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