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| During the 2000 election, on what, primarily, (concerning ballot votes) did the media focus instead of on voter disenfranchisement and possible fraud? |
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| hanging chads and irregular ballots |
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| During the 2004 presidential election, from what state did most of the voter complaints about lack of voter machines, refusal of provisional ballots, and other voter inconveniences come? |
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| By what margin (give an actual number) did George W. Bush win the election in the state of Florida? |
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| The Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson |
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| established the separate but equal rule. |
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| The right to vote was strengthened after 1964 when Congress |
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| made literacy tests illegal and mandated bilingual ballots or other assistance for non-English speaking Americans. |
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| Which of the following best describes the distinction between civil liberties and civil rights? |
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| Unlike civil liberties, civil rights place positive obligations on the government to take action. |
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| A woman’s constitutional right to an abortion was established in |
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| The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution deals with |
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| is the first ten amendments to the Constitution. |
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| The right against ______ prevents persons from being tried twice for the same crime. |
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| The wall of separation between church and state is best found in what clause of the Constitution? |
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| The constitutional basis for the nationalization of the Bill of Rights is |
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| the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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| What ethnicity were the majority of people who were arrested during the immigrant "sweep" arrests at airports across the nation? |
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| As of the time this movie was filmed, how many states had passed a resolution against the Patriot Act? |
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| What Constitutional amendment do "Sneak and Peek" warrants violate? |
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| What does part of the government does Patriot Act bill expand and give more power to? |
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| the Executive branch at the national (federal) level of government |
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| [Unconstitutional] What was the real purpose behind the name given to the "Patriot Act" bill? |
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| To make it seem like anyone who voted against it was Unpatriotic, or UnAmerican. |
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