AP GOPO Chapter 8 Review 2/2

What did the SCOTUS hold in Wisconsin v. Yoder?

• The State's interests in compelling school attendance beyond the 8th grade outweighed the individual's interests under the 1st Amendment

• The individual's interests under the 1st Amendment outweighed the State's interests in compelling school attendance beyond the 8th grade

• The State's interests in compelling school attendance beyond the 8th grade were not addressed

• The individual's interests under the 1st Amendment were deemed irrelevant

What is freedom of expression as affirmed in the First Amendment?

• The right to bear arms

• The right to privacy

• The right to speak, publish, and protest

• The right to a fair trial

Which types of speech are not protected under the 1st Amendment?

• Speech that is offensive is not protected

• Speech that advocates for violence is not protected

• Speech that advocates for imminent lawless action is not protected

• Speech that is politically unpopular is not protected

What does "prior restraint" refer to in the context of the press and national security?

• The legal defense of publishing classified information

• The suppression of material prior to publication on the grounds that it might endanger national security

• The act of publishing classified information without government approval

• The protection of journalists from government interference

Which case raised the question of the permissibility of prior restraint?

• New York Times v. United States

• Washington Post v. United States

• Nixon v. United States

• United States v. New York Times

What was the Nixon administration trying to prevent the New York Times and the Washington Post from publishing?

• Classified materials describing high-level decision making on the part of U.S. officials in conducting the Vietnam conflict

• Internal communications between U.S. officials during the Vietnam War

• The names of U.S. officials involved in the Vietnam War

• The military strategies used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War

According to Justice Hugo Black, what was the role of the press according to the Founding Fathers?

• To serve the governors

• To censor the government

• To serve the governed

• To establish governmental restraint

What did the decision and concurring statements in the NYT v. U.S. case set a high bar for?

• The government's ability to demonstrate a sufficient interest

• The government's ability to prevent publication

• The press's ability to censor the government

• The press's ability to serve the governors

What is symbolic speech?

• Speech that is always protected under all circumstances

• Protected expression in the form of spoken words only

• Protected expression in the form of images, signs, and other symbols

• A form of speech with no legal protections

In the case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), what did John and Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt do to protest the Vietnam War?

• They gave speeches in front of their school

• They wore black armbands to their public school

• They wrote articles for the school newspaper

• They organized a walkout during school hours