
Government Final Exam
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- Q1The president is viewed as the leader ofthe government and nation.the United Nations.the International Monetary Fund.the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.30s
- Q2A general term for an officer commanding any armed forces unitDiplomatCommander-in-ChiefInaugurationGridlock30s
- Q3The official rulebook for the government isThe ConstitutionThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Federalist PapersThe Articles of Confederation30s
- Q4The purpose of the President's Cabinet is toAdvise the President on the different government departments.Assist the President by selecting the most appropriate china for state dinners.Tell the President how to run the country.Decide how to proceed with national events.30s
- Q5The United States Postal Service is part ofThe Legislative BranchThe State GovernmentsThe Judicial BranchThe Executive Branch30s
- Q6Which court case established the power of judicial review?McCulloch v. MarylandMarbury v. MadisonRoe v. WadeGibbons v. Ogden30s
- Q7If a party wants to have the Supreme Court hear their case, it must petition for aJudicial reviewCertificatePrecedentWrit of certiorari30s
- Q8The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are basic rights are granted toAnyone around the worldanyone physically in the U.S.Service in the militaryOnly white landowners30s
- Q9The positive actions the government should take to create equal conditions for all Americans is known asAffirmative rightsMinority rightsCivil rightsSuffrage30s
- Q10The legal process a person takes to become a citizen of another countryNaturalizationDiscriminationCivil disobedienceSegregation30s
- Q11According to the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson's phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" was similar to a phrase written much earlier by whom?Julius CaesarHammurabiJohn LockeAbraham Lincoln30s
- Q12United States citizenship is defined in the Constitution by the13th Amendment15th Amendment14th AmendmentCivil Rights Act of 196430s
- Q13The court case that declared "separate but equal" lawful wasPlessy v. FergusonGratz v. BollingerRegents of the University of California v. BakkeBrown v. Board of Education30s
- Q14In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that _________ schools were unconstitutional.integratedsegregatedmigrateddiscriminating30s
- Q15Civil liberties can be found inThe Articles of ConfederationThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Bill of RightsThe Magna Carta30s