AP Government w/ Dawson: Civil Liberties Multiple Choice

"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The quote has ben used by courts as a basis for a) incorporation of the Bill of Rights b) application of the 1st Amendment to the federal government c) guaranteeing the right to trial by jury in federal courts d) denying the right to vote to minorities e) restricting the practice of corporal punishment for federal crimes

A

All of the following rights are protected by the Fifth Amendment EXCEPT: a) protection from unreasonable searches and seizures b) limitations on eminent domain c) protection from self-incrimination d) right to grand jury e) protection from double jeopardy

A

It has been argued that being prosecuted by both state and federal authorities for the same conduct constitutes a) dual sovereignty b) double jeopardy c) standing to sue d) judicial activism e) clear and present danger

A

The "Miranda warning" represents an attempt to protect criminal suspects against a) unfair police interrogation b) biased jury selection c) imprisonment without trial d) illegal wiretapping e) unjustified police surveillance

A

The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that upheld woman's right to secure an abortion was based on the right to a) privacy implied the Bill of Rights b) equality guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments c) due process of law enumerated in the Fifth and Sixth amendments d) adequate medical care implied in the Preamble to the Constitution e) life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness enumerated in the Declaration of Independence

A

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 b) interpreted the Ninth Amendment as requiring national health and worker-safety standards to protect the individual's implied right of personal safety c) stripped the armed forces of their discretionary powers regarding military service for gay men, lesbians, and married people d) strengthened local police forces by granting them the power to investigate and prosecute federal offenses e) granted the federal government the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional

A

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 b) guarantees of freedom of religion contained in the First Amendment c) the due process clause in the Fifth Amendment d) the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment e) a federal statute legalizing abortion

A

Which of the following 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 b) A majority actively supports these rights without any reservations c) A majority opposes these rights in principle d) the average citizen is more supportive of the rights than are members of the elite e) conservatives have traditionally been more supportive of these rights have liberals

A

Which of the following is an example of symbolic speech that has been protected by the Supreme Court? a) flag-burning b)... c) obscenity d) libel e) "fighting words"

A

With regard to the media, which of the following rights is most likely to be protected from government intervention? a) freedom from prior restraint b) libel c) pornography d) confidentiality of sources e) suspension of equal time rule

A

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 b) it protects the use of language deemed obscene by the courts c) it allows citizens to disobey laws that they believe to be unjust d) it is protected from infringement by the federal government but not from infringement by state governments e) it cannot be limited in any matter

A

"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The quote is from a) the Federalist Papers b) 14th Amendment c) 5th Amendment d) the Articles of Confederation e) Article II of the Constitution

B

"The question in every case is whether the words are used in circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent" What basic liberty or right does the quote address? a) freedom of religion b) freedom of speech c) freedom to assemble d) protection from cruel and unusual punishment e) protection from unreasonable search and seizure

B

Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade are similar Supreme Court cases in that both cases are based on the a) the rights of gay men and lesbian women b) right of privacy c) right to an abortion d) right to freedom from cruel and unusual punishment e) right of women to equal protection before the law

B

The "wall of separation" referred to by Thomas Jefferson describes a principle set up in the a) elastic (or necessary and proper) clause of Article I b) establishment clause of the 1st Amendment c) free expression clause of the 1st Amendment d) due process clause of the 5th Amendment e) "cruel and unusual punishment" clause of the 9th Amendment

B

The author of the cartoon above would most likely agree with which of the following? a) only the exclusionary rule can protect the rights of those accused of violating the law b) the exclusionary rule has been detrimental to the maintenance of law and order c) plea bargaining is an effective means of reducing court backlogs d) the Warren Court advocated social order at the expense of civil liberties e) the Rehnquist Court has been too lenient toward criminals

B

In which of the following situations might a person be tried for a single criminal act twice? a) It can't happen, since it would be double jeopardy b) It could happen in cases where more than one person is victimized c) It could happen if the same action broke both a state and federal law d) It could happen if the judge is not objective in his ruling e) It could happen if the person is not a US citizen

C

The "clear and present danger" test set by Schenck v. US has become a standard by which to balance national security and a) freedom of religion b) freedom to assemble c) freedom of speech d) the right to be free in your "person" e) imminent domain

C

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to a) expand presidential power b) restrict the application of judicial review c) make most rights contained in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states d) prevent states from taxing agencies of the federal government e) limit the use of the legislative veto

C

The establishment clause in the First Amendment does which of the following? a) guarantees freedom of speech to all citizens b) prevents prior restraint of the press c) prohibits the setting up of a state church d) defines the concept of dual citizenship e) allows citizens to enter freely into contracts with other citizens

C

The writ of habeas corpus provides that a) Congress can pass no bills of attainder b) no one may be punished for a crime committed before a law against it was passed c) government officials present a prisoner in court and explain why he/she is being held d) criminal cases be tried in front of a jury e) no one may be punished for crimes committed by other family members

C

What tendency has the Supreme Court reflected since the late 1980s in ruling on abortion rights? a) The Court has widened abortion rights over the definition given in Roe v. Wade (1973) b) The Court has passed down a number of decisions that contradict Roe v. Wade c) The Court has upheld Roe v. Wade, but it has also supported some state restrictions to abortion rights d) The Court has reversed Roe v. Wade, and now allows states to pass laws that ban abortions e) The Court has avoided ruling on abortion rights altogether in recent years.

C

"The question in every case is whether the words are used in circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent" The quote comes from the majority opinion for? a) Gitlow v. New York b) Texas v. Johnson c) Griswold v. Connecticut d) Schenck v. US e) Barron v. Baltimore

D

In Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court declared that a) illegal aliens have the same right to education as United States citizens b) evidence seized during an illegal search cannot be used in court c) affirmative action programs cannot employ numerical quotas d) police must inform criminal suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning suspects after arrest e) the death penalty is constitutional so long as juries are supplied with sentencing guidelines

D

The clear-and-present-danger test devised by the Supreme Court was designed to define the conditions under which public authorities could a) ban obscene materials b) suspend habeas corpus protections c) mobilize the National Guard d) limit free speech e) commit troops to situations of potential foreign combat

D

Mapp v. Ohio sets an important precedent protecting the rights of the accused involving a) the limits for protecting symbolic speech b) the meaning of "fair compensation" in cases of eminent domain c) the meaning of "cruel and unusual punishment" in applying capital punishment d) the right to counsel e) unreasonable searches and seizures

E

Most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to states because of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution's a) Preamble b) necessary and proper clause c) supremacy clause d) tenth amendment e) fourteenth amendment

E

Religious freedoms, freedom of speech and press, assembly and petition are specifically protected by a) the Declaration of Independence b) Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution c) Article III of the Constitution d) the 10th Amendment e) the 1st Amendment

E

Which of the following rights was guaranteed in the body of the original Constitution? a) freedom of speech b) right to bear arms c) protection against unreasonable searches and seizures d) trial by jury in civil cases e) no ex post facto laws

E