The Warren Court

The Warren Court

Civil Rights Cases

Multiple Choice

What was the couple's sentence for being married?

• 5 years in prison

• 3 years in prison

• 1 year in prison

• 4 years in prison

Multiple Choice

Which Amendment made interracial marriage unconstitutional?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Multiple Choice

What practice did Loving v. Virginia decide was unconstitutional?

• segregation of schools

• segregation of public transportation

• interracial marriage

Multiple Choice

What case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson & banned segregation in public schools?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Roe v. Wade
• Texas v. Johnson
• Mapp v. Ohio

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The Warren Court is named for...

• Billionaire Warren Buffet

• Senator Elizabeth Warren

• Chief Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren

• "War in Court" made more formal

Voting and Redistricting

Multiple Choice

What did Baker v. Carr establish?

• State courts have the decision in redistricting cases

• Federal courts have the decision in redistricting cases

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The population of each state determines the new number of representatives to which each is entitled – a process called ______________.

• Redistricting
• Census
• Reapportionment
• Representation

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A _______ is taken every 10 years

• Election
• Census
• Constituent
• Term

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Baker case showed how...

• Tennessee kept up with population shifts and economic growth within the states.

• Tennessee ignored the population shifts and economic growth within the states.

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What caused Baker to create this case?

• He felt his voice was not being heard!

• He was mad a law that he favored did not get passed!

• Someone peer pressured him into it !

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Which amendment did this case violate?

• 17th amendment

• 19th amendment

• 26th amendment

• 14th amendment

Criminal Procedures

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This ruling held that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment protection against "unreasonable searches and seizures" must be excluded from criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well as federal courts.

• Mapp v. Ohio, 1961

• Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

• McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819

• Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Multiple Choice

The Mapp v Ohio case was a win for....

• speech

• amendment 6 rights

• amendment 2 rights

• privacy

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In the Mapp case, the police officers didn't have....

• probable cause

• a search warrant

• a letter from the Chief of Police

• a key to the house

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Ruled that courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases to represent defendants who are unable to afford their own attorneys.

• United States v. Nixon
• Marbury v. Madison
• Gideon v. Wainwright

Multiple Choice

This case said the courts had to provide lawyers for those who can't afford one

• Mapp v. Ohio
• Terry v. Ohio
• Gideon vs. Wainwright
• Miranda v. Arizona

Multiple Choice

ruled that a defendant must be allowed access to a lawyer before questioning by police

• Skinner v. Railway

• Abington School District v. Schempp

• Escobedo v. Illionis

• New York times v. US

Multiple Choice

What did the Miranda case require all law enforcement due prior to arresting someone?

• Read parts of "Miranda Warning"

• Read the ENTIRE "Miranda Warning"

• Offer bail

• Question the suspect

Multiple Select

Why did Miranda believe that his confession should not be used in court? (check all that apply)

• There was not a lawyer present

• He did not commit the crime

• It was not voluntary

• He was forced to confess

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT included in the Miranda Warning?

• You have the right to remain silent

• Anything you say or do can be used against you in a court of law

• If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed to you

• You have the right to bail no matter the crime

Freedom of Speech Cases

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Defendant mailed fliers to draftees during WWI urging them to protest the craft peacefully. Was convicted of violating a federal law against encouraging the disobedience of military orders. Oliver Wendel Holmes wrote in the opinion that such speech was not protected during wartime because it would create a clear and present danger, establishing a standard for measuring what would and would not be protected speech. The question before the Court was the line between the effect of freedom of speech and national draft orders.

• US v Lopez

• Engel v Vitale

• Schenck v US

• New York Times v US

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Why did Brandenburg win this case?

• His right to Due Process was violated.

• His First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech was violated.

• He never held a KKK rally.

Multiple Choice

Why did Brandenburg win this case?

• His right to Due Process was violated.

• His First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech was violated.

• He never held a KKK rally.

Multiple Choice

What was the Criminal Syndicalism law?

• A law that made it illegal advocating crime, sabotage, violence and assembling within any society or group to advocate the doctrines of Criminal Syndicalism.

