AP U.S Gov Civil Rights and Liberties

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Civil liberties are best described as

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protections of specific citizens' rights from encroachment by the government.

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Why was the Supreme Court's decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) controversial?

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The right to privacy is never mentioned by name in the Bill of Rights.

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In Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), the Supreme Court upheld a student's right to wear an armband in protest. The wearing of the armband was protected as a form of which of the following?

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Symbolic speech

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Which of the following correctly describes the concept of prior restraint? Options: The government attempting to prevent something from being published by the press, The right of individuals to plan, coordinate, and execute peaceful methods of protest, The punishment of individuals for making statements critical of the government, The Supreme Court blocking government action on the grounds that it is unconstitutional

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The government attempting to prevent something from being published by the press

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When the process of incorporation is referred to as "selective," it is in reference to the fact that

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incorporation has happened on an amendment-by-amendment basis.

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Which of the following would be considered a violation of the 5th amendment? Searching someone's cell phone records without a warrant, Sentencing a man to death for having too many speeding tickets, A law banning the possession of handguns for all citizens , Failure to read someone their Miranda rights while being taken into custody

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Failure to read someone their Miranda rights while being taken into custody

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McDonald v. Chicago (2010) is the most recent case to use selective incorporation. What right did it incorporate?

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The right to bear arms

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Which of the following cases most likely involves a violation of civil rights? Classifying people into brackets on the basis of income and taxing them at different rates, Classifying people in any way, using any system that treats one group of people differently from another, Classifying people and treating them differently on the basis of race or gender, Giving adults more rights, such as voting or drinking alcohol, than the rights possessed by minors

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Classifying people and treating them differently on the basis of race or gender

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Dr. Martin Luther King's message in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was heavily insistent upon which of the following?
- Using the Women's Rights movement as a model for African Americans
- The right of freedom of speech
- The importance of voting rights
- Civil disobedience as a means to achieve a goal

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Civil disobedience as a means to achieve a goal

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The extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples was done under which of the following justifications? Those rights fall under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.

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Those rights fall under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.