Deck 13: Crimes Against the State

Question 1

Socializing with saboteurs alone is enough to justify conviction of treason.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Treason is a fundamental weapon against present allegiance and support to foreign enemies.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Treason consists of inciting others to violently overthrow the government.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The most comprehensive law developed to fight terror is the USA PATRIOT Act.

Question 5

A number of sections of the U.S.Code are available for prosecuting crimes related to terrorists and terrorist organizations.

Question 6

Defining and applying crimes against the state reflects the enduring idea of balancing respect and freedom during wartime emergencies.

Question 7

The authors of the U.S.Constitution were traitors under English law.

Question 8

It is a crime to be a member of a group that advocates the violent overthrow of the government.

Question 9

Espionage means spying.

Question 10

In the United States,espionage can be punished by death.

Question 11

Treason is the only crime defined in the U.S.Constitution.

Question 12

"Providing material support or resources" is closed to constitutional challenges.

Question 13

The U.S.Constitution requires that treason be proven by the testimony of three witnesses.

Question 14

In the United States,terrorism and treason are not punishable by death.

Question 15

Crimes against potential terrorist attacks are not subject to the limits placed on traditional criminal law.

Question 16

The Founding Fathers made it difficult to convict someone of treason.

Question 17

Peaceful opposition to the government is treason.

Question 18

Advocating the violent overthrow of the government is called sedition.

Question 19

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were acquitted of passing American atomic secrets to the Russians.

Question 20

Under U.S.law,spying is only a crime during wartime.

Question 21

Distrust of treason prosecutions ended with the adoption of the Constitution.

Question 22

The most-argued issues in material support cases include due process and the First Amendment.

Question 23

​What is the most severe punishment for treason?

A) imprisonment for no less than five years
B) ​life imprisonment
C) ​25 years of imprisonment
D) ​death

Question 24

The U.S.Code separates espionage into two crimes.

Question 25

The U.S.Congress enacted the country's first sedition act in 1798.

Question 26

​What crime is defined as levying war,adhering to enemies,or giving aid or comfort to the enemies of the United States?

A) terrorism
B) sedition
C) ​treason
D) affray

Question 27

Balancing the conflicting values of individual liberties and government protection of the people is complicated by the widespread use of social media.

Question 28

​How many U.S.government employees have been charged under the Espionage Act since 2009?

A) 20
B) ​10
C) 30​
D) ​100

Question 29

Treason is easy to prove.

Question 30

​The USA PATRIOT Act (2001)is an acronym for

A) Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.​
B) ​Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Aggressive Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.
C) ​Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Interdict and Obstruct Terrorism.
D) ​Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obfuscate Terrorism.

Question 31

​The actus reus of treason consists of levying war against the United States and

A) ​spying on the government.
B) ​destroying government property.
C) ​encouraging others to overthrow the government.
D) ​giving aid and comfort to enemies of the United States.

Question 32

​The revolutionaries who wrote the U.S.Constitution knew that the new government they were about to create couldn't survive without the active support of

A) most of the people.
B) ​most of the poor.
C) ​most of the wealthy.
D) ​most of Europe.

Question 33

In response to the terrorist acts of September 11,2001,the U.S.Congress passed the

A) AEDPA.
B) ​USA PATRIOT Act.
C) Smith Act.
D) ​International Terrorism Act.

Question 34

​The only crime defined in the U.S.Constitution is

A) espionage.
B) ​treason.
C) ​slavery.
D) ​sedition.

Question 35

The authors of the U.S.Constitution worried that peaceful opposition to the government,not just rebellion,would be repressed.

Question 36

​Proof of treason requires either two witnesses to the actus reus or

A) ​confession in open court.
B) ​one witness of impeccable character.
C) ​sworn testimony of three citizens.
D) ​signed confession.

Question 37

The U.S.government has prosecuted a very large number of people for treason.

Question 38

A number of sections of the U.S.Code make available crimes related to terrorists and terrorist organizations for prosecuting offenders.

Question 39

Treason is the only crime aimed at combating disloyalty and keeping the allegiance of our citizens.

