Those are political science questions lol

1. Government in the American colonies was

a. Provided solely by the British Parliament

b.A strongly contested issue between the British and the colonists

c.Provided solely by the state legislatures

d. Provided by an amicable union between the colonists and the British

2. Federalists appealed to which part of the electorate?

a. City dwellers

b.The wealthy and educated

c. All of these

d. Merchants

3. The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution specifies that

a. The Supreme Courts decisions are superior to the Constitution

b. The Supreme Court dictates all state laws.

c. The Constitution and related laws are the supreme law of the land.

d. State laws are superior to federal laws

4. Although the American Constitution specified the powers and duties of each branch of government,

a. All of these.

b.There were many challenges in putting the model to work.

c. It was a very complex system.

d.In actuality, much was learned through the practical application of its terms

5. What are the "Civil War Amendments"?

a. Two amendments passed before the Civil War that tried to restrict the rights of African Americans and led directly to the civil war conflict.

b. The amendments that brought the South back into the Union on an equal footing with the northern states.

c. Three amendments that passed in the 5 years after the Civil War that tried to reunify the nation and guarantee African Americans their civil rights.

d. The amendments throughout the latter half of the 19th century that both extended and then restricted the rights of African Americans.

6. One of the most important features of a "cycle of contention" is

a. The relationship that exists between interest groups and social movements

b. Its independence in that the social movement it sparks tends to be localized to a particular grievance and does not spread.

c. The lethargy of the peopled. Its interdependence, so that a protest in one place can lead to similar grievance and protest in another.

7. The European Union is:

a. None of these

b. An example of shared federalism

c. A mixture of both shared and dual federalism

d. An example of dual federalism

8. What are some of the advantages of having national myths?

a. They provide stability

b. All of these

c. They support a hindsight consensus

d. They make the Founding Fathers look like visionaries

9. Why did James Madison believe that a system of federalism based on voluntary compliance would always fail?

a. Each state legislature contained "courtiers of popularity" who would actively oppose particular policies

b. Experience proved that states would never uniformly comply with national requests

c. Doubts about each other's commitment to policies would clog the federal systemd. All of these

10. The idea of British legislative supremacy evolved during

a. The result of the struggles of the Glorious Revolution

b. The many experiences gained in the expanding British Empire

c. The writings of James Madison

d. The writing of Magna Carta (1215)

11. Locke did not mention a judicial branch in his model, but instead called for federative power, an avenue for mediating

a. Quarrels between regions

b. Treaties with foreign countries

c. Relations between the states

d. Gridlock in the Congress

12. One of the major difficulties of running a federal government was

a. The conflicts between state powers and national powers

b. Most people wanted to return to a monarchy

c. There was little difficulty because the Founders were agreed on their plan

d. John Jays stirring, yet controversial predictions about its ultimate failure

13. How is a civil right different than a civil liberty?

a. A civil liberty deals with individuals rather than groups.

b. A civil liberty explains the parameter of the freedom, while the civil right asserts that everyone is treated equally in the use of the freedom.

c. A civil right guarantees that groups of people will not be discriminated against as individuals in those groups use their civil liberties.

d. All of these.

14. The role of the Supreme Court in determining constitutionality of laws is still debated today.

a. TRUEb. FALSE

15. Perhaps the most famous example of "blowback" was

a. The founding of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

b. The Right-to-Life Movement.

c. Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

d. The Same-Sex Marriage Movement.

16. Before Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940), the federal government did not force a state to abide by the freedom of religion clauses of the US Constitution.

a. TRUEb. FALSE

17. Thurgood Marshall vigorously opposed the 14th Amendment.

a. TRUEb. FALSE

18. On the issue of representation, James Madison did NOT favor which of the following:

a. States, as such, have distinct interests that deserve representation

b. Each state should cast one vote, regardless of what wealth or population size among them

c. All of these

d. The seats in both Congressional houses should be equal for each state

19. Americans believed that the actual practice of representation in the colonies:

a. Was achievable only through hard struggle internally

b. Was superior to the situation in 18th-century Britain

c. All of these

d. Would come about when the British Parliament stopped their "rotten" practices in Britain

20. British constitutional authority

a. All of these

b. Was open to interpretation by Parliament

c. Was altered by each Parliaments decisions about the documents legal interpretations

d. Rested in several historical documents

21. According to Hancock, the most important of the Civil War Amendments for 20th-century America has been

a. The 13th Amendment.

b. The 15th Amendment.

c. The 14th Amendment.

d. All have been equally important.

22. The Declaratory Act 1766:

a. Stated that the colonists had to obey parliament "in all cases whatsoever"

b. Eventually, applied to legislative acts in general

c. All of these

d. Applied to matters of taxation

23. The Framers chose an Electoral College to elect the president because they felt that electors would be better informed about the character and qualifications of those seeking office.

a. FALSE b. TRUE

24. What is a civil liberty?

a. A right guaranteed to groups by the 14th Amendment.

b. A state injunction against the federal government.

c. A liberty guaranteed to individuals by the Bill of Rights.

d. A privileged described in the articles of the US Constitution.

25. The Necessary and Proper Clause stated that

a. The judiciary must determine if laws are necessary and proper

b. The executive and the legislature work together in a proper way to make necessary laws

c. The Congress makes any laws necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Constitution

d. The president can do whatever is necessary and proper for the people

26. Freedom of religion in the Constitution prevents all of the following EXCEPT

a. The government from giving privileges to one religion over another.

b. The government from blocking a law that would give one religion privileges over another.

c. The government from creating a state religion.

d. The government from punishing a person who did not want to practice religion.

