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These are the Study Questions from the Syllabus given by Dr. Joe Corrado

Questions: 40 | Attempts: 189

Sample Question
State and local goverments today employ more people than the national government.

True

False

Government Quiz 26

Government Quiz

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 8

Sample Question
In the case of _______, a federal court declared the system of voter registration used in Texas to be unconstitutional.

Edgewood Independent School District v. Kirby

Brown v. Board of Education

Smith v. Allwright

Beare v. Smith

None of the above

Government Quiz 25

Government Quiz

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 17

Sample Question
Which of the following statements correctly describes the citizenship of American Indians?

The Supreme Court ruled in 1865 that the Fifteenth Amendment made them U.S. Citizens

They have been citizens since the 1800s

Congress passed an act in 1924 to make them U.S. citizens.

They are not considered citizens of the United States if they live on a reservation.

Government Quiz 24

Government Quiz

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 6

Sample Question
Due process is a broad concept that _________

Allows people to be arrested and confied in order for society at large to be protected

Allows the government the necessary discretion to make laws for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens

Establishes a general standard of fairness so that the rights of all citizens are impartially protected

All of the above

Government Quiz 23

Government Quiz

Questions: 19 | Attempts: 14

Sample Question
The question of civil liberties has often involved ___________

Balancing rights of many individuals

Balancing liberty of many individuals

Balancing the individual's right with society's interests

All of the above

Government Quiz 22

Government quiz

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 11

Sample Question
The concept of a "wall of separation" is related to the First Amendment guarantee of ___________.

Freedom of speech

Freedom of press

Freedom of religion

The right to petition the government

None of the above

Government Quiz 21

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 17

Sample Question
Which of the following provides for the due process of law?

The First and Second Amendments

The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments

The Tenth and Thirteenth Amendments

The Nineteenth and Twelfth Amendments

Government Quiz 20

Government Quiz

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 19

Sample Question
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution explicitly guarantees all of the following EXCEPT

Freedom of speech

Freedom of the press

Freedom to assemble peaceably

Freedom to form political associations

Freedom to petition the government for redress of grievances

Government Quiz 19

Government Quiz

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 18

Sample Question
A body of rules that is made by government for society, interpreted by the courts, and backed by the power of the state is _________

Certiorari

Law

Precedent

Input

Government Quiz 18

Government Quiz

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 13

Sample Question
Critics of the judicial selection process in Texas complain that ____

Judges' reliance on campaign contributions compromise their independence

Partisan elections create a divided and nonneutral judiciary

At-large elections discriminate against minorities

Partisa elections may produce judges with marginal quaifications

All of the above

Government Quiz 17

Government Quiz

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 29

Sample Question
The power of the courts to declare acts of Congress, actions of the federal executive, or laws tht are enacted by any level of government to be unconstitutional is the power of _________

Judicial review

Certiorari

Precedent

Star decisis

Government Quiz 16

Government Quiz

Questions: 18 | Attempts: 48

Sample Question
The mythical vision most Americans hold of judges sees them as all of the following EXCEPT ____

Wise

Passionate

Objective

Impartial

Nonpolitical

Governmnet Quiz 10

Government quiz

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 46

Sample Question
The official responsible for certifying elections and maintaining records on campaign expenditures is the _____.

Attorney general

Tresurer

Secretary of state

Lieutenant governor

Governor

Government Quiz 9

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 52

Sample Question
Bureaucrats are said to make policy because _________

They choose among alternative goals and programs

They participate in the resolution of conflict

They participate in the initiation of policy proposals

All of the above

Government Quiz 8

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 48

Sample Question
The Office of General Counsel and the Office of Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Industries are both part of the _______.

Policy Council

Office of Budget and Planning

Office of the Governor

Commerce Department

Legislative Budget Board

Government Quiz 7

Government quiz 7

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 48

Sample Question
Under the Constitution , as interpreted by the Supreme Court, which of the following institutions has the primary responsibility for conducting foreign affairs?

Congress

The Senate

The president

Congress and the Supreme Court

Government Quiz 6

Government quiz 6

Questions: 3 | Attempts: 18

Sample Question
In order to stay connected with his constituents, Representative Pete Gallego of Marfa _________.

