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Constitutional Law and the
Criminal Justice System
FIFTH EDITION
Kären Matison Hess, PhD
Normandale Community College
Christine Hess Orthmann, MS
Orthmann Writing and Research, Inc.
With contributions by
Sgt. Jonathon Kingsbury, JD
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police Department
Prepared by
Susan V. Pons
Guilford Technical Community College
, CHAPTER 1 TEST BANK
Multiple Choice
1.1 Formal ties between Great Britain and the United States were severed:
a. when the American Declaration of Independence was signed.
b. when the colonists boarded British ships and threw tea overboard.
c. through the drafting of the Magna Carta.
d. at the meeting of the First Continental Congress.
ANS: A
REF: 11
LO: 6
1.2 The Magna Carta was created:
a. to ensure that states maintained power apart from the national government.
b. to outline colonists’ complaints against the British crown.
c. in England to guarantee that the king could not put himself above the law.
d. by British Parliament in protest of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
ANS: C
REF: 13
LO: 8
1.3 The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence stated that a government’s
right to rule is based upon:
a. the obligation of the wealthy to provide for those less fortunate.
b. permission from the people who are governed.
c. the need for a strong centralized government on American soil.
d. the Magna Carta’s guarantee that rulers shall not place themselves above the law.
ANS: B
REF: 11
LO: 6
1.4 The primary reason some states were reluctant to accept the Constitution was:
a. It failed to establish a balance of power.
b. It failed to abolish slavery.
c. It did not contain a bill of rights.
d. It did not allow smaller states adequate representation in the national government.
ANS: C
REF: 21
LO: 16
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, 1.5 The Second Continental Congress resulted in all of the following, except:
a. the naming of George Washington as Commander of the Continental Army.
b. the battles at Lexington and Concord.
c. instructing each colony to assume the powers of independent states.
d. the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
ANS: B
REF: 10
LO: 5
1.6 The Magna Carta was an important prelude to the U.S. Constitution because it. :
a. guaranteed due process and limited government power.
b. provided the inspiration for the Great Compromise.
c. was based upon the separation of powers between branches of government.
d. ensured that there would be no monarchy in the United States.
ANS: A
REF: 13-14
LO: 9
1.7 The first written agreement among the colonies to stand together in resistance to Great
Britain was:
a. a result of the First Continental Congress.
b. a result of the Second Continental Congress.
c. known as The Federalist Papers.
d. the Mayflower Compact.
ANS: A
REF: 9
LO: 5
1.8 American law is:
a. entirely original, having no roots in any previous legal system.
b. designed to resist changes.
c. influenced by the laws of the societies that helped found America.
d. based solely on the Napoleonic Code.
ANS: C
REF: 5
LO: 1
1.9 Balancing the rights of the states and individual citizens against the power of the central
government was the purpose of the:
a. Bill of Rights
b. Articles of Confederation
c. first three Articles of the Constitution
d. Great Charter
ANS: A
REF: 22
LO: 17
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