Lesson 3.2.1.4.2

3.2.1.4.2 The judicial branch: judicial review and landmark rulings Quiz: AQA Politics, Unit 2

20 questions

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Lesson 3.2.1.4.2, The judicial branch: judicial review and landmark rulings: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA Politics (7152), Unit 2: Government and politics of the USA and comparative politics, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What core power enables US courts to check the constitutionality of government actions?

    • Executive veto
    • Filibuster power
    • Pocket veto
    • Judicial review

  2. Which landmark 1803 case established the principle of judicial review?

    • Marbury v Madison
    • Roe v Wade
    • Brown v Board
    • Miranda v Arizona

  3. Which 1954 Supreme Court ruling ended legal segregation in public schools?

    • Marbury v Madison
    • Brown v Board
    • Tinker v Des Moines
    • Plessy v Ferguson

  4. What protective right must police inform suspects of following Miranda v Arizona (1966)?

    • Right to bail
    • Right to counsel
    • Right to pardon
    • Right to trial

  5. Which 1973 landmark Supreme Court ruling established a constitutional right to abortion?

    • Brown v Board
    • Roe v Wade
    • Texas v Johnson
    • Miranda v Arizona

  6. What constitutional power was limited by the Supreme Court ruling in United States v Nixon (1974)?

    • Executive privilege
    • Executive order
    • Executive agreement
    • Presidential pardon

  7. Which Supreme Court ruling effectively decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential election?

    • Bush v Gore
    • Texas v White
    • Citizens United v FEC
    • Clinton v Jones

  8. District of Columbia v Heller (2008) established an individual right under which constitutional amendment?

    • Tenth Amendment
    • Fourth Amendment
    • First Amendment
    • Second Amendment

  9. Which 2015 Supreme Court ruling guaranteed the right to same-sex marriage nationwide?

    • Loving v Virginia
    • Obergefell v Hodges
    • Lawrence v Texas
    • Roe v Wade

  10. Between 1954 and 1969, Earl Warren served in which Supreme Court role?

    • Solicitor General
    • Chief Justice
    • Associate Justice
    • Attorney General

  11. Which landmark 1954 Warren Court ruling declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

    • Plessy v Ferguson
    • Loving v Virginia
    • Brown v Board
    • Korematsu v US

  12. Which constitutional amendment's Equal Protection Clause was used in landmark civil rights rulings?

    • Fifteenth Amendment
    • Fourteenth Amendment
    • Fifth Amendment
    • Tenth Amendment

  13. Critics who argue that judges create policy rather than apply the law accuse them of what?

    • Judicial independence
    • Judicial activism
    • Original intent
    • Judicial restraint

  14. What philosophy interprets the Constitution as a living document that adapts to modern society?

    • Originalism
    • Strict constructionism
    • Textualism
    • Loose constructionism

  15. Which constitutional amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, shaping criminal justice policy?

    • Eighth Amendment
    • Fifth Amendment
    • Sixth Amendment
    • Fourth Amendment

  16. Who became Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in 2005?

    • Warren Burger
    • John Roberts
    • Earl Warren
    • William Rehnquist

  17. Which landmark 1803 ruling established the US Supreme Court's power of judicial review?

    • Marbury v Madison
    • Dred Scott v Sandford
    • McCulloch v Maryland
    • Gibbons v Ogden

  18. What term describes judges deciding cases strictly based on the original text of the Constitution?

    • Stare decisis
    • Strict constructionism
    • Judicial activism
    • Loose constructionism

  19. Which constitutional amendment reserves unallocated powers to the individual states or the people?

    • Fourteenth Amendment
    • Tenth Amendment
    • Sixteenth Amendment
    • First Amendment

  20. What do landmark rulings by the Supreme Court primarily establish?

    • Executive orders
    • Legislative bills
    • Cabinet positions
    • New legal principles

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