27. The following is true regarding the freedom of religion as set forth in the US Constitution:

a. The Free Exercise Clause protects a co-worker's right to begin eating without saying grace

b. The Establishment Clause permits the government to set up on religion as the state religion

c. The Free Exercise Clause does not protect a person's right to wear a beard or cut his hair

d. The Establishment Clause guarantees that the government may favor one religion over another

28. The American colonists avoided seeking "imperium in imperio" in their dispute with Britain.

a. FALSE b. TRUE

29. The US Supreme Court case, Arizona v. United States (2012) upheld the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution because

a. Arizona was trying to create its own immigration policy, which is a function of the federal government.

b. Arizona was violating the rights of New Mexico to control its borders.

c. Arizona was crossing national boundaries into Mexico to enforce their laws.

d. Arizona was violating the 14thAmendment.

30. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security is an example of

a. A new phenomenon where an agency has been created which seems to be beyond the scope of the federal or state governments.

b. The federal government getting more power in the wake of 9/11.

c. The states and the federal government taking equal responsibility for the security of the country.

d. The states taking back power from the federal government.

31. Defenders of the British position invoked the Glorious Revolution of 1688, which conclusively demonstrated:

a. Bad kings could be executed

b. Good kings could be restored to power

c. Republicans were evil

d. Acts of Parliament, adopted with royal assent, were the sovereign source of law within the British empire

32. The Great Compromise refers to

a. Making sure small states votes would hold less weight

b. Letting large states maintain an advantage in senatorial representation

c. The equal representation of large and small states in the United States Senate

d. The trade-off that was made during the Constitutional Convention regarding 3 branches

33. The population census every 10 years was instituted in order to

a. Make sure the states with slow population growth maintained their representation in the House

b. Make sure that the slave population was properly counted so that the South got its enhanced representation in the House

c. Find out if the population was stabled. Apportion the 435 seats in the House of Representatives allotted in 1787

34. Sometimes the federalist system creates conflicts and tensions between state and federal governments. An example of this is

a. Presidents engaging in conflicts around the world without formal articles of war from Congress.

b. The death penalty.

c. The creation of the National Security Agency.

d. Immigration policy.

35. The following statement is true regarding civil right issues:

a. Executive orders are usually ineffective to resolve civil rights b. Civil rights are resolved only through the courts

c. The integration of the military was achieved through Congressional action

d. None of these

36. A major problem regarding the Continental Congress was that small states had a proportionally greater advantage over larger states.

a. TRUEb. FALSE

37. The most permissive standard of review for state laws is:

a. None of these

b. Intermediate scrutiny

c. Strict scrutiny

d. Rational basis test

38. Madisons personal experiences of abuse of power in legislatures came from

a. His time as a professor at the University of Virginia

b. His time as a member of the Virginia Assembly

c. His time as governor of Virginia

d. None of these

39. In the famous landmark case, Miller v. California, the US Supreme Court defined obscenity as having what feature(s)?

a. All of these.

b. The material lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

c. The average person would find the material as appealing to a "prurient" interest.

d. The material describes sexual conduct in an offensive way.

40. Myths about the Constitution can

a. Become revered and never challenged

b. Broaden the scope of the Constitution

c. Cloud the proper interpretation of the document

d. Aid in the interpretation of the Constitution

41. In a federal system, constituents are provided with:

a. Less involvement in policy-making

b. Multiple opportunities to engage with public officials

c. Less participation in democratic processess

d. Less opportunity to engage with public officials

42. In 1779 the state of Massachusetts was instrumental in

a. Writing a constitution by and for the people that could not be overturned by the legislature

b. Holding the first convention whose intent was to write a binding constitution

c. All of these

d. Effectively using popular ratification to pass a constitution that would be the supreme law of polity

43. An example of a "signal" to social movements was the way that Perez v. Sharp (1948) and Loving v. Virginia (1967)

a. Influenced same-sex marriage advocates that they could win marriage equality in the Supreme Court.

b. Encouraged environmental activists in the 2000s that they could get coastal environmental protections legislation through Congress.

c. Assured environmental activists that they could get Congress to create the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970.

d. Influenced desegregation advocates in Boston Public Schools in the 1970s that they could win at the Supreme Court.

44. According to Hancock, the crisis of 9/11 tended to create a greater emphasis on centralized government.

a. TRUEb. FALSE

45. Small states were against the Virginia Plan because

a. States were represented unequally

b. State laws were subordinate to national laws

c. Government regulated traded. It created a one-house legislature

46. Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding social movements?

a. Social movements challenged divine right monarchies in the 18th century.

b. Social movements never attempted to address the issue of slavery

c. Social movements originated in response to the notion that there should be broader distributions of power.d. Social movements originated in western societies.

47. The Civil War Amendments were intended to protect the former slaves as they became citizens after the Civil War, but their protections have been extended to other groups such as women, Asians, gays, etc.

a. TRUEb. FALSE

48. The following comes from what document:"This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the Judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any states to the contrary notwithstanding"?

a. Articles of Confederation

b. Bill of Rights

c. Washington's Farewell Address

d. Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution (Article VI)

49. According to Hancock, what rights generally fall under the category of "the rights of the accused."

a. The right to refuse to incriminate oneself, that is not answer questions by the police or the prosecutor.

b. All of these.

c. The right to an attorney in case you are accused.

d. The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

50. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the Congressional election of the executive, which the Framers envisioned?

a. Members of Congress likely would not vote on their knowledge of the presidential candidate but stay loyal to a favorite son.

b. Only the members of the House, which is based on the census, would have a vote for president.

c. All of these.d. Members of Congress likely would bargain with potential executives for their votes and the president would not be strong an independent.