AP Gov Midterm

What is an accurate explanation of the penumbra doctrine?

Additional unwritten rights protected by the Ninth Amendment

Selective Incorporation refers to:

Applying specific rights in the Bill of Rights to the states.

Which of the following reflects Americans' desire to decrease the power of their federal government?

Drafting the Bill of Rights.

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

Federal government only

A political scientist would most likely use the case of Wisconsin v. Yoder to illustrate which of the following?

Free exercise clause rights of students have been upheld by courts.

In Engel v Vitale (1962), which of the following provides the legal reasoning behind the Supreme Court's ruling?

It ruled that the state had no justifiable interest to compel students to listen to a nondenominational prayer led by the public school teachers, finding a clear establishment clause violation.

The Massachusetts Compromise:

Led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights

Which of the following best defines civil liberties?*

Provisions in the Bill of Rights that provide guarantees against arbitrary interference by government.

Which of the following reflects Americans' desire to increase the power of their federal government?

Ratifying the US Constitution.

Which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?

Religion and history are inextricably intertwined.

Which of the following is specifically guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?

Right to an impartial jury.

Which of the following government principles was at the center of the court's reasoning for Engel v. Vitale

Separation of church and state

A political scientist would most likely use the case of Engel v. Vitale to illustrate which of the following?

Student- developed prayer in public school is often held as a violation of the Establishment clause of the first amendment.

The outcome of Wisconsin v. Yoder rests heavily on which of the following ideas reflected in the U.S. Constitution?

The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.

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 Supreme Court. Which of the following clauses did the policy most likely violate?

The establishment clause.

Which of the following is most likely to be a violation of the Bill of Rights.

The government establishes a national religion.

Which of the following best describes why the Supreme Court is so frequently asked to decide cases that involve civil liberties?

The need of the government to protect society is often in conflict with the rights of individuals.

Which of the following most accurately reflects the school's district defense in the case of Engel v. Vitale?

The school's prayer was broad enough to avoid referencing a specific religion and was voluntary.

Which of the following cases decided whether a state could compel children to attend school beyond 8th grad even if it violated the students sincerely help religious beliefs.

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Which of the following cases examined a state law that required all children to attend school through the twelfth grade in order to promote the general welfare of its citizens?

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)