358
1. The main Constitutional rule in the United States about freedom of the press is that:
A. Censorship of the media is common
B. The media is controlled by the Liberals and airs only the news that Liberals want you to believe.
C. There shall be no prior restraints by government as to what the media may publish.
D. Governmental agencies monitor and control what may be aired through the media.
2. Although not written into the constitution, the concept of ______________ as established in the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison in 1803 is an example of checks and balances which serves to limit the power of the government.
a. judicial review
b. partisanship
c. institutionalism
d. laissez faire
3. A government in which citizens rule indirectly and make government decisions through their elected representatives is a ____________.
a. republic
b. authoritarian
c. direct democracy
d. monarchy
4. National government powers listed explicitly in the Constitution are called several things, but one of them is:
a. granted powers
b. reserved powers
c. inherent powers
d. concurrent powers
5. The rights reserved to the states and to the people are based on the ____________ amendment.
a. 10th
b. 2nd
c. 7th
d. 12th
6. A political system in which power is divided between the central and regional units.
a. Authoritarianism
b. totalitarianism
c. democracy
d. federalism
7. These powers for the national government are not specifically named in the Constitution but are implied by it, generally for the position of the presidency: ____________________________
A. reserved powers
b. explicit powers
c. inherent powers
d. granted powers
8. De Jure segregation, or segregation by law, began with this Supreme Court Case _____________ and ended with this case:__________________.
a. Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896; Mitchell v. U. S., 1941
b. Jim Crow laws; Civil Rights Act of 1964
c. Plessy v. Ferguson, 1954; 1964 Civil Rights Act
d. Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896; Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka KS, 1954
9. Time, place and manner restrictions on free speech have not been upheld as Constitutional by the Supreme Court. T/F
10. The American Colonists revolted and declared independence for religious reasons. T/F
11. Which of the following is not an enumerated power of the federal government?
a. taxation
b. public education
c. declare war
d. regulation of commerce
12. What did Madison think was the cause of factions?
a. all of the options
b. unequal distribution of property
c. liberty
d. the differing opinions of mankind
13. The federal governments' authority to regulate commerce among the states and to declare war are examples of ____________ powers.
A. concurrent
b. implied
c. enumerated
d. reserved
14. Where there was a clear division of governing authority between national and state governments during the first 150 years of the history of the United States, the relationship is referred to as:
a. cooperative federalism
b. dual federalism
c. new federalism
d. marble cake federalism
15. All the following are powers granted to Congress under article 1, section 8, of the Constitution except
a. power to coin money
b. power to declare war
c. power to collect taxes
d. power to command the armed forces