FREEDOMS 8.2 AND 8.3

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The rights guaranteed in the Constitution are:

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relative, not absolute

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Civil Liberties are:

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Rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution

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An example of a Civil Right is: Right to public education, Right to use public facilities

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All of the above

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Which constitutional provision sets up, in Thomas Jefferson's words, "a wall of separation between church and state"?

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the Establishment Clause

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Which of the following is NOT used as part of the Lemon test to determine whether a State law amounts to an "establishment" of religion? Options: B. Determining whether the law supports the public good, C. Determining whether the law is disentangled from religion, D. Determining whether the law is neutral to religion

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Determining whether the law supports the public good

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The Supreme Court has held that public schools cannot require a moment of silence at the start of each day.

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require a moment of silence at the start of each day.

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Which of the following arguments SUPPORTS State aid to parochial schools? Options: B. Parents who send their children to parochial schools do not have to pay taxes to support public schools., C. Parochial schools enroll many students who would otherwise have to be educated at public expense., D. Parochial schools face harsh financial consequences as a result of their ineligibility for State funds.

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Parochial schools enroll many students who would otherwise have to be educated at public expense.

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Which of the following actions has the Supreme Court upheld under the Free Exercise Clause? A. Amish school children can be forced to attend school beyond the 8th grade. C. A person must obtain a license before soliciting money for a religious cause. D. The government can draft those who have religious objections to military service

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Amish school children can be forced to attend school beyond the 8th grade.

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Why is the 9th Amendment important in the protection of individual rights?

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Because it declares that rights exist beyond those listed in the Constitution.

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Read the following quotation from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic." Which point is supported by this quotation?

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In the United States, each person's rights are relative to the rights of every other person.