C08 Quiz 3 Federalism and Civil Liberties SCORE 95 PERCENT

Question 1

5 / 5 points

In what case can authorities conduct warrantless searches?

Question options:

	a)  Suspected terrorist activities
	b)  Searching a person's house for firearms
	c)  Searching a person's house for illegal drugs
	d)  Sobriety checkpoints

 

Question 2

5 / 5 points

What was the subject of the McCulloch v. Maryland case in 1819?

Question options:

	a)  Foreign treaties
	b)  Second Amendment rights
	c)  Voter rights
	d)  Implied power

 

Question 3

5 / 5 points

What term describes publishing false information that's harmful to a person's reputation?

Question options:

	a)  Slander
	b)  Propaganda
	c)  Fake news
	d)  Libel

 

Question 4

5 / 5 points

When can the government punish speech that advocates for the unlawful use of force?

Question options:

	a)  When it's likely that it involves imminent lawless action
	b)  When it's targeted at a certain ethnic group
	c)  When it's in written form
	d)  When it involves detailed plans

 

Question 5

5 / 5 points

In recent years, what's been the result of fiscal federalism?

Question options:

	a)  An increase in the national government's influence
	b)  An increase in voter participation
	c)  A decrease in voter participation
	d)  An increase in state government influence

 

Question 6

5 / 5 points

What kind of governmental system would be favored by people who wanted to keep some power within the states?

Question options:

	a)  Sovereignty
	b)  Federalism
	c)  Autocracy
	d)  Unitary

 

Question 7

5 / 5 points

What was an unintended interpretation of the 14^th
Amendment?

Question options:

	a)  Corporations being treated as persons and protected from much regulation by the states
	b)  To provide equal protection of the laws
	c)  To protect newly freed slaves
	d)  To take the power to grant citizenship away from the states

 

Question 8

5 / 5 points

What was a result of the Supreme Court's Schenck v. United States decision?

Question options:

	a)  The government would be able to suspend  First Amendment rights in an unlimited manner in times of emergency.
	b)  The government is always allowed to prohibit certain times of expression in times of war.
	c)  The government has to demonstrate that expression presents a clear and present danger before it can prohibit that expression.
	d)  The government wouldn't be allowed to prohibit anti-war speech in a time of war.

 

Question 9

5 / 5 points

What was a weakness of dual federalism?

Question options:

	a)  The government overall had too much power to interfere with business.
	b)  The national government ended up with less power.
	c)  Neither state nor national government had the power to effectively regulate big business.
	d)  States ended up with less power.

 

Question 10

5 / 5 points

How was the power of the states weakened by the 15^th
Amendment?

Question options:

	a)  The states lost the power to issue money.
	b)  The states gained the right to grant citizenship.
	c)  The states now had to pay federal taxes.
	d)  The federal government gained the right to grant citizenship.

 

Question 11

5 / 5 points

The First Amendment protects people's speech from what?

Question options:

	a)  Getting banned from a private social media platform
	b)  Being shunned
	c)  Being fired from a private company
	d)  Government punishment

 

Question 12

5 / 5 points

What best describes the founding fathers' views toward centralized authority?

Question options:

	a)  There was a mistrust of centralizing power in one person or one office.
	b)  The founding fathers wanted a single branch of government.
	c)  The founding fathers wanted an all-powerful executive.
	d)  There was great trust placed in a strong centralized government

 

Question 13

5 / 5 points

How's a block grant different from a categorical grant?

Question options:

	a)  Categorical grants must be used only for a designated activity.
	b)  Block grants must be paid back.
	c)  Categorical grants must be paid back.
	d)  Block grants must be used only for a designated activity.

 

Question 14

5 / 5 points

What's been a driver of the development of federalism through time?

Question options:

	a)  The influence of foreign governments
	b)  Contending interests and the country's needs
	c)  Constitutional language
	d)  Voters voting on changing the federal system

 

Question 15

5 / 5 points

Which of the following wouldn't have First  Amendment protection?

Question options:

	a)  A news article
	b)  Political speech
	c)  Obscenity
	d)  Violent movies

 

Question 16

5 / 5 points

What was added to the Constitution as a way to limit the government's influence in peoples' lives?

Question options:

	a)  The Federalist Papers
	b)  The Declaration of Independence
	c)  The Addendums
	d)  The Bill of Rights

 

Question 17

5 / 5 points

What was the doctrine of nullification in the 1800s?

Question options:

	a)  A national government had a constitutional right to nullify a state law.
	b)  An individual could nullify a local law.
	c)  A state had a constitutional right to nullify a national law.
	d)  A local government could nullify a state law.

 

Question 18

0 / 5 points

What's an enumerated power?

Question options:

	a)  A power specifically listed in the Constitution
	b)  A power allowed only to the national level of government (incorrect)
	c)  A power that applies only to the states
	d)  A power implied in the Constitution

 

Question 19

5 / 5 points

Where do local governments derive their authority?

Question options:

	a)  The Constitution
	b)  The Bill of Rights
	c)  The federal government
	d)  State governments

 

Question 20

5 / 5 points

Why is it difficult to prosecute a news organization for libel of public officials?

Question options:

	a)  It requires proof of actual malice.
	b)  News organizations are free from prosecution.
	c)  Public officials are free from prosecution.
	d)  News organizations are free to lie about public officials.