AP GoPo - Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

A meeting here in 1848 is often seen as the beginning of the women’s suffrage (right to vote) movement.

• Seneca Falls, NY
• Washington DC
• Philadelphia, PA
• Atlanta, GA

Civil Liberties are  ______

• protections against government.
• protections against the police
• positive associations with government
• your right to seditious speech.

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
• conducting a search without a warrant or probable cause
• classifying people and treating them differently on the basis of race or gender
• giving adults more rights, such as voting and drinking alcohol, than the rights possessed by minors

Affirmative action refers to 

• the U.S. Senate approving a presidential appointment to the cabinet under its “advice and consent” function
• a policy giving special consideration to groups that have been disadvantaged historically
• The Supreme Court upholding a lower court decision
• interest group lobbying efforts in pursuit of the common goals of group members

What is "Suffrage"?

• Right to freedom
• Right to vote
• Right to citizenship
• Right to Temperence

Ruled that the decision to obtain an abortion is protected by the right to privacy implied by the Bill of Rights.

• Roe v. Wade
• Gitlow v. United States
• Wolf v. Colorado
• Miranda v. Arizona

Struck down state-sponsored prayer in public schools. Ruled that the Regents' prayer was an unconstitutional violation of the Establishment Clause.

• Engel v. Vitale
• Sherbert v. Verner
• Mapp v. Ohio
• Gitlow v. United States

The establishment clause of the First Amendment

• prohibits government from sponsoring or supporting religious activity.
• establishes Protestantism as the official religion of the United States.
• prevents the government from interfering with the exercise of free speech.
• forbids the establishment of restrictions of free speech.

Students demonstrating against the war in Afghanistan by wearing protest apparel as symbolic expression would be protected under which case ruling?

• Smith v. City of Chicago
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District
• Near v. Minnesota
• Schenck v. United States

When did women get the right to vote?

• 1776
• 1865
• 1920
• 2003