Prior to the __________ and the process of incorporation, ______________.
A. Fourteenth Amendment; citizens of different states had different sets of civil liberties
B. First Amendment; most states were officially Roman Catholic
C. Second Amendment; all firearms were owned by the state governments
D. Third Amendment; most American households quartered one or more soldiers
E. Sixth Amendment; most criminal convictions were done without a trial
Answer: A
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Which group of the following groups of amendments form the zone of privacy within which the right to privacy may exist?
a. the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth b. the Tenth, Eleventh, and Nineteenth c. the Thirteenth, Fifteenth, and Seventeenth d. the Twentieth, Twenty-third, and Thirtieth e. the Third, Fifth, Sixth and Tenth.
The phenomenon of ______________ is referred to as the "revolving door"
A) ?former elected officials taking lobbying jobs B) ?movement of experienced workers from one interest group to another C) ?interest group success on one issue, followed by identification of a new issue, followed by success on that issue, etc. D) ?interest group officials achieving such a high profile that they are then elected to public office E) Congress dealing with a seemingly endless series of interest groups
When grand juries consider matters independent of the district attorney's recommendation, they are called
A) "runaway" grand juries. B) "common sense" grand juries. C) "information" grand juries. D) "jury wheels."
The elastic clause translates to a. an expansive view of government power
b. a strict view of government power. c. a view that if powers are given to government in one area, they must be restricted in another. d. a view that governmental powers can expand for only a given amount of time.