US Politics Supreme Court Advanced Test 8

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Politics & Civics — Test 8 (Supreme Court Advanced) High School & Adult (US Government & Civics, USA) USA US Constitution, Bill of Rights & Civics (USCIS)

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Section: Politics & Civics — Test 8 (Supreme Court Advanced) · Education: High School & Adult · Part: Politics & Civics — Test 8 (Supreme Court Advanced) · Country: USA

Civics knowledge is crucial for knowing individual rights and responsibilities and understanding government structure.

This test is designed to assess your knowledge of constitutional law and essential civics.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

Which of the following best defines eminent domain?

A) Taking for public use

B) Seizing for fun

C) Taxing churches

D) Closing courts

Question 2

How long is a Senate term?

A) 2 years

B) 6 years

C) 8 years

D) 4 years

Question 3

What is habeas corpus?

A) Free bail

B) Speedy trial

C) Challenge detention

D) Jury demand

Question 4

What is precedent?

A) New statute

B) Voter wish

C) Party rule

D) Past ruling guiding

Question 5

What is judicial restraint?

A) Deferring to lawmakers

B) Activist rulings

C) No review

D) Fast trials

Question 6

Which term means "Friend-of-court filing"?

A) a veto

B) an amicus brief

C) impeachment

D) the cabinet

Question 7

Which case limited execution of minors (2005)?

A) Atkins v. Virginia

B) Kennedy v. Louisiana

C) Roper v. Simmons

D) Furman v. Georgia

Question 8

Which case protected contraception (1965)?

A) Eisenstadt v. Baird

B) Roe v. Wade

C) Carey v. Population

D) Griswold v. Connecticut

Question 9

Which of the following best defines appellate jurisdiction?

A) Reviewing lower rulings

B) First trials

C) Making laws

D) Pardoning

Question 10

What is judicial activism?

A) No courts

B) Broad rights rulings

C) Lazy judges

D) Only old cases

Question 11

Which case desegregated buses (1956)?

A) Boynton v. Virginia

B) Morgan v. Virginia

C) Browder v. Gayle

D) Keys v. Carolina

Question 12

What is a dissent?

A) Winning order

B) Court recess

C) New trial

D) Losing side's view

Question 13

What best defines just compensation?

A) Fair pay for takings

B) No pay

C) Double pay

D) Tax credit

Question 14

What is an amicus brief?

A) Arrest order

B) Friend-of-court filing

C) Dissent note

D) Veto message

Question 15

Which case protected handgun ownership (2008)?

A) McDonald v. Chicago

B) US v. Miller

C) DC v. Heller

D) Caetano v. Mass

Question 16

Which term means "Challenge detention"?

A) a veto

B) impeachment

C) the cabinet

D) habeas corpus

Question 17

Which 1970 case dealt with the voting age?

A) Oregon v. Mitchell

B) Dunn v. Blumstein

C) Kramer v. Union

D) Lassiter v. Northampton

Question 18

Which term means "president's department heads"?

A) a veto

B) the cabinet

C) impeachment

D) Congress's power of the purse

Question 19

What is the number of justices sit?

A) Seven

B) Twelve

C) Nine

D) Five

Question 20

Name the vice president's job.

A) appoint judges

B) make laws

C) command army

D) Senate tie-breaker, succession

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