AP Gov Ch. 6 Multiple Choice

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

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

Both Gitlow v. New York and New York Times v. Sullivan are United States Supreme Court cases that dealt with which of the following amendments to the United States Constitution?

(A) First Amendment

The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees which of the following?

(A) I,II, and III only

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

(A) It protects the right to express opinions even without the actual use of words

A writ of habeas corpus refers to

(A) a person's right to know the reason for his or her imprisonment

The Supreme Court established the incorporation doctrine when the Court

(A) interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment as extending most of the requirements of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as the federal government

The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that upheld a woman's right to secure an abortion was based on the right to

(A) privacy implied in the Bill of Rights

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

(A) the right to privacy implied in the Bill of Rights

The "Miranda warning" represents an attempt to protect criminal suspects against

(A) unfair police interrogation

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

(A) when it incites violent action

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

(B) Federal government only

Which two principles are addressed in the excerpt above?

(B) I and III

Which of the following best defines civil liberties

(B) Provisions in the Bill of Rights that provide guarantees against arbitrary interference by government

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

(B) The Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure

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

(B) right of privacy

The establishment clause in the First Amendment does which of the following?

(C) Prohibits the setting up of a state church

Which of the following statements about freedom of expression is true?

(C) Statements about public figures are libelous only if they are made with malice and reckless disregard for the truth

The "wall of separation" doctrine refers to the

(C) division of church and state

Decisions reached by the Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-1969) did all of the following EXCEPT

(C) invalidate state abortion statues

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

(C) make most rights contained in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states

The free-exercise clause protects

(C) voluntary prayer by student groups before school

Which of the following is filed when an imprisoned person wants to be brought before a judge so that the judge can determine whether his or her imprisonment is legal?

(D) Habeas corpus petition

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

(D) Sixth Amendment right-to counsel provision applies to those accused of major crimes under state laws

Which of the following is one of the central concerns of the First Amendment?

(D) The right of citizens to petition the government for redress of grievances

A bill of attainder is a

(D) law that declares that an action of an individual can be punished without a trial

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

(D) limit free speech

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

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

Most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to the states because of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution's

(E) Fourteenth Amendment

Which of the following has been recognized by the Supreme Court, even though it is not explicitly found in the Bill of Rights?

(E) The right to privacy

The federal Constitution guarantees all of the following rights to a person arrested and charged with a serious crime EXCEPT the right to

(E) receive a speedy and public trial

The exclusionary rule means that

(E) unlawfully obtained evidence may not be used in court