Study Guide - Amendment I

Why is protecting the right to freedom of expression important?

• promotes individual growth and human dignity
• can incite violence against government
• allows for creation of religion
• right to bear arms

Which of the following is not part of the 1st amendment

• right to fair trial

• right to free speech
• right to assemble
• right to associate

Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.  Which amendment is this?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th

What freedom gives you the right to say anything you want just long as you are not  threatening safety of anyone?

• Press
• Petition
• Assembly
• Speech

Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater is a violation of what first amendment freedom?

• speech
• press
• petition
• assembly

What is the purpose of propaganda?

• To make sure that everybody receives a fair and balanced explanation or the facts.
• To convince people that a certain way of thinking in the only right way to think about that issue.
• To provide entertainment and distraction from the challenges of the world.
• None of the above.

Which of the following is NOT considered libel?

• blog posts about woman's weight
• word of mouth about a corrupt politician
• newpaper article degrading business man
• facebook comment condemning one's religion

In Tinker v. des Moines, the Supreme Court ruled

• students shed all their rights "at the schoolhouse gate"

• symbolic free speech is protected in schools, so long as the speech is not disruptive or impinges upon the rights of others

• a school newspaper is not a form of protected speech because it is not part of the free press

In Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled

• freedom of speech is limited by the the "fighting words" doctrine

• government may restrict free speech if it creates a "clear and present danger"

• school-endorsed reading of religious passage violates the Establishment Clause

In Chaplinsky v. NH , the Supreme Court ruled

• freedom of speech is limited by the the "fighting words" doctrine

• government may restrict free speech if it creates a "clear and present danger"

• school-endorsed reading of religious passage violates the Establishment Clause