• A law that made it illegal to threaten people.

• A law that made it illegal to discriminate against other races.

• A law that made it illegal to burn religious symbols.

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Students have the right to free speech at school as long it doesn’t disrupt school activities.    (wearing black armbands in protest)

• In Re Gault
• District of Columbia v Heller
• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier
• Tinker v Des Moines

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The District Court and the Court of Appeals upheld the principle that

• school officials could limit students’ rights to prevent possible interference with school activities.

• students’ individual rights were subject to the higher school authority while on school grounds.

• free speech was a privilege to be exercised discreetly and within the guidelines set by the school.

• allowing political expression on school grounds could impinge upon the rights and beliefs of other students.

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When can a school limit student speech?

• When the act fails the "disruption test".

• When the expression offends the teacher.

• When parents get annoyed.

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What was the Supreme Court's response to siding with the students and parents?

• The first amendment is irrelevant to this case.

• Parents and students have a stronger say in decisions than schools.

• Students have unlimited rights in expression.

• Students and teachers don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression.

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What was the school's response to the students wearing the black arm bands?

• The school supported the students.

• They suspended the students.

• School officials made extras so other students could participate.

• The students were arrested without trial.

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What was the issue in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?

• The students and parents sued the school district claiming a violation of their first Amendment right of freedom of speech.

• The school district wanted to search the bags of the students.

• The parents did not want their children wearing black arm bands in school.

• The students felt that their freedom of religion was violated.

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What was the issue in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?

• The students and parents sued the school district claiming a violation of their first Amendment right of freedom of speech.

• The school district wanted to search the bags of the students.

• The parents did not want their children wearing black arm bands in school.

• The students felt that their freedom of religion was violated.

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

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Engel v. Vitale

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Schenck v. United States

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A state authorized students in its public schools to recite a short, voluntary prayer. The Court found that prayer could not be mandated by public schools as it violated the establishment clause of the 1st Amendment

• Engel v Vitale

• Schenck v US

• Wisconsin v Yoder

• Shaw v Reno

NON WARREN COURT

SUPREME COURT CASES

Multiple Choice

This case started with a prank phone call.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• In Re Gault

• DC v. Heller

• Gideon v. Wainwright

Multiple Choice

Students have limited freedom of speech in a school setting. Which of the following cases helped prove that point?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• In re Gault

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

Multiple Choice

Which supreme court case did the U.S. supreme court rule that recounting ballots in only 4 counties instead of ALL counties in a state violated the 14th amendment?

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• US v. Nixon

• Bush v. Gore

Multiple Choice

US v. Nixon is considered a landmark case because it provided what lesson for future leaders?

• You must obey a court order

• The president is accountable for enforcing the law

• The president is not above the law

• The president is not allowed to have private meetings

Multiple Choice

A constitutional right to an abortion is established, though the court laid down a trimester criteria in determining whether states can impose restrictions

• Regents of California v. Bakke,

• Roe v. Wade, 1973

• Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969

• Texas v. Johnson, 1991

Multiple Choice

This ruling affirmed the government’s decision regarding the Japanese American Internment during World War II and found that it was not unconstitutional.

• McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819

• Mapp v. Ohio, 1961

• Marbury v. Madison, 1803

• Korematsu v. United States, 1944

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This ruling gave a school district had the constitutional authority to limit a student’s (Frasier) speech because of the educational authority that is given to schools by the tenth amendment.

• Brown vs Board of Education

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

• Bethel School District vs Frasier

• Mapp v. Ohio

Multiple Choice

Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986)

• A Supreme Court case which determined that school newspapers could be censored by school administrators.

• A Supreme Court case which ruled that student free speech rights do not extend to expressions of a vulgar nature.

• A Supreme Court case in which it was famously decided that free speech rights don't end at the schoolhouse gates.

• A 13-year-old girl who wore a black armband to school in protest of the Vietnam Conflict.

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This case ruled that schools had the right to restrict speech even if it wasn’t obscene and the school should be able to maintain order.

• Bethel v. Fraser
• Morse v. Frederick
• Bush v. Gore
• Texas v. Johnson