AP US GOV Unit III Quiz

What are civil liberties?

• Rules that limit individual freedoms

• Laws that protect the government from citizens

• Discrimination based on characteristics such as race, national origin, religion, and sex

• Guarantees and freedoms that protect citizens, opinions, and property against arbitrary government interference

Which Amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

• First ten Amendments to the Constitution

• Last ten Amendments to the Constitution

• First five Amendments to the Constitution

• First fifteen Amendments to the Constitution

What type of speech is NOT protected by the First Amendment?

• Political speech

• Commercial speech

• Hate speech

• Symbolic speech

What does the Supreme Court attempt to balance with laws and enforcement procedures?

• Claims of individual freedom with public order and safety

• Government control over individuals

• Censorship of public speech

• Religious liberty

What does the doctrine of selective incorporation impose limitations on?

• State regulation of civil liberties

• Federal regulation of civil liberties

• Government control

• Individual rights

What do the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments include clauses about?

• Limiting the rights of certain groups of people

• Allowing government to infringe on individual rights

• Prohibiting individuals from exercising their rights

• Prohibiting government infringement on a person's right to life, liberty, or property without due process of law

What does the right to privacy protect from government infringement?

• Individual rights

• Religious liberty

• Censorship

• Government control

What do civil rights protect individuals from?

• Discrimination based on characteristics such as race, national origin, religion, and sex

• Government control

• Censorship

• Guarantees and freedoms that protect citizens, opinions, and property against arbitrary government interference

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit?

• Religious liberty

• Censorship of public speech

• Government control over individuals

• Discrimination in public places, integration of schools and other public facilities, and employment discrimination

What does Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 prohibit?

• Sex discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance

• Government control over individuals

• Censorship of public speech

• Religious liberty