AP Government Unit 3: First Amendment and Religion

What does the establishment clause of the First Amendment prohibit?

• State governments from interfering with free exercise of religion

• Congress from establishing a national church

• Congress from interfering with free exercise of religion

• State governments from establishing a national church

Which case dealt with the issue of state-sponsored prayer in public schools?

• Engel v Vitale

• Johnson Amendment

• Employment Division v Smith

• Wisconsin v Yoder

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Engel v Vitale?

• State-sponsored prayer in schools is unconstitutional

• Use of hallucinogenic drugs for religious rituals is legal

• State-sponsored prayer in schools is constitutional

• Compulsory education law is a violation of free exercise of religion

What did the Johnson Amendment restrict for pastors and priests of tax-exempt churches?

• Freedom of press

• Freedom of religion

• Freedom of assembly

• Freedom of speech

Which case upheld the individual liberty of free exercise of religion for the Amish community?

• Engel v Vitale

• Wisconsin v Yoder

• Johnson Amendment

• Employment Division v Smith

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Wisconsin v Yoder?

• Compulsory education law is a violation of free exercise of religion

• State-sponsored prayer in schools is constitutional

• State-sponsored prayer in schools is unconstitutional

• Use of hallucinogenic drugs for religious rituals is legal

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Employment Division v Smith?

• Use of hallucinogenic drugs for religious rituals is legal

• State-sponsored prayer in schools is unconstitutional

• State-sponsored prayer in schools is constitutional

• Compulsory education law is a violation of free exercise of religion

According to the First Amendment, what does the free exercise clause protect?

• Rights of citizens to endorse political candidates from their pulpits

• Rights of citizens to receive tax-exempt status for their churches

• Rights of citizens to practice their religion without interference from the government

• Rights of citizens to establish a national church

What did Thomas Jefferson's 'wall of separation between church and state' refer to?

• The protection of rights of citizens to practice their religion without interference from the government

• The prohibition of congress from establishing a national church

• The restriction of free exercise of religion if the practice is otherwise illegal

• The balance between religious practice of the majority and the free exercise of minority religious practice

What did the Supreme Court justify in the case of Engel v Vitale by invoking Thomas Jefferson's 'wall of separation' language?

• Compulsory education law is a violation of free exercise of religion

• State-sponsored prayer in schools is unconstitutional

• State-sponsored prayer in schools is constitutional

• Use of hallucinogenic drugs for religious rituals is legal