The United States Supreme Court has used which of the following to INCORPORATE the Bill of Rights into state law? (Hint: This is known as Selective Incorporation)

14th Amendment's Due Process Clause

14th Amendment's Equal Protections Clause

In Miranda v. Arizona , the United States Supreme Court declared that

police must inform criminal suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning suspects after arrest

evidence seized during an illegal search cannot be used in court

The Supreme Court established the incorporation doctrine when the Court

interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment as extending most of the requirements of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as the federal government

granted the federal government the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional

The Washington Post receives a top secret report that details how the executive branch mishandled a deal made with a foreign nation regarding nuclear weapons. The executive branch attempts to stop the publishing of the report, but the publishers cite the precedent in New York Times Company v. United States (1971) establishing which of the following legal rules?

The heavy presumption against prior restraint (censorship)

Time, place, and manner restrictions matter in Free Speech cases

The significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison is that the decision

Established the power of judicial review

upheld the consitutionality of a national bank

limited presidential control of foreign policy

advanced civil rights for minorities

How did the Supreme Court decisions in Gideon v, Wainwright and Miranda v. Arizona affect individual liberties?

Expanded the constitutional rights of people accused of crimes.

Prevented the use of organized prayer in public schools

Eliminated the poll tax as a voting requirement

Required equal pay for men and women performing the same job

The executive branch is independent and cannt be forced to follow court orders

Government officials do not have to follow laws

Laws must be followed by everyone except for government officials.

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

keep African-Americans from voting

What best describes Jim Crow laws?

unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education

African Americans gaining full civil and political rights

discrimination laws focused on Native Americans

How did the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson relate to the 14th amendment?

It created laws that separated blacks and whites.

It said that separate but equal was unfair

It created laws that desegregated blacks and whites forever

It created laws to unify America

What was the purpose of Executive Order 9981?

To mobilize troops in preparation for the Vietnam War

The important Civil Rights Act of 1964 calls for __________.

the end of discrimination in public areas

the integration of religious and state facilities

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited ________.

any barriers to voting such as literacy tests and poll taxes

the government to conduct surveillance of polling sites

voters from seeing early drafts of ballot cards

poll workers from handing out reference materials to help voters read their ballots

During Reconstruction the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified. Which issue did these amendments address?

Readmission of states to the Union

Presidential impeachment proceedings

What was the significance of sending federal troops to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

It showed that the government would enforce court decisions on integration.

It was the first time martial law had been declared in the united states

It proved that the federal government was weak.

It showed that states' governments had full control over education.

What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?

Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.

Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism

OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA

Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

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If one is arrested for a misdemeanor and cannot afford an attorney the suspect is entitled to a lawyer free of charge courtesy of what case?

Gideon v. Wainwright

Engel v. Vitale

Tinker v. Des Moines

Wisconsin v. Yoder

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This case was based on the Establishment Clause

McDonald v. Chicago

Engel v. Vitale

Tinker v. Des Moines

Wisconsin v. Yoder

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following cases are free speech cases?

New York Times v. United States

Schenck v. United States

Tinker v. Des Moines

Roe v. Wade

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of these cases incorporated the 2nd Amendment?

Engel v. Vitale

Schenck v. United States

McDonald v. Chicago

Roe v. Wade

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of these cases limited citizens' free speech rights?

Schenck v. the United States

New York Times v. United States

Tinker v. Des Moines

Wisconsin v. Yoder

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of these cases overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

Schenck v. the United States

Brown v. Board of Education

Tinker v. Des Moines

Roe v. Wade

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of these cases defended symbolic speech?

Schenck v. the United States

New York Times v. United States

Tinker v. Des Moines

Wisconsin v. Yoder

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Uni 4 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

If one is arrested for a misdemeanor and cannot afford an attorney the suspect is entitled to a lawyer free of charge courtesy of what case?

This case was based on the Establishment Clause

Which of the following cases are free speech cases?

Which of these cases incorporated the 2nd Amendment?

Which of these cases limited citizens' free speech rights?

Which of these cases overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

Which of these cases defended symbolic speech?

The United States Supreme Court has used which of the following to INCORPORATE the Bill of Rights into state law? (Hint: This is known as Selective Incorporation)

In Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court declared that

The Supreme Court established the incorporation doctrine when the Court

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