U.S. Government Final Exam

In Brown v Board of Education, the Supreme Court based its decision on which provision of the 14th Amendment?

• Automatic citizenship for persons born in the US

• Equal Protection under the law

• Due Process Clause

• Fellowship Clause of Rights

Which of the following statements identifies the Supreme Court’s decision in Tinker v. Des Moines?

• Schools can suspend students whose actions stimulate class discussions

• The First Amendment protects non-disruptive expression within schools

• Students can express their opinions in any way they choose in school

• Clothing cannot be categorized as a form of speech

Amendment 4

• Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure

• Freedom from self-incrimination

• Right to a speedy trial and impartial jury

• Rights unlisted in the constitution are still protected

Amendment 5

• Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure

• Freedom from self-incrimination

• Right to a speedy trial and impartial jury

• Rights unlisted in the constitution are still protected

Amendment 6

• Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure

• Freedom from self-incrimination

• Right to a speedy trial and impartial jury

• Rights unlisted in the constitution are still protected

The right to an attorney was incorporated through the opinion written in this case.

• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Malloy v. Hogan
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Cantwell v. Connecticut

This case dealt with the incorporation of the "exclusionary rule" to the states.

• Wolf v. Colorado
• Cantwell v. Connecticut
• Mapp v. Ohio
• Miranda v. Arizona

Landmark case on symbolic speech in schools.  Student expression is protected as long as it does not cause a "material disruption or substantial interference".

• Texas v. Johnson
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Miller v. California
• Gregg v. Georgia

This court ruling ultimately establishes a procedure by which you must be informed of your rights upon arrest.

• Malloy v. Hogan
• Mapp v. Ohio
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Miranda v. Arizona

1962 Court decision that prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools by virtue of 1st Amendment's establishment clause and the 14th Amendment's due process clause (Warren Court).

• Engel v. Vitale

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• New York Times v. U.S.