US GOVERNMENT SITKA UNIT 3

What is an effect of Gideon v. Wainwright?

An attorney must be provided for indigent defendants in state felony cases.

The work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., most likely contributed to the passage of the

Civil Rights Act.

Which constitutional amendment allows citizens to feel safe from illegal searches and seizures?

Fourth Amendment

Which kinds of rights are limited in schools?

Fourth Amendment rights

Why was the Fourteenth Amendment important?

It established citizenship for African Americans.

How did the case of Loving v. Virginia demonstrate a test of strict scrutiny?

Racial classification in marriage did not serve a compelling state interest.

The constitutional rights that the National Rifle Association is most concerned with are contained in the

Second Amendment.

How did states respond to the Supreme Court ruling in Furman v. Georgia?

States began to rewrite laws about capital punishment.

In which event would freedom of assembly be limited?

an event that promotes counter demonstrations of violence

Last week, fishing in a county lake was made illegal. Before that, fishing in the lake was not prohibited. If you were fined because you fished in the lake last year, before it was illegal to do so, officials have violated the Constitution's

ex post facto clause

How does the Supreme Court describe speech that is likely to cause immediate violence?

fighting words

Title IX of the Education Amendment Act prohibits discrimination based on

gender.

What an accused man says to police cannot be used against him if he

has not been read his Miranda rights.

In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court ruled that suspects

must be informed of their rights.

Which type of expression is defined as being offensive or indecent in nature?

obscenity

Someone would have a right to see a search warrant when

police want to search the person's home.

Stopping an African American in a neighborhood because most residents are Hispanic is an example of

racial profiling.

The Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade is an example of privacy as it relates to

reproductive rights.

Under what circumstance would the government limit privacy by conducting surveillance on individual citizens?

to protect national security

Why did the Founders place great importance on including the right to petition the government in the Constitution?

The right was rooted in the English Bill of Rights, but King George III had ignored colonists' petitions.

How did the Supreme Court rule on affirmative action?

They decided that racial quotas were illegal.

Why did the Supreme Court rule in 1947 that state funds could be used to pay for busing students to religious schools?

The law would benefit the students and not the religion.