part 3- Government final exam

Question 1

The authority of a court to hear a case is called...

Accepted Answer

jurisdiction

Question 2

Which Supreme Court case legalized abortion using the argument that women have a "right to privacy" in the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Roe v Wade

Question 3

Which Supreme Court case determined that a school can search students with only "reasonable suspicion"?

Accepted Answer

NJ v TLO

Question 4

It is possible to win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote and therefore not be elected.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Each state receives the number of electoral votes equal to...

Accepted Answer

the number of Representatives plus Senators

Question 6

Which Supreme Court cases reverses Plessy v Ferguson, saying that segregation is unconstitutional?

Accepted Answer

Brown v Board of Education

Question 7

Which Supreme Court case said that a university's race-based admissions policy violated the Equal Protection Clause?

Accepted Answer

Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard

Question 8

In Kennedy v Bremerton School District, the Supreme Court said that ______ was legal under the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

prayer by a coach after a game

Question 9

The presidency is won by the candidate who gets the majority of the electoral votes, or ______ of the 538.

Accepted Answer

270

Question 10

The movie "13 Days" dealt with which international event?

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 11

In Vernonia School District v Action, the Supreme Court said that ______ was legal under the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

mandatory random drug testing of athletes

Question 12

The __________ was a compromise combining Congressional selection and popular election of the President.

Accepted Answer

electoral college

Question 13

Media is biased.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

In the movie "13 Days" who was the President at the time of the incident?

Accepted Answer

John F Kennedy

Question 15

An open primary is one in which...

Accepted Answer

any qualified voter can vote

Question 16

In the movie "13 Days" what did we want to happen?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union to remove offensive missiles from Cuba

Question 17

"Fake news" is ....

Accepted Answer

outright false and misleading stories

Question 18

Non-voters tend to be ...

Accepted Answer

male

Question 19

Because of the electoral college, _______ get almost all the attention in an election year with candidate visits/events.

Accepted Answer

swing states

Question 20

_________ is a preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment.

Accepted Answer

bias

Question 21

What does the movie "13 Days" demonstrate about how the President makes decisions?

Accepted Answer

his advisors have different opinions and he must make the final decision

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a way to help identify bias in media?

Accepted Answer

find balanced perspectives presented in the reporting

Question 23

A _____ primary, as in Pennsylvania, is one in which only declared party members can vote.

Accepted Answer

closed

Question 24

To reach a general agreement on an issue is to reach ...

Accepted Answer

consensus

Question 25

Which Supreme Court case overturned Roe v Wade?

Accepted Answer

Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization

part 3- Government final exam

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part 3- Government final exam

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