Public Release Item: Public Release items have appeared on HSA forms and then are released for public viewing and use. Releasing items is one step to ensuring that schools, districts, and other stakeholders understand how the core learning goals are assessed on the HSA. |
Goal 1 Political Systems |
Expectation 1.2 The student will evaluate how the United States government has maintained a balance between protecting rights and maintaining order. |
Indicator 1.2.1 The student will analyze the impact of landmark Supreme Court decisions on governmental powers, rights, and responsibilities of citizens in our changing society. |
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2001 |
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Which of these rights of a suspect is protected by the Miranda v. Arizona decision?
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Which of these Supreme Court decisions established the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2003 |
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Read the news article excerpt below. Then answer the following.
Which of these resulted from the Supreme Court decision described in the article?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2003 |
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Which of these cases helped establish the right of the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of federal law?
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In 1968 the Supreme Court upheld the arrest of a young man for burning his draft card as an antiwar protest. Which of these best explains why the Supreme Court decided that burning draft cards is not a protected form of free speech?
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In a 1995 case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that conducting drug tests of students participating in interscholastic athletics did not violate the Fourth Amendment's prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures. This ruling expanded the Supreme Court's decision in
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Brief Constructed Response (BCR) Item - Released in 2004 |
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Read the excerpt below.
Write your answer on the lines in your Answer Book. /share/clg/xml/public_release/government/2004_121_gov05.xml |
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2004 |
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Which of these best describes an effect of the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2005 |
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Which of these incidents led to the United States Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District?
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Extended Constructed Response (ECR) Item - Released in 2005 |
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Look at the chart below.
Write your answer on the lines in your Answer Book. /share/clg/xml/public_release/government/2005_121_gov21.xml |
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2005 |
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Which of these Supreme Court cases established supremacy of the federal government over the states?
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Which of these best describes the result of the Supreme Court's ruling in New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2004 |
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The Sixth Amendment allows the accused the “assistance of counsel.” Which of these Supreme Court decisions extended the protections of this amendment?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2002 |
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How did the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka affect the Court's earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
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Which of these rights is guaranteed to criminal defendants as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in Gideon v. Wainwright?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2002 |
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Read the headline below.
This headline would have been most appropriate for which of the following cases?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2006 |
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Which of these cases guaranteed an individual’s right to legal counsel?
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According to the Supreme Court’s decision in New Jersey v. T.L.O., a school administrator can legally
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2006 |
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In 2001 the Supreme Court ruled that a public school in New York violated the constitutional right to free speech when it prevented a Christian children's club from meeting on school grounds. What was most likely an effect of this ruling?
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Brief Constructed Response (BCR) Item - Released in 2007 |
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Read the information below and use it to answer the BRIEF CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE that follows.
Write your answer on the lines in your Answer Book. /share/clg/xml/public_release/government/2007_121_gov13.xml |
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2007 |
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In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the Supreme Court ruled that the accused person's right to due process of law had been violated because he was
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In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution to mean that
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2007 |
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Read the passage below. Then answer the following.
Which of these principles of law most likely influenced the Supreme Court's decision?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2008 |
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Which of these was an effect of the Supreme Court decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?
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Which of these influenced the Supreme Court’s decision in the Tinker v. Des Moines case?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2008 |
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Read the information below.
Which issue was addressed by the Supreme Court in this case?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2009 |
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In Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2009 |
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In which situation would the Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court decision apply?
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2009 |
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Read the excerpt below.
The court’s decision most likely protects the rights of
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Selected Response Item - Released in 2009 |
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Which part of the United States Constitution was a basis for the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?
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Which of these statements best explains why school officials are allowed to search a student’s locker without a search warrant?
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