Unit 6 Practice Test

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Unit 6 Practice Test

Last updated over 3 years ago

18 questions

Note from the author:

Judicial Branch & Bill of Rights practice test

Instructions

Work through the practice test; you can use your notes but not your friends or your friends notes!  No need to google anything as everything you need has been given to you. 

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The Supreme Court is established by Article _______  of the Constitution.

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Federal judges are appointed by the _______ and approved by the _______ 

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If a Supreme Court justice agreed with the majority opinion but for different reasons, she would write a _______ opinion; if she disagreed she would write a _______  opinion.

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The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases involving _______ or foreign mininsters/ambassadors.

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When the Supreme Court takes an active role in using its power of judicial review to influence Congress and state legislatures, this is known as judicial _______ ; maintaing the status quo or precedents when deciding cases is called judicial _______ .

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In a _______  case the plantiff can sue the respondet for damages.  In a _______  case the prosecutor is trying a person for a law they broke.  

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Judicial Branch & Bill of Rights practice test

Work through the practice test; you can use your notes but not your friends or your friends notes!  No need to google anything as everything you need has been given to you. 

Match the word to the appropriate definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Original jurisdiction		A court’s authority to review a case on appeal from a lower court
Appellate jurisdiction		An order that helps prevent citizens from being illegally arrested and held without cause
Writ of certiorari		A constitutional guarantee in the 5th and 14th amendments that states the government cannot illegally deprive citizens of life, liberty, property
Due process clause		Listens to testimony in order to deliver a verdict of guilty or not guilty
Petit jury		Reviews evidence and testimony to see if there is sufficient reason to bring a case to trial
Writ of habeas corpus		A written order issued by the Supreme Court to a lower court to send the record of a case for review
Grand jury		A court’s authority to hear a case for the first time

Match each case to the precedent it established.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Roe v. Wade		Affirmative action may be used, but a quota is unconstitutional.
Gideon v. Wainwright		A woman has the right to make private decisions about her body.
In re Gault		A suspect must be made aware of his rights before being interrogated.
US v. Schenck		Juveniles have most of the same rights as adults in a court of law.
Miranda v. Arizona		Established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison		Right to an attorney, even when you can't afford one (federal or state level)
Regents of the U. of CA v. Bakke		Allows for the US to limit speech when it threatens national security

Which amendment guarantees the following?

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
3rd		separation of church and state (establishment clause)
1st		ability to bear arms
6th		right to not quarter troops
2nd		protection against illegal searches and seizures
10th		protection against double jeopardy
9th		right to a speedy, public trial
8th		ability to have a jury in a civil case
4th		protection against excessive bail
14th		unenumerated rights of citizens
7th		reserved powers of the states
5th		equal protection under the law

The Supreme Court is established by Article _______  of the Constitution.

Federal judges are appointed by the _______ and approved by the _______ 

If a Supreme Court justice agreed with the majority opinion but for different reasons, she would write a _______ opinion; if she disagreed she would write a _______  opinion.

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases involving _______ or foreign mininsters/ambassadors.

When the Supreme Court takes an active role in using its power of judicial review to influence Congress and state legislatures, this is known as judicial _______ ; maintaing the status quo or precedents when deciding cases is called judicial _______ .

Which of the following is an example of the Legislative branch checking the judicial branch? (choose all that apply)

Congress passes a law establishing a new judicial circuit.

The Senate holds an impeachment trial to investigate the misbehavior of a federal judge.

The Senate does not confirm Robert Bork’s appointment to the Supreme Court.

The House appropriates funds for the building of a new federal court house in Dallas.

Jennifer is arrested for shoplifting. Which court will hear her case first?

State district court

US circuit court

US district court

State court of appeals

Jake is convicted for drug trafficking across state lines, but he had no opportunity to question the witness who testified against him. Which court will hear his appeal first?

State supreme court

US circuit court

State court of appeals

US supreme court

If a person is charted with fraud for making counterfeit passports, which court would hear the case first?

US District

Texas District Court

US Circuit Court of Appeals

Texas Court of Criminial Appeals

Which of the following ways can a federal judge or justice leave office?

Retirement/step down

Death

Fired by the president

Impeachment

In a _______  case the plantiff can sue the respondet for damages.  In a _______  case the prosecutor is trying a person for a law they broke.  