Walks his entire district in a day

Listens to a variety of needs from farmers and ranchers to small-business people

Personally answers every letter from his primarily white, Republican constituency

Stays in his district office and waits for people to come to him

Government Quiz 5

Government quiz 5

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 59

Sample Question
Which of the following has been a factor in creating "gridlock" in Congress, thus inhibiting Congress from acting?

A divided government

A democrat-controlled congress facing a democrate in the white house

A republican-controlled congress facing a republican in the white house

Interference by the supreme court

Government Quiz 4

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 36

Sample Question
Which of the following forms of legislative action is used by the Texas legislature to propose constitutional amendments?

Bill

Simple resolution

Concurrent resolution

Joint resolution

None of the above

Government Quiz 3

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 61

Sample Question
Which of the following is true regarding the present relationship fo the two houses of Congress?

House seats are safer then Senate seats

Senate seats are safer than House seats

There are fewer marginal Senate seats than there are marginal House seats

The House is more responsive than the Senate to pressures for change in the status quo.

Government Practice Quiz

Government Practice Quiz 1

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 82

Sample Question
As a result of 1994 Republican congressional victory, which of the following became speaker of the House?

Representative Tom Delay

Representative Dick Armey

Representative Newt Gingrich

Representative Charlie Rangel

Government Quiz 2

Government quiz 2

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 178

Sample Question
The number of members in the Texas House of Representatives is ___.

50

100

131

150

435

Greece- Government

6th grade social studies unit on Greece

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 13

Sample Question
- Rulers Lived Comfortable Lives - Made laws that increased the wealth of the rich and decreased the wealth of the poor

Monarchy

Oligarchy

Tyrany

Democracy

NCDcc CD Shelter Theory Assessment

CD SHELTER PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 11

Sample Question
Which of the MRT Stations does not have a Civil Defence shelter?

Newton MRT

Hougang MRT

Lavender MRT

Jurong East MRT

Govtest1 End Of Ch 12 (bureaucracy) Test

End of ch 12

Questions: 18 | Attempts: 45

Sample Question
Bureaucratic power stems from the power to

Develop formal rules

Adjudicate individual cases

Use administrative discretion

All of the above

Government

Questions: 22 | Attempts: 5

Sample Question
The Original 13 Colonies were governed?

In 1865

By the anti-federalists

Before great britain

The president

Unit 4 Quizzzzzz

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 5

Sample Question
The assumptions underlying both the weakness of the Confederation government and the opposition to a stronger government was that...

Only the gentry could govern well

Only the common folk could govern well

State merchants were worried about federal taxes

Any concentration of power was dangerous

Only affected officials could be trusted with power

Your Style Of Government

You've risen through the ranks, and now your are the official leader of your own country! It's time to decide what style of governance best suits you! Would you be best suited for the tyrannical oppression, or the laizzez-faire...

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 10

Sample Question
What's more important?

Army

Independance

Freedom

Democracy

Faith

Unity

Power

Government Quiz

This quiz will test your knowledge of some government/civics. It will be MOSTLY true or false, so you have a 50% chance of getting it right and a 50% chance of getting it wrong.

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 9

Sample Question
How many presidencies were there?

43

44

Types Of Government

Name the government based on the given clues.

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 268

Sample Question
In a dictatorship, who makes the laws?

A group of powerful leaders

One powerful leader with the support of a strong military

A president

A king or queen

Government Vocab 2 Quiz

Government Vocab 2~ Textbook~ Pearson: Prentice Hall Magruder's American Govenrment

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 24

Sample Question
Introduction

Articles

Rule of Law

Preamble

Separation of Powers

Constitutionalism

Government Leaders

A quiz of national, state, and local government leaders.

Questions: 26 | Attempts: 10

Sample Question
Name the two Virginia Senators.

Mark Warner

Robert "Bobby" Scott

Robert J. Wittman

Glenn C. Nye III

Jim Webb

Government

Multiple choice quiz on US Government

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 119

Sample Question
After becoming a country, our first laws were called:

The Declaration

The Articles of Confederation

The Gettysburg Address

The Constitution

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