Deck 4: Civil Liberties and Securing the Homeland

Question 1

Congress established the ______ at the height of the Great Depression to stop the spread of leftist sentiment.

A)Department of the Interior
B)House Un-American Activities Committee
C)CPUSA
D)Ways and Means Committee

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties was created to address the concern that ______.

A)recent legislation was resulting in overspending
B)security-related laws were violating citizens' personal freedoms
C)the United States was at risk for cyberattacks
D)the Department of Homeland Security didn't have enough power

Answer 2

B

Question 3

From the late 1700s to the mid-1940s,numerous laws were passed to address security concerns in the United States that resulted in ______.

A)strong criticism and opposition by some citizens
B)consensus that the laws were necessary
C)consensus that the laws were too far-reaching
D)swift votes by Congress to repeal all such laws

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Counterterrorist experts contend that practical security objectives must prevent terrorist conspiracies,deter violent action,implement effective laws,and minimize ______.

A)financial impact to trade partners
B)travel disruptions to hostile states
C)harm to people and property
D)the workload on the government

Question 5

There are debates about whether practices like waterboarding,sexual degradation,environmental stress,and sleep deprivation should be defined as torture or ______.

A)enhanced interrogation
B)access control
C)official persuasion
D)information promotion

Question 6

What is an enemy combatant?

A)a soldier fighting for a sovereign nation
B)a suspected terrorist
C)another name for a civilian casualty
D)anyone condoning violence against the United States

Question 7

The First Red Scare resulted in Woodrow Wilson authorizing the ______.

A)HUAC
B)Internment camps
C)CPUSA
D)Palmer Raids

Question 8

What is extraordinary rendition?

A)A method of extradition approved of by the U.N.
B)A trial before the International Court of Justice.
C)A method of covertly abducting and detaining suspected terrorists or affiliated operatives.
D)A hearing before a judge prior to detaining or questioning a suspected terrorist.

Question 9

The acquisition by American police of armored vehicles,submachine guns,and nonlethal grenades are part of a policy trend many have deemed ______.

A)enhanced interrogation
B)federal control
C)the militarization of police
D)domestic litigation

Question 10

______ refer to several periods in U.S.history when perceived threats from anarchist,communist,and other leftist subversives created a generalized climate of political anxiety.

A)Sedition Eras
B)Homeland Strikes
C)Red Scares
D)Alien Acts

Question 11

Citizens strongly opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts for numerous reasons,but the main opposition was due to its infringement of ______ Amendment freedoms.

A)First
B)Second
C)Third
D)Fourth

Question 12

What U.S.government organization was behind the controversial Tempora,PRISM,and XKeyscore operations?

A)Federal Bureau of Investigation
B)Congress
C)Federal Trade Commission
D)National Security Agency

Question 13

Why was the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus suspended during the Civil War?

A)the Alien and Sedition Acts allowed it.
B)Abraham Lincoln created an executive order to do so.
C)Article III,Section 9 of the U.S.Constitution allows it during instances of rebellion.
D)the Supreme Court ordered it to take place.

Question 14

Repressing passionate political ideas usually results in ______.

A)backlash and violent resistance
B)passive resistance and civil disobedience
C)the formation of political action committees
D)acceptance of the government's agenda

Question 15

Due to their treatment of Iraqi detainees held at the U.S.-controlled Abu Ghraib prison,several U.S.soldiers were ______.

A)pardoned by the President of the United States
B)put on trial and convicted in the military courts
C)put on trial before the International Court of Justice
D)extradited to Iraq for prosecution

Question 16

SWAT units have been integral units within law enforcement agencies since ______.

A)the 1970s
B)2010
C)the 1990s
D)2000

Question 17

American homeland security experts tasked with creating policies are challenged first by defining terrorism and second by the challenge of ______.

A)getting the support of the government
B)labeling individual suspects
C)possessing the appropriate expertise
D)access to technology

Question 18

The U.S.government rarely seeks to officially suppress or otherwise regulate media content and will only seek judicial intervention when ______.

A)there is criticism of the President
B)the information would divide Congress
C)national security is at stake
D)the information is in digital form

Question 19

Which Republican senator held a series of televised hearings to investigate allegations of communist spying in the United States?

A)Frank Carlson
B)Harry Darby
C)Joseph McCarthy
D)Richard Nixon

Question 20

Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the War Relocation Authority,resulting in ______.

A)100,000 Japanese being forced into internment camps
B)the infamous McCarthy hearings
C)the attacks on Pearl Harbor
D)the establishment of HUAC

Question 21

The composite of the new terrorist profile included the following characteristics: male gender,Middle Eastern heritage,young-adult age,Muslim faith,and temporary visa status.

Question 22

During the Second Red Scare,Congress passed the Smith Act of 1940,which made advocating the violent overthrow of the government protected by the First Amendment.

Question 23

Over the past 50 years,the cultural shift in the United States toward inclusion and diversity should have theoretically eroded the root causes for extremist sentiment.

Question 24

Those who champion civil rights and liberties are satisfied with current protocols that regulate the government's ability to monitoring electronic communications.

Question 25

The practical counterterrorist model stresses the importance of protecting human rights.

Question 26

When it comes to national security,most political observers agree that the media does an effective job at self-regulation.

Question 27

Edward Snowden was officially pardoned after leaking details of U.S.intelligence operations.

Question 28

The current trend in the United States is toward the militarization of state and local police forces.

Question 29

The doctrine that prohibits extraordinary renditions is known as the Ker-Frisbie Rule.

Question 30

Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay,Cuba,were protected by the Geneva Convention.