Unit 3 AP GOV Questions

From the options below, the best definition of Civil Liberties is

guaranteed Bill of Rights protections against arbitrary government interference

Which of the following pieces of legislation is correctly paired with its description?

legislation- 24th Amendment description-Abolished the poll tax

Which Bill of Rights amendment is most closely associated with the issue(s) referenced in the cartoon?

ninth amendment

"If oral arguments proved anything, the arguments of the Negro counsel proved that they are not inferior. I don't see how we can continue in this day and age to set one group apart from the rest and say that they are not entitled to exactly the same treatment as all others." Chief Justice Earl Warren made this statement while hearing the oral arguments in the landmark case

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

map of death penalty- Of the Constitutional Amendments listed below, which best relates to the issue on the map?

Eigth amendment- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

In 1962, the recitation of a state sponsored, non-denominational prayer in public schools was challenged in New York. The courts found that it was unconstitutional for a state to compose a prayer because it violated the 1st Amendment's Establishment Clause. The landmark court case described here is

Engel v. Vitale

In both instances referenced in this cartoon, the Supreme Court has ruled that marriage rights are protected under the

Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment

Which of the following is NOT a provision that is outlined in the Fourteenth Amendment?

Establishment Clause

A driver in Arkansas believes that police use of sobriety checkpoints to enforce drunk driving laws is unconstitutional. Which of the following amendments would best serve as the basis for his argument?

Fourth Amendment- protection against unreasonable search and seizure

"... I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White citizens' Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods"; who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. - Letter From Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. 1963 From this passage, which of the following best describes the attitude of Martin Luther King Jr.?

He is frustrated with moderate whites who support the goal but reluctant to take action

In Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), a law that prevented married couples from receiving birth control literature was overturned. The Supreme Court ruling emphasized an inherent right to privacy which can be inferred from Amendments One, Three, Four, and Nine. Which court case bolstered the precedent that was established in Griswold v. Connecticut?

Roe v. Wade

Which of the following is an accurate connection of a Supreme Court case and the 1st Amendment clause it is associated with?

SCOTUS case - Amendment 1 concept Wisconsin v. Yoder - free exercise

As the war in Vietnam became increasingly controversial, David O'Brien burned his Selective Service registration card in front of a Boston courthouse as a form of protest. In the case United States v. O'Brien (1968), the Supreme Court ruled that his symbolic speech violated the Selective Service Act, which prohibited willful destruction of draft cards. The ruling of this case is most closely aligned with

Schenk v. United States

Which of the following is an accurate summary of the selective incorporation doctrine?

States must incorporate most Bill of Rights protections as stated with the 14th Amendment's due process clause

MLK statue cartoon An example that best proves the cartoon's point of view would be

The Black Lives Matter Movement

Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one way that the government has attempted to create an equal environment of diversity in colleges and within the workplace is with an institutional effort known as

affirmative action

The Supreme Court has recently ruled on two landmark court cases involving the interpretation of the Second Amendment- District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. Chicago (2010). In both cases, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment

conferred an individual right to keep and bear arms unrelated to militia service

A man who is upset with the outcome of the presidential election decides to burn the American flag in protest. ?...

free speech

Bonus: In Gideon v. Wainwright, the court ruled that Gideon was unlawfully denied his 6th Amendment right

to a trial attorney