Question 40

​The federal crime of providing "training," "expert advice or assistance," "service," and "personnel" to terrorists or terrorist organizations is what offense?

A) material support
B) assault
C) ​disloyalty
D) ​rioting

Question 41

​Which of the following is true of the crime of treason?

A) ​It is very easy to prove.
B) it is very difficult to prove.​
C) ​Many people have been prosecuted by the U.S.government for treason.
D) Most people prosecuted for treason have been executed.

Question 42

​What is the most serious of all crimes against the state?

A) ​sedition
B) ​sabotage
C) ​espionage
D) ​treason

Question 43

​Conspiring to the violent overthrow of the government is what crime?

A) ​seditious conspiracy
B) seditious libel
C) seditious speech
D) none of these

Question 44

​Challenges to "material support" offenses involve what amendment(s)to the Constitution?

A) ​the Fifth Amendment
B) ​the First Amendment
C) ​the Fourteenth Amendment
D) ​the First,Fifth,and Fourteenth Amendments

Question 45

​The U.S.Code separates espionage into two crimes

A) espionage during peace and espionage during war.
B) ​espionage conducted to aid our enemies and espionage for profit.
C) ​espionage with intent to cause harm to the United States and espionage for personal gratification.
D) ​espionage with intent to destroy government property and espionage with the intent to give aid to the enemy.

Question 46

​What crime involves damaging or destroying property to hinder defense or preparation for war?

A) ​concubinage
B) espionage
C) sabotage
D) treason

Question 47

​The crime of espionage involves

A) sabotage.
B) obstructing the war effort.
C) aiding or giving comfort to enemies of the government.
D) spying.

Question 48

​Specific crimes against domestic and international terrorism were enacted after the

A) ​Oklahoma City bombing.
B) ​attacks on the World Trade Center.
C) ​attacks on the Pentagon.
D) ​plane crash in Pennsylvania.

Question 49

​Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in

A) ​1951.
B) ​1961.
C) ​1941.
D) 1971.

Question 50

​Advocating the violent overthrow of the government is called

A) ​sedition.
B) ​slander.
C) ​speech.
D) ​libel.

Question 51

​Recent anti-terrorist legislation outlaws

A) sedition.
B) adhering to the enemy.
C) the use of weapons of mass destruction.
D) teaching about the violent overthrow of the government.

Question 52

​According to the U.S.Supreme Court in Cramer v.U.S.,socializing with saboteurs is

A) ​treason.
B) ​tantamount to treason.
C) ​not treason.
D) ​sedition.

Question 53

​Which of the following cases is concerned with the U.S.Criminal Code "Material Support and Resources" Provisions?

A) ​U.S.v.Michael R.Walli,Megan Rice,and Greg Boertje-Obed
B) ​Holder v.Humanitarian Law Project
C) ​Cramer v.U.S.
D) ​U.S.v.Motion Picture Film

Question 54

​Treason is very difficult to prove because of its

A) ​nature.
B) ​history.
C) ​content.
D) ​publicity.

Question 55

​What kind of terrorism involves terrorist acts committed outside the United States?

A) ​international
B) ​homegrown
C) ​domestic
D) ​tertiary

Question 56

​Section 2339 of Title 18 of the U.S.Code makes it a crime to harbor or conceal

A) ​saboteurs.
B) ​spies.
C) ​enemies of the United States.
D) ​terrorists.

Question 57

​The crime of sedition involves

A) ​destroying government property.
B) ​encouraging others to overthrow the government by violence.
C) ​aiding or giving comfort to enemies of the government.
D) ​spying for foreign powers.

Question 58

​What kind of terrorism involves terrorist acts committed in the United States?

A) ​homeland
B) ​homegrown
C) ​domestic
D) ​tertiary

Question 59

​If two or more persons agree to overthrow,put down,or destroy by force the government of the United States,they are guilty of

A) ​seditious libel.
B) ​seditious speech.
C) ​seditious conspiracy.
D) treason.

Question 60

​At the time the Constitution was written,what was treason called?

