American Gov't Test 2

Question 1

One of the major political parties in the United States; the oldest political party in the US

Answer 1

Democratic Party

Question 2

A group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power

Answer 2

Political party

Question 3

A political party that holds substantial influence in a country’s politics

Answer 3

Major party

Question 4

Who founded the Democratic-Republican Party?

Answer 4

Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other influential Federalists.

Question 5

What party is also called the Grand Old Party or the GOP

Answer 5

Republican Party

Question 6

A political party that plays a smaller part in a country’s politics and elections.

Answer 6

Minor party

Question 7

A political philosophy maintaining that all persons are the absolute owners of their own lives and should be free to do whatever they with with their persons or property

Answer 7

Libertarianism

Question 8

What percentage of voting-age Americans have libertarian views?

Answer 8

10-20

Question 9

A specific political party’s leaders and workers at the national, state, and local levels

Answer 9

Party organizations

Question 10

The group of officeholders who belong to a specific political party and were elected as candidates of that party

Answer 10

Party in Government

Question 11

The group of citizens who identify with a specific political party

Answer 11

Party in the Electorate

Question 12

A period in which the names of the major political parties, their supporters, and the issues dividing them remain relatively stable

Answer 12

Party system

Question 13

The idea that a political party exists as an organization distinct from its elected officials or party leaders

Answer 13

Party principle

Question 14

The practice of rewarding party supporters with benefits like federal government positions

Answer 14

Spoils system

Question 15

Freedom of religion

Answer 15

First Amendment

Question 16

Freedom of press

Answer 16

First Amendment

Question 17

Freedom of assembly

Answer 17

First Amendment

Question 18

Separation of church and government

Answer 18

First Amendment

Question 19

Right to petition the government

Answer 19

First Amendment

Question 20

Right to bear arms

Answer 20

Second Amendment

Question 21

Protection against the forced quartering of troops in one’s home

Answer 21

Third Amendment

Question 22

Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures; requirement for “probable cause” for search warrants

Answer 22

Fourth Amendment

Question 23

Protection against forced self-incrimination or double jeopardy

Answer 23

Fifth Amendment

Question 24

No person can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

Answer 24

Fifth Amendment

Question 25

Private property cannot be taken for public use without compensation

Answer 25

Fifth Amendment

Question 26

No person can be tried for a serious crime without indictment of a grand jury

Answer 26

Fifth Amendment

Question 27

Right of the accused to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, to an attorney, to confront witnesses, to a compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his or her favor, and to counsel in all felony cases

Answer 27

Sixth Amendment

Question 28

Right to a trial by jury in civil cases involving common law

Answer 28

Seventh Amendment

Question 29

Protection from excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment

Answer 29

Eighth Amendment

Question 30

The enumeration of specific rights in the Constitution shall not be construed to deny other rights retained by the people.

Answer 30

Ninth Amendment

Question 31

Powers not delegated by the Constitution to the national government, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or the people.

Answer 31

Tenth Amendment

Question 32

This amendment made slavery and other forms of involuntary servitude unlawful

Answer 32

Thirteenth Amendment

Question 33

This amendment provides every individual who is born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen and ensures that a state may not deprive a resident of his or her civil rights.

Answer 33

Fourteenth Amendment

Question 34

This amendment prohibits the government from denying any man the right to vote based on race

Answer 34

Fifteenth Amendment

Question 35

What test is derived from the Schenk v. US case

Answer 35

Clear and Present Danger Test

Question 36

What is the purpose of the clear and present danger test?

Answer 36

Allows the government to restrict certain types of speech deemed dangerous

Question 37

What test is derived from the Bradenburg v. Ohio case

Answer 37

Direct Incitement Test

Question 38

What is the purpose of the Direct Incitement Test

Answer 38

Protects threatening speech under the first amendment unless that speech aims to and is likely to cause imminent lawless action

Question 39

What is the purpose of the Miller Test

Answer 39

to determine whether speech meets the criteria for obscenity