• Question 1

1 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that state mandated prayer at public schools was
unconstitutional? It did not matter that the prayer was non-denominational or voluntary.

Engel v. Vitale

• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Which amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment?

8th

• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
According to Aristotle, which of these is a bad form of government?

Democracy

• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court overturn the conviction of a KKK leader who was convicted under
the criminal syndicalism act that made it illegal to advocate violence or terrorism thus going beyond
clear and present danger grounds? The Supreme Court ruled that speech is protected unless “such
advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless acts and is likely to incite or produce
such action.”

Brandenburg v. Ohio

• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
________ is a view of the Constitution that holds that the people are citizens of both the nation and the
state in which they reside so that state and federal powers should overlap.

Cooperative Federalism

• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
________ is an early modern European economic theory and system that actively supported the
establishment of colonies that would supply materials and markets and relieve home nations of
dependence on other nations.

Mercantilism
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Before the Constitution America was governed by the ________.

Article of Confederation

• Question 8
0 out of 1 points
Which two presidents died on the same day, July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the signing of the
Declaration of Independence?

Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson

John Adams and Thomas Jeferson

• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Which amendment banned slavery and involuntary servitude?

13th

• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
________ is a government structure that gives each branch of government some scrutiny and control over
the other branches.

Checks and Balances

• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
Who came up with an idea called the ‘iron law of oligarchy’?

Robert Michels

• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Which view of democracy believes that the people should rule through competing interest groups?

Pluralist Democracy

• Question 13
 1 out of 1 points
U.S. Senators serve ________ year terms.

• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
An organization that has the legitimate authorization to use force to control human behavior is known as
a ________.

Government

• Question 15
1 out of 1 points
The free speech clause of the Constitution gives a person the right to shout fire in a crowded theater or
to tell an angry crowd to kill someone.

False

• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
James Madison is an idealist.

False

• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
According to the Constitution only Christians can hold public office.

False

• Question 18
0 out of 1 points
According to the Constitution which branch of government has the power to declare war?

Congress as a whole

• Question 19
1 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that running at the sight of police provides “reasonable
suspicion”?
 Illinios v. Wardlow

• Question 20
1 out of 1 points
Thomas Jefferson supported a strong central government and the creation of a central bank ________.

False

• Question 21
1 out of 1 points
The practice of drawing district lines to maximize votes for one party over another is called _____.

Gerrymandering

• Question 22
0 out of 1 points
________ is a product or service that benefits all citizens but is unlikely to be provided by the free market.

Private good

Positive externality

Public good

• Question 23
1 out of 1 points
American law is founded on ________.

Englidh common law

• Question 24
1 out of 1 points
Judges of the federal court system are chosen by the ________ and must be approved by the ________.

President; Senate

• Question 25
1 out of 1 points
The U.S. Constitution was ratified in ________.

1788
• Question 26
1 out of 1 points
The United States places a high value on ________.

Individualism

• Question 27
1 out of 1 points
John Locke’s ideas heavily influenced the language used in the ________.

Declaration of Independence

• Question 28
1 out of 1 points
The division of power between a central government and regional governments is called ________.

Federalism

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Question 29
1 out of 1 points
At the constitutional convention in 1787 the plan that created a bi-cameral legislature where one house
was elected by population and the other had equal representation by state was known as the ________.

Great Compromise

• Question 30
1 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court establish the exclusionary rule?

Mapp v Ohio

• Question 31
1 out of 1 points
An individual's coherent set of values and beliefs about the purpose and scope of government is called
________.

Political ideology

• Question 32
1 out of 1 points
 Which case did the Supreme Court rule that a shopping mall was private property and the mall owner
may prohibit patrons from distributing literature on mall property.

Lloyd v. Tanner

• Question 33
1 out of 1 points
Human society can be understood by studying ________ society.

Chimpanzee

• Question 34
1 out of 1 points
Which of these is not a part of the Miranda warnings?

You have a right to not be tortured

• Question 35
1 out of 1 points
The type of government with the rule of one in the interest of all is called a ________.

Monarchy

• Question 36
1 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that political and social caricatures, cartoons, and satire are
protected? False statements of “fact” must be made with malice. Vicious attacks on public figures are
not outside the tradition of American politics.

Hustler magazine v. falwell

• Question 37
1 out of 1 points

Which of these systems base sovereignty on the will of God?

Divine law

• Question 38
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following policies are conservatives least likely to favor?

regulating the economy

• Question 39
1 out of 1 points
In order to ratify an amendment to the constitution ________ of both houses of Congress and ________ of the
state legislatures must pass the measure.

2/3 ; 3/4

• Question 40
1 out of 1 points
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

• Question 41
0 out of 1 points
If a person’s religion requires the person to use an illegal drug, the person cannot be fired from their job
or put in prison for violating the law.

False

• Question 42
1 out of 1 points
The theory that everyone in a democracy should participate is known as ________.

Universal Participation

• Question 43
0 out of 1 points
Which kind of democracy has the potential to infringe on an individual’s natural rights?

Liberalism

Majoritarian

• Question 44
1 out of 1 points
Aaron Burr killed ________ in a duel.

Alexander Hamilton

• Question 45
1 out of 1 points
 James Madison supports ________.

republicanism

• Question 46
0 out of 1 points
The principle in procedural democratic theory that the choice with the largest number of votes should
win is known as ________.

Plurality

• Question 47
1 out of 1 points
________ is a political philosophy that advocates unlimited power for the government.

Totalitarianism

• Question 48
0 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that a law banning flag burning was unconstitutional on free
speech grounds?

United States v. Eichman

• Question 49
0 out of 1 points
One who favors governmental regulation of the economy to protect the environment and the rights of
workers, who stresses the need for social services to aid the poor, and who seeks to promote the values
of equality through governmental action is a ________.

Modern Liberal

• Question 50
1 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that indigent defendants have a right to counsel that must be
provided by the court?

Gideon v. Wainwright

• Question 51
1 out of 1 points
 If a state government decided to give some of its tax revenues to the United Methodist Church for
ministry services this would be a violation of the ________ of the Constitution.

Establishment clause

• Question 52
1 out of 1 points
Freedom of assembly means that protesters without a permit have a Constitutional right to stay in a
public park after curfew.

False

0 out of 1 points
Which of these is not one of the purposes of American government?

Establishing religious practices

1 out of 1 points
How many governments exist in the United States of America?

More than 89,000

Alexander Hamilton was a ________.

Federalist

A loose association of sovereign and independent states that agree to cooperate with each other on
specified matters is known as a ________.

Confederation

1 out of 1 points
• Question 57
1 out of 1 points
According to the Constitution which branch of government has the power to impeach government
officials for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors?”

House of representatives
• Question 58
1 out of 1 points
Which theorist advocated plural voting, where some people get more votes than others?

J.S. Mill

• Question 59
1 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that a crèche standing alone was a violation of the
establishment clause, but a menorah as part of a display of many symbols was not?

County of Allegheny v ACLU

• Question 60
1 out of 1 points
Hobbes painted a dire picture of society without government, arguing that life in it would be “nasty,
brutish, and short." His solution to this, as espoused in his book Leviathan, was this form of
government:

Monarchy

• Question 61
1 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that to be constitutional public benefits or aid to a parochial
schools must be secular in purpose, have a primary effect that neither advanced nor inhibited religion,
and does not foster “excessive entanglement” with religion?

Lemon v. Kutrtzman

• Question 62
1 out of 1 points
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that prior restraint was unconstitutional unless national
security, controlling incitement to violence, or obscenity were at issue?

Near v. Minnesota