SS.7.CG.2.4

When Dimitri was applying for college, he received a rejection letter from a state university informing him that he was not from a good neighborhood. What does this rejection violate?

• Dimitri's civic virtues, because the decision was unfair

• Dimitri's civil rights, because citizens are assured equal treatment despite individual differences

• Dimitri's civil liberties, because his parents are taxpayers

• Dimitri's due process, because the college did not adequately examine his character

The picture shows the Occupy Wall Street movement. The people in the picture are protesting the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States and the government policies that encourage it.

All of the Occupy Wall Street protesters in the picture are exercising which right?

• the right to counsel

• the right to assemble

• the right to bear arms

• the right to due process

Which statement best explains why the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment does not protect speech creating a "clear and present danger"?

• Speech that creates a "clear and present danger" may interfere with the rights of other people.

• Speech that creates a “clear and present danger” challenges government authority.

• Speech that creates a “clear and present danger” is reserved for government authority.

• Speech that creates a “clear and present danger” weakens religious values

The excerpt is from the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

What is the practical effect of the First Amendment in US society and governance today?

• It prohibits only state legislatures from passing laws that abridge the freedom of speech.

• It prohibits only the federal government from passing laws that abridge the freedom of speech.

• It prohibits both the federal government and state governments from passing laws that abridge the freedom of speech.

• It prohibits the federal government from passing laws that are not consistent with state laws regarding the freedom of speech.

Under the Fourth Amendment, when may the government search a citizen's private possessions?

• when a judge decides that more evidence is needed in order to open a criminal case

• when a judge decides that it is likely a crime is being committed and issues a warrant

• when a police officer hears a rumor that a crime is possibly being committed by a citizen

• when a police officer believes a citizen may have at one point been involved in criminal activity

Which is an example of unprotected speech?

• writing something that may be found offensive

• criticizing the government

• publicly disagreeing with a new law

• maliciously printing lies about another person

Which of the following is a way the judicial branch of the United States government protects individual rights?

• by enacting constitutional laws

• by writing constitutional laws

• by overturning unconstitutional laws

• by vetoing unconstitutional laws