foreign policy

Question 1

Court ruled that under adequate guidelines the death

penalty does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment

Answer 1

gregg vs george

Question 2

forbids “cruel and unusual punishments”

Answer 2

8th amendment

Question 3

means a person may not be tried twice for the same crime, thus
protecting people from continual harassment

Answer 3

double jeopardy

Question 4

states in part that no person shall be “twice put in jeopardy of life and
limb”

Answer 4

5th amendment

Question 5

●The Court ruled that the 5th amendment’s protection against self-incrimination requires
suspects be clearly informed of their rights before police question them

Answer 5

miranda vs arizona

Question 6

1964 the Court reversed Escobedo’s conviction, ruling that Escobedo’s 5th
Amendment right to remain silent and his 6th Amendment right to an attorney had been
violated

Answer 6

escodebo vs illinois

Question 7

won a landmark case that ended the Betts rule

Answer 7

clarence earl gideon

Question 8

he Court held that states did not have to provide a lawyer in
cases not involving the death penalty

Answer 8

betts vs brady

Question 9

guarantees a defendant the right “to have the assistance of counsel for
his defense”

Answer 9

6th amendment

Question 10

requiring a court order even

for wiretapping and bugging in national security cases

Answer 10

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Question 11

required

federal, state, and local authorities to obtain a court order for most wiretaps

Answer 11

crime control and safe streets act

Question 12

extended the Fourth Amendment protections by prohibiting wiretapping
without a warrant

Answer 12

katz vs US

Question 13

mandatory suspicionless drug

tests for all students participating in interscholastic athletics

Answer 13

Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton

Question 14

the Supreme Court ruled that school officials do not need

warrants or probable cause to search students or their property

Answer 14

jersey vs TLO

Question 15

must show that the evidence would have been eventually

discovered by legal means

Answer 15

the prosecuter

Question 16

the Court held that evidence obtained in violation of a defendant’s
rights can be used at trial

Answer 16

nix vs williams

Question 17

ruled that as long as the police act in good faith
when they request a warrant, the evidence they collect may be used in court even if the
warrant is defective

Answer 17

US vs Leon

Question 18

the Court established the exclusionary rule

Answer 18

weeks vs US

Question 19

states that any illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in federal
court

Answer 19

exclusionary rule

Question 20

major crime

Answer 20

felony

Question 21

guarantees “ the right of people to be secure
in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and
seizures”

Answer 21

4th amendment

Question 22

A major challenge for democratic political systems

Answer 22

dealing with crime and criminals

Question 23

The most common way a citizen participates in political life

Answer 23

voting

Question 24

an important way to express faith in one’s political system

Answer 24

voting

Question 25

has always stressed each citizen’s responsibility to | participate in political life

Answer 25

american ideal of citizenship

Question 26

The loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process

Answer 26

denaturalization

Question 27

The loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process

Answer 27

treason

Question 28

A person may lose citizenship when convicted of certain federal crimes that involve what

Answer 28

extreme disloyalty

Question 29

The simplest way to lose citizenship;giving up one’s citizenship by leaving one’s native country to live in a foreign country

Answer 29

expatriation

Question 30

Americans can lose their citizenship in any what of three ways:

Answer 30

○–Through expatriation ○–By being convicted of certain crimes ○–Through denaturalization

Question 31

can both grant citizenship and take it away

Answer 31

federal government

Question 32

1868 Congress decided that the citizenship guarantees of the 14th amendment would not apply to who

Answer 32

native americans

Question 33

Congress has used collective naturalization five times

Answer 33

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Question 34

process by which members of a whole group of people, living in the same geographic area, become American citizens through an act of Congress

Answer 34

collective naturalization

Question 35

steps to becoming a citizen include what

Answer 35

An applicant requesting citizenship must be at least 18 years old, have lived in the US as a lawfully admitted resident alien for 30 months of the previous 5 years ●Have lived in the state where the petition is filed for at least 3 months ●If married to a US citizen, he or she only needs 3 years of residency before filing

Question 36

who will be denied citizenship

Answer 36

Draft evaders, military deserters, polygamists, anarchists, Communists, or followers of any other totalitarian system

Question 37

Immigrants who want to become citizens must meet five requirements:

Answer 37

○–Applicants must have entered the United States legally ○–They must be of good moral character ○–They must declare their support of the principles of American government ○–They must prove they can read, write, and speak English (Applicants older than 50 and have lived in the US for 20 years are exempt from this requirement) ○–They must show some basic knowledge of American history and government

Question 38

he U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; is apart of what bureau that administers most of the key steps to the naturalization process

Answer 38

department of homeland security

Question 39

the Supreme Court first dealt with the right to counsel in state courts

Answer 39

powell vs alabama

Question 40

1963, in a unanimous verdict, the Court overruled Betts v. Brady

Answer 40

gideon vs wainwright