Constitutional Law and the Criminal Justice System 6th Edition Test Bank



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1.     The Thirteenth Amendment:
2.     a. deals with the right to due process of
3.     abolished slavery.
4.     c. established
5.     guarantees equal protection.

ANSWER:                            b
REFERENCES:                    78
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  CLCJ.HAHE.14.6 – 1

2.     Among other things, the Fourteenth Amendment:
3.     a. permitted blacks to be citizens of the United
4.     permitted states to determine the citizenship status of blacks.
5.     c. abolished slavery in the
6.     overturned the Emancipation Proclamation.

ANSWER:                            a
REFERENCES:                    80
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  CLCJ.HAHE.14.6 – 1

3.     After the Plessy decision, the concept of “separate but equal” became entrenched in the Southern states through the enactment of:
4.     a. the Civil Rights Act of 1964. school desegregation.
5.     c. Jim Crow laws. the Fourteenth Amendment.

ANSWER:                            c
REFERENCES:                    92
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  CLCJ.HAHE.14.31 – 4, 5

4.     The case of Dred Scott v. Sandford held that:
5.     a. blacks had equal rights with
6.     the concept of “separate but equal” was unconstitutional.
7.     c. freed slaves did not have the right to remain free in territory where slavery was still
8.     states could determine whether ex-slaves could be citizens.

ANSWER:                            c
REFERENCES:                    92
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  CLCJ.HAHE.14.20 – 3

5.     “Due process of law” means:
6.     a. all state citizens have the right to a grand jury
7.     fairness of government actions.
8.     c. states must treat all citizens
9.     federal law cannot usurp state rights.

ANSWER:                            b
REFERENCES:                    80
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  CLCJ.HAHE.14.6 – 1

6.     The fundamental provisions of the Bill of Rights have been applied to the states through the process of:
7.     a. stare decisis judicial activism
8.     c. summary judgment selective incorporation

ANSWER:                            d
REFERENCES:                    81
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  CLCJ.HAHE.14.10 – 11

7.     Which of the following has not been enacted to outlaw discrimination?
8.     a. the Civil Rights Act. the Equal Rights Amendment.
9.     c. the Voting Rights Act. the Equal Pay Act.

ANSWER:                            b
REFERENCES:                    94
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  CLCJ.HAHE.14.32 – 2, 6

8.     Which of the following was not one of the pressing issues that led to the Civil War?
9.     a. state banks and money versus national banks and
10.   freedom versus slavery in the territories.
11.   c. federal aid versus state aid for improving highways and
12.   racial segregation in the South.

ANSWER:                            d
REFERENCES:                    78
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  CLCJ.HAHE.14.6 – 1

9.     Title VII prohibits policies or practices that are not intended to discriminate but, in fact, have a disproportionately negative effect on minorities, also known as:
10.   a. disparate treatment. disparate impact.
11.   c. reverse discrimination. preemption.

ANSWER:                            b
REFERENCES:                    98
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  CLCJ.HAHE.15.1 – 6

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