Gov Exam 2
Challenge Your Knowledge: U.S. Political Culture Quiz
Test your understanding of American political culture and history with this comprehensive quiz! Dive into fundamental concepts, Supreme Court cases, civil liberties, and the evolution of democracy in the United States.
Whether you're a student preparing for an exam or simply curious about the political landscape, this quiz will engage your critical thinking skills.
- 31 thought-provoking questions
- Multiple choice and checkbox formats
- Learn about key political values and landmark cases
What is Political Culture?
When officials account to the people
Distinctive and patterned thinking about political and economic life
Economic over political inequality
Fundamental guarantees of individual liberty
Why did democracy grow in early America?
Taxing in England
Land availability
Oil
Creation of proper legal systems
American children often believe that:
The president is held to a higher standard
The president won’t be arrested for speeding
The president will be fined or ticketed when caught speeding (held responsible)
The president is above the law
What is it called when officials account to the people?
Dimplomacy
Hierarchy
Democracy
Tyranny
U.S. Political culture does NOT include
Liberty
Democracy
Economic Equality
Civic Duty
What is something that Americans tolerate/allow?
Prejudice against the LGBT community
Over taxation
Human Trafficking of illegal immigrants
Economic over political inequality
What group are Americans more willing to aid
Handicapped people
The elderly
Children
Cancer patients
The constitution was needed to reconcile:
America with England
Politicians and the Public
Dignity of America
Personal liberty and social control
What is the “preoccupation” of many americans?
Their dignity
Their money
Their rights
Their family
Democracy survived after competition was established
True
False
What was the result of Religious diversity growing in the U.S.?
Buddhism became prominent
Judaism became prominet
Christianity was abolished
NO established religion
What is the most important political value to many
Being right
Money
Family
Dignity
Americans have a low degree of:
Self worth
Class consciousness
Trust in the government
Faith in each other
Treating the U.S. Flag contemptuously is an example of
The right of free speech
The right to bear arms
The right to burn flags
The right to an attorney
Supreme court reacts to wartime limiting of civil liberties by:
Rationing food
Sacrificing children
Upholding them
Abolishing them
Equal rights for freedom means
Whites are superior
Women are irrelevant
The Bill of rights applies to the states
Americans are free at certain times
Which amendment states that the Bill of Rights applies to the states
11th amendment
13th amendment
14th amendment
2nd amendment
The "Clear and Present Danger" doctrine which states that dangerous speech is punishable was adopted by who?
George Washington
Judge Judy
Justice Holmes
Justice Lincoln
Slander is
Oral
Psychical
Written
Spoken
Libel is written and occurs when
The paparazzi is near
A public figure is malice
A public figure helps the less fortunate
A documentary misrepresents a social class
The exclusionary rule states that:
Search and Seizure is always illegal
Police don't need a warrant to search if they ask nicely
The law doesn't apply to law enforcement
Evidence obtained illegally may not be used in court
Search is NOT constitutional when
The suspect is arrested
It is in a shared home
The suspect has government files
Law enforcement is not certified
May laws treat people differently?
Yes, when reasonable
No, it is always ethically incorrect
Plessy v. Ferguson established what?
Separate but Equal
Separate schools are unequal
Defacto and Dejure
Women's rights movement
Brown v. Board of Ed established what?
Separate but Equal
Separate schools are unequal
Defacto and Dejure
Women's rights movement
Dred Scott established what?
Separate but Equal
Separate schools are unequal
Defacto and Dejure
Women's rights movement
Why couldn't congress eliminate slavery in the colonies?
Slaves were property
Slaves were doing fine
Slavery was too widespread to combat
The people voted to keep slavery
What is an example of peaceful civil disobedience
Flag burning
Mass shootings
Sit ins
Violent outbursts
What did NOT help to begin the women's rights movement?
The Bakke case
The Seneca falls convention
The 15th amendment
The 19th amendment
Which amendment states that states must adhere to fundamental guarantees of individual liberty
16th amendment
3rd amendment
14th amendment
11th amendment
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