Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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What do they call the highest court in the United States?
a. | Superior Court | c. | Applet Court | b. | Inferior Court | d. | Supreme Court |
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What governs our society?
a. | Kings | c. | The Law | b. | Dictators | d. | The churches |
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Where are laws made?
a. | Legislative Branch | c. | Judicial Branch | b. | Executive
Branch |
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Which branch puts the laws into action?
a. | Legislative Branch | c. | Judicial Branch | b. | Executive Brnch |
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Which branch interprets the law to say what the law means?
a. | Legislative Branch | c. | Judicial Branch | b. | Executive
Branch |
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Why did the Founding Fathers divide the government into branches, called
separation of powers?
a. | to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful | c. | to make the U.S. government more
powerful | b. | to allow one branch to be superior to the others | d. | to make room for the
states |
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Which Supreme Court case established the power of the Supreme Court?
a. | Brown v. Board of Education | c. | Sweat v.Texas | b. | Marbury v.
Madison | d. | Gore v.
Florida |
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What is Judicial Review?
a. | Listing a court case in the newspapers for review. | c. | The power of the court to say if a
law agrees with the Constitution | b. | Checking to see if the spelling and punctuation
of a law is ok | d. | Laws about
show business |
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If you steal a car inside a state you are breaking a
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If you steal a car inside a state and take it to another state so you are now
involving two states, which law are you breaking?
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Breaking a law, such as robbing a 7/11 is breaking a
a. | civil law | b. | criminal law |
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Declaring bankruptcy or suing someone is called
a. | criminal law | b. | civil law |
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What is it called when you do not agree with the decision of a court so you ask
a higher court to look at your case?
a. | appeal appellate jurisdiction | b. | original
jurisdiction |
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How long are Supreme Court justices appointed for?
a. | 2 years | c. | 6 years | b. | 4 years | d. | life |
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Who was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court by President
Johnson?
a. | Martin Luther King | c. | Ralph Bunch | b. | Thurgood Marshall | d. | Nelson Mandella |
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Who appoints people to the Supreme Court?
a. | The Senate | c. | The President | b. | The Court of Appeals | d. | The House of
Representatives |
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Who must confirm appointments to the Supreme Court made by the President?
a. | the House of Representatives | c. | the Justice
Department | b. | the Senate | d. | the lower courts |
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Which country has the longest living constitution?
a. | United States | c. | England | b. | Canada | d. | France |
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The right to express yourself through social media on the Internet is considered
a. | the freedom to travel | c. | free speech | b. | Miranda Rights | d. | religious
freedom |
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The kind of clothes you wear is considered a matter of
a. | free speech | c. | free fashion | b. | free dress | d. | free travel |
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Which Supreme Court ruling established the first amendment rights of
kids?
a. | Tinker Bell v. Disney | c. | Brown v. Board of Education | b. | Miranda v. State of
Arizona | d. | Tinker v. Des
Moines |
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