Government: The American Legal System

Government: The American Legal System

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Danell Tills

Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The English legal system brought to North America by colonists was

Hammurabi's Code

Justinian's Code

Common Law

Israelite Law

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

__________________ is believed to be the first set of written laws.

Canon Law

Code of Hammurabi

Roman Law

Ten Commandments

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A defendant who argues that he or she is a victim of an unreasonable search is what type of law?

statutory law

Roman law

administrative law

constitutional law

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A statute is a law written by which level of government?

Federal

State

County

City

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Judges rely on past __________ when deciding a case when they cannot refer to a statute.

Precedent

Case Law

Administrative Law

Due Process

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Government not being able to put someone in jail without following legal procedures is called

equal protection clause

due process clause

administrative clause

Sixth Amendment rights

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Ernest Miranda was _____________ and his case led to the _______ _________

a defendant in a criminal case; Miranda Rights

the plaintiff in a criminal case, Miranda Rights

a personal injury attorney; a big settlement

a judge; a seat on the Supreme Court

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