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Which of the following statements best describes how United States citizens regard the rights of free speech and assembly?

A majority agrees in principle with these rights, but in practice many people are often intolerant of views they do not support.

Which of the following shows something that would be protected by the free exercise clause in the First Amendment?

A person wears a necklace bearing a Christian cross to work

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

"Such considerations apply with added force to children in grade and high schools. To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone..." ...We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently inequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs...are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protections of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment." The Supreme Court decision quoted above did which of the following

At first, only affected only schools where segregation was required.

Which of the following best defines civil liberties?

Bill of Rights protections fo0r individuals against the government.

In the case Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson (1971), the parents of Chinese American students who attended a primarily Asian American school challenged San Francisco's effort to desegregate the public schools, arguing that their culture and language would be diluted if their children were dispersed from their local school. The Supreme Court denied the challenge from the parents basing their decision on the Fourteenth Amendment. Which of the following cases was most likely used in the decision as a precedent?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

To enforce the Fourteenth Amendment more clearly, Congress passed the

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Which of the following principles protects a citizen from imprisonment without trial?

Due process

To which level of government did the Bill of Rights originally apply?

Federal government only

Interest groups' free speech and freedom of assembly are protected under the Constitution by the...

First Amendment

Most of the protections in the Bill of Rights now apply states because of the...

Fourteenth Amendment

"Just as the Fourth Amendment's rights to privacy has been declared enforceable against the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth, it is enforceable by the same sanction... as is used against the federal government. Were it otherwise, ... the assurance against unreasonable searches and seizures would be 'a form of words,' valueless... 'in the concept of ordered liberty." Which two principles are addressed in the excerpt above?

I and III

Protection of the legal rights of women has been facilitated by the passage of which of the following?

II, III, and IV

Long JFK Quote Which of the following expresses the most significant political concern in the passage?

Increased awareness of citizen inequalities that need to be addressed

Which of the following best describes a purpose of the Establishment Clause?

It prohibits Congress from establishing an official government religion.

Which of the following is true about the right of free speech, as currently interpreted by the Supreme Court?

It protects the right to express opinions even without the actual use of words.

"The original understanding of the Second Amendment was neither an individual right to self-defense nor a collective rights of the states, but rather a civic right that guaranteed that citizens would be able to keep and bear those arms needed to meet their legal obligation to particpate in a wel=regulated militai..." Saul Cornell Well-Regulated Militia the Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America Oxford University 2006 Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to the topic of the article?

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

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Most states in the South and West allow capital punishment

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

Nixon Administration Goes to Court to Stop Pentagon Papers Release

With respect to prayer in public schools, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that

Required prayer violates the establishment clause in the First Amendment

Which of the following was a an argument used by the Supreme Court to ban racial segregation?

Segregation affected interstate commerce, and Congress therefore had the authority to outlaw it

In Gideon v. Wainwright, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the

Sixth Amendment right to a lawyer applies to states.

Which of the following is a principle underlying the Bill of Rights?

Some rights are fundamental and should not be subject to majority rule

The united States Supreme Court has used which of the following incorporate the Bill of Rights into state law?

The Fourteenth Amendment

The United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was based on which of the following?

The Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection

Which of the following amendments to the Constitution most likely provides the basis for a driver to challenge the constitutionality of police use to sobriety checkpoints in enforcing drunk driving laws?

The Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure

Which of the following did the most to expand civil rights in the 1950's?

The Supreme Court decision declaring state-mandated school segregation to be unconstitutional

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965

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

Which of the following is one of the main parts of the First Amendment?

The right of citizens to petition the government for redress of grievances

All of the following statements reflect positions the Supreme Court has taken with regard to the right of free speech EXCEPT:

There are no acceptable governmental restrictions on free speech

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There is no information about the total number of state legislatures

Which of the following Supreme Court decision allowed 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)

In which of the following situations would the Supreme Court be most likely to utilize the doctrine of selective incorporation

When an individual claims that right protected by the Bill of Rights is infringed upon by a state

A writ of habeas corpus refers to

a person's right to know the reasons for their imprisonment

The Supreme Court addressed the admission policy of the University of Michigan Law School in Grutter v. Bollinger (2003). Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the court, "in the context of its individualized inquiry into the possible diversity contributions of all applicants, the Law School's race-conscious admissions program does not unduly harm nonminority applicants." The primary issue of controversy in the Grutter v. Bollinger decisions involves

affirmative action

The nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 were all directed toward the goal of

equality for women

Civil rights activists, such as those who campaign for gay and lesbian equal rights and those who advocated for racial equality in the 1950's and 1960's, often find the most effective way to secure those rights is

lawsuits in the court to gain protection against discrimination

The clear and present danger test devised by the Supreme Court was designed to define the conditions under which public authorities could

limit free speech

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to

make most rights contained in the Bill of Rights apply to the States

Jim Crow laws, still in place in the early 1960s in the South, were outlawed by the

passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

In Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court declared that

police must inform criminal suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning suspects after arrest

Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade are similar Supreme Court cases in that both cases are based on the

right of privacy

If a college's admission policy to reserve twenty seats in its incoming class for applicants belonging to racial minority groups is challenged in the courts, a judge is likely to

strike down the policy because it relies on race too much for admissions

In Roe v. Wade, the majority of Supreme Court justices determined that

the United States Constitution implies a right to privacy and thus made abortions legal

The Supreme Court's decision about abortion in Roe v. Wade was based on

the right to privacy implied in the Bill of Rights

The free-exercise clause protects

voluntary prayer by student groups before school

The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a significant political event because it

was instrumental in increasing the number of African American and other minority voters

According to the clear and present danger test, speech may be restricted

when it leads to violence