unit 3 test

Women's suffrage is the right for all females to vote.

19th Amendment

Which Amendment was clarified by the ruling in Wisconsin v. Yoder?

1st

Right to bear arms

2nd Amendment

Which Amendment requires that evidence illegally seized by law enforcement cannot be used in criminal prosecutions?

4th

Which Amendment was used to justify the decision in Roe v. Wade?

4th

Which amendment implies a the right to privacy?

4th

Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizure

4th Amendment

Criminal Proceedings; Due Process; Eminent Domain; Double Jeopardy; Protection from Self incrimination

5th Amendment

Which Amendment guarantees the right to an attorney, as stipulated by Gideon v. Wainwright. ?

6th

Criminal Proceedings; Must inform defendant of charge/s; Right to Attorney; Right to fair impartial jury

6th Amendment

Which of the following categories of speech is never protected by the First Amendment?

A.Expression intended and likely to incite imminent lawless action B."True threats" C.Clear and immediate threats to national security D.All of the above

Which is NOT protected speech?

A.Publishing a false statement that is damaging to one's reputation B.Explaining in detail when you plan to overthrow the government C.Yelling fire in a crowded public place. D.all of these

Which of the following arguments would most likely be made by an opponent of affirmative action policies?

Affirmative action discriminates on the basis of race.

Installing a ramp and other physical accommodations for someone who uses a wheelchair would be required because of which act?

Americans with Disability Act

Check all that apply: These cases deal with the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

Baker v. Carr and Brown v. Board of Education

Race based school segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause

Brown v. Board of Education

This case overturned the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.

Brown v. Board of Education

Which court case had nothing to do with Affirmative Action?

Brown v. the School Board of Topeka, Kansas

Which of the following best summarizes the debate reflected in Wisconsin v Yoder (1972)?

Can Amish students be forced by compulsory education laws to attend public school beyond 8th grade?

Which of the following ended segregation in accommodations?

Civil Rights Act

In law, both libel and slander are known as _____________________.

Defamation

The power the government has to acquire your property is called:

Eminent Domain

School sponsorship of religious activities (teacher led / directed prayer) violates the establishment clause

Engel v. Vitale

The Supreme Court case Engle v. Vitale had to do with the _________ of the Constitution?

Establishment Clause

Which type of law makes an act a crime after it has been committed?

Ex Post Facto Law

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 supremacy clause.

False

The government can take your property without just compensation

False

The Fifth Amendment forbids

Forced self-incrimination.

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent

Gideon v. Wainwright

Check all that apply: These are incorporation cases that apply a right found in the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th Amendment

Gideon v. Wainwright and Mc Donald v. Chicago

In what case did the Supreme Court ruled that the state law criminalizing the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy?

Griswold v. Connecticut

This type of defamation is when there are written lies about a person to damage their reputation.

Libel

Which Supreme Court case developed the exclusionary rule?

Mapp v. Ohio

The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self defense is applicable to the states

McDonald v. Chicago

Bolstered freedom of the press, establishing a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" even in cases involving national security

New York Times Co. v. United States

Court case that established "separate but equal" doctrine.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Which of the following is NOT protected in the First Amendment?

Right to privacy

Extended the right to privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortion

Roe v. Wade

The case of Engel v Vitale (1962) has most in common with which of the following Supreme Court cases?

Schenck v United States

Speech creating a "clear and present danger" is not protected by the 1st Amendment

Schenck v. United States

Which of the following government principles was at the center of the court's reasoning in Engle v Vitale?

Separation of Church and State

Legislative redistricting must be conscious of race and ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but race may not be the sole rationale behind redistricting decisions

Shaw v. Reno

Which of the following is NOT a clause found in the 14th amendment?

Supremacy Clause

Which of the following is NOT a free exercise issue?

Teacher led prayers in public schools

What was the outcome of the University of California v Bakke case?

The Supreme Court ruled that racial quotas in university admissions was a violation of the 14th amendment

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

The government established 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.

First Amendment case where students were allowed to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam war - after first being suspended.

Tinker v. Des Moines

Public school students have the right to wear black arm bands in school to protest the Vietnam war

Tinker v. Des Moines

Which law impact female student athletes?

Title IX

According to the Supreme Court, the death penalty is not necessarily cruel and unusual punishment.

True

Originally the Bill of Rights only applied to the Federal government, but through the process of Selective Incorporation more rights have been expanded to the state level.

True

Compelling Amish students to attend school past the 8th grade violates the Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment

Wisconsin v. Yoder

A court order which prevents unjust arrests & imprisonments

Writ of Habeas Corpus

a law that punishes a person without a trial

bill of attainder

The ____________ process did not occur at once. Instead it has been a gradual process by which the Supreme Court has used a series of individual decisions to selectively incorporate the Bill of Rights into the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

incorporation