US Politics Supreme Court History Test 4

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Politics & Civics — Test 4 (Supreme Court History) High School & Adult (US Government & Civics, USA) USA US Constitution, Bill of Rights & Civics (USCIS)

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Section: Politics & Civics — Test 4 (Supreme Court History) · Education: High School & Adult · Part: Politics & Civics — Test 4 (Supreme Court History) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

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

Question 1

What is stare decisis?

A) Standing by precedent

B) Ignoring past

C) New trials

D) Fast appeals

Question 2

Which case allowed anonymous pamphlets (1995)?

A) Buckley v. Valeo

B) McIntyre v. Ohio

C) Talley v. California

D) Watchtower v. Stratton

Question 3

Which of the following best defines a dissent?

A) Winning order

B) Court recess

C) Losing side's view

D) New trial

Question 4

Which term means "Home-senator input"?

A) a veto

B) impeachment

C) the cabinet

D) senatorial courtesy for judges

Question 5

Which case denied citizenship to Black Americans (1857)?

A) Dred Scott v. Sandford

B) Plessy v. Ferguson

C) Brown v. Board

D) Gideon v. Wainwright

Question 6

Which case established judicial review (1803)?

A) Brown v. Board

B) Marbury v. Madison

C) Miranda v. Arizona

D) Roe v. Wade

Question 7

What is a majority opinion?

A) Losing view

B) Tie note

C) Winning reasoning

D) Press release

Question 8

What is Congress's power of the purse?

A) sets salaries only

B) prints money freely

C) collects no tax

D) controls spending

Question 9

What did United States v. Nixon decide?

A) No absolute executive privilege

B) Presidents cannot be sued

C) Tapes are private

D) Congress cannot subpoena

Question 10

What best defines eminent domain?

A) Seizing for fun

B) Taking for public use

C) Taxing churches

D) Closing courts

Question 11

Which of the following best defines senatorial courtesy for judges?

A) Free tickets

B) Dress code

C) Home-senator input

D) Long terms

Question 12

What did Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) guarantee?

A) Free bail for all

B) Jury in civil cases

C) No death penalty

D) A lawyer for poor defendants

Question 13

What best defines the State of the Union?

A) president's yearly address

B) election

C) census

D) court ruling

Question 14

Which case gave presidents immunity acts (2024)?

A) Nixon v. Fitzgerald

B) Trump v. United States

C) Clinton v. Jones

D) US v. Nixon

Question 15

Which case allowed separate but equal (1896)?

A) Brown v. Board

B) Roe v. Wade

C) Plessy v. Ferguson

D) Miranda v. Arizona

Question 16

What best defines a veto?

A) new law

B) court order

C) election

D) president rejects a bill

Question 17

How long is a House term?

A) 2 years

B) 1 year

C) 4 years

D) 6 years

Question 18

What best defines a filibuster?

A) secret ballot

B) long Senate speech delaying vote

C) veto

D) fast vote

Question 19

Which case ended preclearance (2013)?

A) Northwest Austin v. Holder

B) Brnovich v. DNC

C) Shelby County v. Holder

D) Allen v. Milligan

Question 20

What did Brown v. Board of Education decide?

A) Segregation is legal

B) Busing is banned

C) Only colleges integrate

D) Segregated schools are unequal

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