A) ​aide
B) ​adherence to the enemy
C) ​providing material support to the enemy
D) ​sedition

Question 61

​The U.S.Code (2012)Section §2331 breaks down terrorism into two kinds.Which of the following are the two kinds of terrorism?

A) ​international and domestic
B) ​international and global
C) ​global and domestic
D) ​independent and dependent

Question 62

​Treason consists of how many elements?

A) ​two
B) ​three
C) ​four
D) ​five

Question 63

​The case of Cramer v.U.S.involved the crime of

A) ​sedition.
B) ​sabotage.
C) ​espionage.
D) ​treason.

Question 64

​What Act made Su's activity a crime?

A) ​the Treason Act
B) ​the USA PATRIOT Act
C) ​the Sedition Act
D) ​the Sabotage Act

Question 65

​Sedition can be done by

A) ​speeches.
B) ​writing.
C) ​agreement.
D) ​all of these answers are correct.

Question 66

​Which of the following is not one of the crimes included in the USA PATRIOT Act?

A) ​providing material support to terrorists.
B) ​use of certain weapons of mass destruction
C) ​participating in espionage
D) ​harboring or concealing terrorists

Question 67

​The Espionage Act became law just after the United States entered what war?

A) ​World War II
B) ​the Civil War
C) ​the Korean War
D) ​World War I

Question 68

​By the middle of the 1920s,large-scale sedition prosecutions under what act had largely disappeared?

A) ​the Sedition Act
B) ​the Espionage Act
C) ​the Sabotage Act
D) ​the PATRIOT Act

Question 69

​What type of activity did Ted engage in?

A) ​sedition
B) ​sabotage
C) ​espionage
D) ​treason

Question 70

​The crime of damaging or destroying property for the purpose of interfering with and hindering preparations for war and defense during national emergencies is called

A) ​sedition.
B) ​sabotage.
C) ​espionage.
D) ​treason.

Question 71

​The use of violence or intimidation to achieve political or ideological aims is called

A) ​sedition.
B) ​sabotage.
C) ​espionage.
D) ​terrorism.

Question 72

​What limits did the authors of the Constitution include to limit the reach of the crime of treason?

A) ​They banned legislatures and courts from creating new treasons.
B) ​They required two witnesses to at least one overt (unconcealed)act of treason or a confession in open court.
C) ​They wrote limits into the body of the U.S.Constitution,where it would be very tough to tamper with them.
D) ​All of these answers are correct.

Question 73

​Everything the revolutionaries who wrote the U.S.Constitution did to further the interests of the colonies was done under threat of prosecution for

A) treason.
B) ​sedition.
C) ​espionage.
D) ​sabotage.

Question 74

​Private Manning was charged with what crime?

A) ​sedition
B) ​sabotage
C) ​espionage
D) ​treason

Question 75

​What crime did Josef commit?

A) ​international terrorism
B) ​domestic terrorism
C) ​independent terrorism
D) ​dependent terrorism

Question 76

​Turning or attempting to turn over information about national defense to any foreign country with "intent or with reason to believe" the information is "to be used" to either hurt the United States or help any foreign country is the definition of what crime?

A) ​espionage during peace
B) ​sedition during peace
C) ​terrorism during peace
D) ​sabotage during peace

Question 77

​What crime was the case U.S.v.Asher Abid Khan concerned with?

A) ​conspiracy to provide material support
B) ​conspiracy to commit espionage
C) ​conspiracy to commit sabotage
D) ​conspiracy to commit sedition

Question 78

​What are the possible punishments for Ted's crime?

A) ​fine
B) ​imprisonment
C) ​fine and imprisonment
D) ​all of these answers are correct

Question 79

​Which of the following crimes is Su most likely to be charged with?

A) ​sedition
B) ​sabotage
C) ​espionage
D) ​treason

Question 80

​In what war did the government charge whistleblowers Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo under the Espionage Act for leaking the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times?

A) ​the Vietnam War
B) ​the Korean War
C) ​World War I
D) ​World War II