APGOV unit 3/quiz 1

Saul Cornell, A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America, Oxford University Press, 2006 Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to the topic of the article?

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

States with capital punishment Which of the following statements best describes the information in the map?

Most states in the South and West allow capital punishment.

The facts of which of the following cases are most related to the political cartoon?

New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) (The Supreme Court case New York Times v. United States was about the right of a newspaper to print a story about the administration lying to Congress and the public about the scope of the Vietnam War without government interference. The political cartoon shows that newspapers are the pillars of democracy.)

Which of the following headlines is most relevant to the political cartoon?

Nixon Administration Goes to Court to Stop Pentagon Papers Release (This headline refers to the Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. United States (1971). The political cartoon depicts the importance of newspapers to keep the electorate informed in a democracy..)

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of rights protected and not protected by the First Amendment?

Protected by the First Amendment The right to burn a flag Not Protected by the First Amendment Obscenity

A group unhappy with local law enforcement distributes a memo to members encouraging physical confrontations with police officers. The leaders of the group are promptly arrested. Which of the following Supreme Court cases best justifies the actions taken by law enforcement in this scenario?

Schenck v. United States (1919)

A public school district implemented a policy that allowed students to vote on whether they wanted a student-led prayer to be read at football games. This policy was later found to be unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. Which of the following clauses did the policy most likely violate?

The establishment clause

Benjamin Barber, "Jihad vs. McWorld," 1992 Since 1992, how has concern over the increasingly dangerous world described in the passage most affected American political debates?

The federal government has increased its surveillance powers, leading to a debate about the balance between civil liberties and security.

The Washington Post receives a top secret report that details how the executive branch mishandled a deal made with a foreign nation regarding nuclear weapons. The executive branch attempts to stop the publishing of the report, but the publishers cite the precedent in New York Times Company v. United States (1971) establishing which of the following legal rules?

The heavy presumption against prior restraint

Source: Survey of United States adults conducted March 13-27 and April 4, 2017, Pew Research Center Which of the following best explains how poll respondents regard the relationship between the right to own guns and personal freedom?

The poll shows there is an ongoing debate over whether gun control laws promote or interfere with individual rights.

César Chávez, "He Showed Us the Way," 1978 Which of the following provisions of the Bill of Rights could support the actions that César Chávez is encouraging the farmworkers to take?

The right to assemble (Of the provisions listed in the Bill of Rights, the right to assemble clearly supports the actions the Chávez is encouraging farmworkers to take.)

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions allows public school students to wear T-shirts protesting a school board decision that eliminates funding for high school arts programs?

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

Which of the following cases decided whether a state could compel children to attend school beyond eighth grade even if it violated the students' sincerely held religious beliefs?

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Saul Cornell, A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America, Oxford University Press, 2006 The author's main argument is that the Second Amendment

was added to the Constitution to ensure that militias would have arms

Which of the following would most likely be protected by the First Amendment?

A student wears a black armband at school to protest government involvement in a war. (This scenario is based on an actual case, Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), in which the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protects nonverbal, symbolic speech by students who are protesting the Vietnam War.)

Which of the following is most likely to be considered speech that is protected by the First Amendment?

An individual posts something on social media that is highly critical of the president.

Which of the following illustrates a situation that would not be protected by the First Amendment due to time, place, and manner restrictions?

Antibusiness protestors are arrested and prosecuted for shutting down major intersections in New York City's Times Square during rush hour.

Saul Cornell, A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America, Oxford University Press, 2006 Which of the following could be used as evidence to support the author's claim?

At the time the Constitution was written, laws in the states required able-bodied individuals to serve in militias.

Which of the following constitutional amendments is most related to the issue shown on the map?

Eighth Amendment

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the establishment clause and the free exercise clause?

Establishment Clause Prohibits the federal government from promoting religion or creating a national religion Free Exercise Clause Protects an individual's religious beliefs and reasonable religious practices