US Government

Freedom of speech is limited. You cannot criticize the government, this seen as treason in this event.

• War War I

• War War II

• Spanish American War

• Korean War

Which President during the Great Depression was trying to add an additional six judges on the Supreme Court?

• President Nixon

• President Roosevelt

• President Kennedy

• President Eisenhower

During the Second World War this group were forced to leave their homes. They were seen as a threat after the bombing of Pearl harbor.

• Hispanic Americans

• African Americans

• Japanese Americans

This gives President broad military power to do whatever he wants in the Vietnam War. He does not have to ask Congress for permission when sending troops overseas.

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Gulf War Resolution

• Gulf of Mexico Resolution

• Persian Gulf Resolution

How many judges were Franklin D. Roosevelt was trying to add in the Supreme Court?

• Three

• Four

• Five

• Six

The decision in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), in which high school students sued after being suspended for wearing black armbands in protest against the Vietnam War, further defined

• the definition of cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.

• what constitutes peaceful assembly under the First Amendment.

• the right to due process of law under the Fifth Amendment.

• free speech in a public-ally funded institution under the First Amendment.

A key question in the Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona was whether the Fifth Amendment applied to

• suspects who were guilty

• a witness’s testimony in a courtroom.

• suspects who were innocent.

• a suspect’s interactions with police.

What court case created the doctrine of "separate but equal" (1896)?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• the Civil Rights Cases

What court case ordered that police must inform those who are arrested of what their Constitutional rights are (right to due process and against self-incrimination)?

• Griswold v. Connecticut

• Gitlow v. New York

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Roe v. Wade

What case found that racial segregation violated 14th amendment protections found in the equal protection clause (1954)?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• the Civil Rights Cases

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade