Civil Liberties & Civil Rights Quiz

Based on previous rulings, the Supreme Court is most likely to view a case concerning which of the following as an establishment clause case?

A courthouse prominently displays the Ten Commandments

Based on previous rulings, the Supreme Court is most likely to view a case concerning which of the following as a symbolic speech case?

A man who was arrested for waving a Nazi flag at a rally

The establishment clause is best defined as which of the following?

A provision of the First Amendment which prohibits the federal government from making an official American religion

Based on previous rulings, which of the following scenarios would most likely violate the freedom of speech clause of the First Amendment?

A public school district bans students from wearing t-shirts supporting presidential candidates before an election

According to the Supreme Court's decision in Miranda v. Arizona (1966), police suspects must be told that

All of the above

In Roe v. Wade (1973), the Supreme court

All of the above

Which of the following cases protected the right of KK speech and stated that speech could only be restricted if violence was likely and imminent?

Brandenburg v. Ohio

Which of the following actions by a news organization would most likely be protected from prior restraint based on the precedent established by New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)?

Broadcasting a televised report that analyzes classified information about government surveillance of other countries

According to the Supreme Court in the case of Schenck v. United States (1919), free speech can be restricted by the government only on the basis of

Clear and present danger

In Mapp v. Ohio (1961), the Supreme Court

Established the exclusionary rule

The Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a right to a lawyer was extended to state courts by the Supreme court case of

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Freedom of speech was incorporated into state laws by

Gitlow v. New York

Civil liberties are legal and constitutional protections against

Government

The "wall of separation" separates

Government and religion

Which statement accurately summarizes the impact of the Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) decision?

It emphasized the right of parents to control the religious upbringing of their children without state infringement

Which statement accurately summarizes the impact of the New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) decision?

It limited the federal government's power to censor free speech or the publication of classified information

Which of the following statements best explains how the Court's ruling in Engel v. Vitale (1962) changed the balance between governmental power and individual liberty?

It limited the power of state governments by striking down a school policy that required the reading of a prayer at the start of the school day

This case established the "Santa Claus Test."

Lynch v. Donnelly

Prior restraint

Means government prevention of publication

The principle of separate but equal was established by

Plessy v. Ferguson

Which of the following cases allowed affirmative action, but banned quotas?

Regents of the University of CA v. Bakke

In Miller v. California (1973), defining obscenity was left up to

State and local governments

Which of the following scenarios is an example of how the federal government can restrict protected speech under the First Amendment?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) makes a rule requiring television networks to use an automated beep when a vulgar word is said on broadcast television

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and other barriers to black enfranchisement were made illegal with the passage of

the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Substantive due process has been used by the Supreme Court in recent years to protect

the right to privacy