An example of the judicial branch checking the legislative branch through judical review is...

when the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act

when the Supreme Court affirmed FDR's executive order intering US citizens of Japanese and German descent 

when the US Constitution was amended to change the voting age to 18

when congress impeached Justice Samuel Chase 

How can Congress check a ruling by the Supreme Court?

impeachment a justice

add more justices to the court

propose an amendment

ask the More Supreme Court to hear the case

Which Supreme Court case affirmed that students (and teachers) do not stop their right to free speech at the school doors?

Tinker v. Des Moines

Miranda v. Arizona

US v. Nixon

Furman v. Georgia

Which Supreme Court Case ended the practice of "separate but equal" in eduation?

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Plessey v. Ferguson

Tinker v. Des Moines

Brown v. Board of Education

Match the word to the appropriate definition.

Original jurisdiction

A court’s authority to review a case on appeal from a lower court

Appellate jurisdiction

An order that helps prevent citizens from being illegally arrested and held without cause

Writ of certiorari

A constitutional guarantee in the 5th and 14th amendments that states the government cannot illegally deprive citizens of life, liberty, property

Due process clause

Listens to testimony in order to deliver a verdict of guilty or not guilty

Petit jury

Reviews evidence and testimony to see if there is sufficient reason to bring a case to trial

Writ of habeas corpus

A written order issued by the Supreme Court to a lower court to send the record of a case for review

Grand jury

A court’s authority to hear a case for the first time

Match each case to the precedent it established.

Roe v. Wade

Affirmative action may be used, but a quota is unconstitutional.

Gideon v. Wainwright

A woman has the right to make private decisions about her body.

In re Gault

A suspect must be made aware of his rights before being interrogated.

US v. Schenck

Juveniles have most of the same rights as adults in a court of law.

Miranda v. Arizona

Established judicial review 

Marbury v. Madison

Right to an attorney, even when you can't afford one (federal or state level)

Regents of the U. of CA v. Bakke

Allows for the US to limit speech when it threatens national security

Which amendment guarantees the following?

3rd

separation of church and state (establishment clause)

1st

ability to bear arms

6th

right to not quarter troops

2nd

protection against illegal searches and seizures

10th

protection against double jeopardy

9th

right to a speedy, public trial

8th

ability to have a jury in a civil case

4th

protection against excessive bail

14th

unenumerated rights of citizens

7th

reserved powers of the states

5th

equal protection under the law

Which of the following is an example of the Legislative branch checking the judicial branch?  (choose all that apply)

Congress passes a law establishing a new judicial circuit.

The Senate holds an impeachment trial to investigate the misbehavior of a federal judge.

The Senate does not confirm Robert Bork’s appointment to the Supreme Court.

The House appropriates funds for the building of a new federal court house in Dallas.

Jennifer is arrested for shoplifting.  Which court will hear her case first?

State district court

US circuit court

US district court

State court of appeals

Jake is convicted for drug trafficking across state lines, but he had no opportunity to question the witness who testified against him.  Which court will hear his appeal first?

State supreme court

US circuit court

State court of appeals

US supreme court

If a person is charted with fraud for making counterfeit passports, which court would hear the case first?

US District

Texas District Court

US Circuit Court of Appeals

Texas Court of Criminial Appeals

Which of the following ways can a federal judge or justice leave office?

Retirement/step down

Death

Fired by the president

Impeachment

An example of the judicial branch checking the legislative branch through judical review is... 

when the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act

when the Supreme Court affirmed FDR's executive order intering US citizens of Japanese and German descent 

when the US Constitution was amended to change the voting age to 18

when congress impeached Justice Samuel Chase 

How can Congress check a ruling by the Supreme Court?

impeachment a justice

add more justices to the court

propose an amendment

ask the More Supreme Court to hear the case

Which Supreme Court case affirmed that students (and teachers) do not stop their right to free speech at the school doors?

Tinker v. Des Moines

Miranda v. Arizona

US v. Nixon

Furman v. Georgia

Which Supreme Court Case ended the practice of "separate but equal" in eduation?

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Plessey v. Ferguson

Tinker v. Des Moines

Brown v. Board of Education