Gender Equity in Sports Exam T2
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
(all sections): On your Scantron sheet,
please fill in thoroughly the letter of the single best choice. YOU MAY WRITE ON THIS SHEET, BUT BE SURE TO
TURN IT IN.
1. Who is a Democrat?
A. Ronald Reagan B. Richard Nixon C.
George Bush D. Bill Clinton
2. The Civil Rights Movement began in what
year?
A. 1929
B. 1945 C.
1954 D. 1989
3. How many amendments are in the Bill of
Rights?
A. 5
B. 7 C. 10 D.
13
4. What is the person filing the complaint in a
civil case known as?
A. accuser
B. plaintiff C.
defendant D. prosecutor
5. What position did Earl Warren hold in 1954?
A. President
B. Senator C.
Chief Justice D. Representative
6. What amendment especially guarantees civil
liberties and civil rights?
A. thirteenth B. fourteenth C.
sixteenth D. nineteenth
7. Who resigned due to the Watergate Scandal?
A. Ronald Reagan B. Richard Nixon C.
George Bush D. Bill Clinton
8. Who had Thurgood Marshall for their lawyer?
A. Brown
B. Bakke C.
Roe D. Plessy
9. What year did the U.S. enter World War I?
A. 1917
B. 1929 C.
1945 D. 1954
10.
What was Woodrow Wilson’s slogan?
A. Great Society B. New Deal C.
New Freedom D. New Frontier
11.
Roe v. Wade dealt with what issue?
A. abortion
B. affirmative action C.
judicial review D. school integration
12.
What majority vote from Congress is needed to override a President’s veto?
A. 1/3
B. 1/2 C. 3/4
D. 2/3
13.
Who sent relief supplies to Bosnia?
A. Ronald Reagan B. Richard Nixon C.
George Bush D. Bill Clinton
14.
The NCAA, NAACP, and NOW are all examples of what?
A. interest groups B. government
agencies C. laws D. affirmative action
15.
Who has the power to override a pocket veto?
A. Senate only B. House of
Representatives only C. Congress
D. no one
16.
In what year did the Cold War end?
A. 1917
B. 1945 C.
1954 D. 1989
17.
Who is currently Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
A. Clarence Thomas B. William
Rehnquist C. Earl Warren D. Antonin Scalia
18.
What level of government includes the Los Angeles Community College District?
A. state
B. county C.
city D. special district
19.
What branch of government is Congress a part of?
A. Legislative B. Congressional C.
Executive D. Judicial
20. What case said “separate cannot be equal?”
A. Plessy v. Ferguson B. Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka, Kansas
C. Roe v. Wade D. Regents of
the University of California v. Bakke
21.
In a civil lawsuit what is the person being complained against known as?
A. accused
B. plaintiff C.
defendant D. prosecutor
22.
Who is primarily responsible for making laws?
A. President
B. Judges C.
Chief Justice D. Congress
23.
How many people are in Congress?
A. 100
B. 425 C. 525 D.
535
24.
Who sent troops to Somlia?
A. Ronald Reagan B. Richard Nixon C.
George Bush D. Bill Clinton
25.
What year did Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas occur?
A. 1917
B. 1945 C.
1954 D. 1989
26.
What is the minimum number of Representatives a state can have?
A. 0
B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
27.
Which level of government is not included in the local governments?
A. state
B. county C.
city D. special district
28.
Which branch of government is the President in?
A. Legislative B. Executive C.
Presidential D. Judicial
29.
Which of the following is prohibited by the Constitution?
A. civil liberites B. writ of habeas
corpus C. bills of attainder
D. limited government
30.
Which of the following do interest groups target?
A. Democrats
B. Republicans C.
no particular party D. all major political parties
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MATCHING (sections B, C, E, F, G,
H): On your Scantron sheet, please use
a #2 pencil to fill in the letter of the best choice to match each
numbered item. Each letter is used as
an answer in each section. YOU MAY
WRITE ON THIS SHEET, BUT BE SURE TO TURN IT IN.
31. Number of people in the U.S. Senate A.
2
32.
Number of branches of government B.
3
33.
Number of levels of government C.
5
34. Number of years Congressman serves D.
6
35. Number of years a Senator serves E. 100
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36.
Cold War begins A.
1789
37.
Fall of the Berlin Wall B.
1917
38.
U.S. enters World War I C.
1945
39.
U.S. Constitution put into effect D.
1954
40.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas E.
1989
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41.
A Federalist A.
Martin Luther King
42.
President during World War I B.
Richard Nixon
43.
President when Roe v. Wade was decided C.
James Madison
44.
Led the Civil Rights Movement D.
Thomas Jefferson
45.
Did not sign the U.S. Constitution E.
Woodrow Wilson
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46.
Laws that punish persons for acts committed before they
A. judicial review
were illegal
B.
bills of attainder
47.
A legislative act pronouncing a person guilty of a crime
without a trial and subjecting him to
capital punishment C.
affirmative action
48.
Power of the U.S. Supreme Court to declare an act passed
D. writ of habeas corpus
by Congress unconstitutional
E.
ex post facto laws
49.
A court order allowing a person to appear before a judge
to determine whether he is being held
lawfully
50.
Policy designed to give special attention to disadvantaged
groups