Civics Unit 4: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Review

Which statement best describes the Thirteenth Amendment?

• It abolished slavery throughout the United States.

• It outlawed conscription in the United States.

• It protected the civil rights of African Americans.

• It granted voting rights to African American men.

Which statement best describes the Fourteenth Amendment?

• It granted citizenship to all individuals living in the United States.

• It enfranchised all male citizens and gave them the right to vote.

• It prevented states from denying citizens equal protection under the law.

• It allowed states to seize citizens' property without due process of the law.

Which group was most affected by the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• African Americans

• African American males of voting age

• African American females

• African Americans of voting age

Which statement best describes the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments?

• All three amendments granted voting rights to American citizens.

• All three amendments were ratified in the midst of the Civil War.

• All three amendments faced little resistance from the nation.

• All three amendments secured rights for African Americans.

What is the purpose of the establishment clause?

• To give citizens the right to form religious groups

• To stop government from supporting one religion

• To give government power to choose a state religion

• To stop citizens from practicing religion in public

The First Amendment guarantees

• due process of law.

• religious freedom.

• the right to a fair trial.

• the right to bear arms.

Which example violates the free exercise clause of the First Amendment?

• Allowing a private company to run weekly prayer sessions

• Allowing a student to wear religious clothing

• Stopping a religious group from praying in a city park

• Stopping a religious group from buying a building in which to worship

According to the precedent Santa Fe School District v. Doe, a teacher who allows a student to lead a prayer at a public high school basketball game would most likely be ruled

• unconstitutional, because the game is affiliated with the school.

• unconstitutional, because a church didn't authorize the prayer.

• constitutional, because students have the right to practice religion.

• constitutional, because people pay taxes and fund the public schools.

What is symbolic speech?

• An action that expresses an idea or opinion

• The act of peaceful protest

• The publication of an article despite prior restraint

• An idea or opinion expressed through comparison to something else

The events surrounding Tinker v. Des Moines involved a school. Which statement best explains why the Supreme Court ruled in the students' favor?

• The events involved symbolic speech without disruption.

• The First Amendment always applies to issues of speech.

• The events involved controversial issues.

• The protest was an act of civil disobedience.