History multiple choice questions please help?

[parnell]

2)Which describes the power of judicial review?
A. The states refuse to enforce an unfair law.
B. A court declares a law to be unconstitutional.
C. The President declares that a law is unjust.
D. Congress changes an unfair law.

3)Which court is most often the court of last resort for cases involving military law?
A. the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
B. the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
C. the Veterans Appeals Court
D. the courts-martial

4)Which term describes the communication of ideas through facial expressions or body language?
A. symbolic speech
B. prior restraint
C. slander
D. seditious speech

5)Which is a legal limit on public assemblies?
A. Police protection must be provided.
B. Assemblies must be content neutral.
C. Banners and signs cannot have negative statements.
D. Gatherings near schools can be prohibited.

6)Which type of discrimination does not give people of different races a full and equal place in social, economic, and political life?
A. race-based discrimination
B. heterogeneous discrimination
C. gender-based discrimination
D. faith-based discrimination

7)Which reason do some people give to explain why women earn less money then men, other than discrimination?
A. Some women put their careers on hold to have children.
B. Women are better educated and don’t need the money.
C. Women have too much experience and not enough education.
D. Federal law encourages differences in pay.

8)In 1954, the Supreme Court overturned laws requiring different schools for white students and African American students. What was the Court’s reasoning in this case?
A. The United States is a heterogeneous society.
B. The laws go against the 13th Amendment.
C. It costs too much to run separate schools.
D. Separate schools can never be equal.

9)Which term describes the legal process by which a court order takes away a person’s citizenship?
A. naturalization
B. denaturalization
C. alienation
D. jus sanguinis

10)Which court is the final authority on the meaning of the Constitution?
A. the court of original jurisdiction
B. the Supreme Court
C. the appellate court
D. the district court

11)Which courts conduct trials that serve the disciplinary needs of the armed forces?
A. federal courts
B. district courts
C. criminal courts
D. courts-martial

12)What does the Supreme Court use to decide whether a State law amounts to an “establishment” of religion?
A. the 1st Amendment
B. the Establishment Clause
C. the Lemon test
D. the Bill of Rights

13)Which right was named by the Supreme Court as part of the freedoms of assembly and petition?
A. the right to call witnesses
B. the right to participate in civil disobedience
C. the right to vote
D. the right of association

14)Which of the following prevents evidence gained as the result of an illegal act by police from being used at the trial of the person from whom it was seized?
A. right to privacy
B. exclusionary rule
C. ex post facto law
D. writs of assistance

15)Which court order is directed to an officer holding a prisoner to show why the prisoner should not be released?
A. due process
B. writ of habeas corpus
C. right to adequate defense
D. guarantee against self-incrimination


16)What is the underlying principle behind the right of the accused to “take the Fifth?”
A. The accused has the right to confront witnesses.
B. The accused must have access to counsel.
C. The accused does not have to prove his or her innocence.
D. All Americans may request a jury trial.

17)What makes the United States a heterogeneous country?
A. its diverse population
B. the current white majority of the population
C. its size
D. its democratic vision

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I don't normally do this, and in the time it took you to type this, you probably could have looked them up. But I guess I am feeling generous, so here you go....

2. b
3. c
4. a
5. d
6. a
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. b
11. d
12. c
13. d
14. b
15. b
16. c
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