Worksheets1st Amendment
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 56mins
Which of the following are true?
The First Amendment prohibits government officials from establishing an official religion.
The First Amendment restricts government officials from interfering with an individual's exercise of his or her religious beliefs.
Both of the above
None of the above
Which of the following categories of speech is never protected by the First Amendment?
Expression intended and likely to incite imminent lawless action
"True threats"
Clear and immediate threats to national security
All of the above
Which of the following categories of speech is never protected by the First Amendment?
Use of racial epithets
Ridiculing a person's ethnicity
Speech that demeans a person's gender
Speech that violates a person's legal right to privacy
True or false: While the First Amendment restricts their authority to actually censor the press, government officials must be permitted to simply read or view highly controversial news stories before a commercial newspaper or TV station publishes or airs them for the general public.
True
False
The free exercise clause is best defined as which of the following?
A provision of the First Amendment that prohibits the government from interfering with someone’s ability to practice their religion
A provision of the Fourteenth Amendment that prohibits governments from depriving a person’s life, liberty, or property without due process of law
A provision of the First Amendment that prohibits the federal government from making an official American religion
A provision of the Fourteenth Amendment that prohibits governments from denying any person within their jurisdiction equal protection under the law
Timmy does not like a law that the state legislature has passed. He decides that he will petition the state because of this. A few days after he sends his petition, his arrested for his petition. What amendment protects Timmy?
2nd Amendment
1st Amendment
5th Amendment
3rd Amendment
As it relates to the 1st Amendment what is the of RAPPS
Rules, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech
Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech
Religion, Assembly, Petition, Protest, Speech
Religion, Authority, Petition, Press, Speech
What was the issue in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?
The students and parents sued the school district claiming a violation of their first Amendment right of freedom of speech.
The school district wanted to search the bags of the students.
The parents did not want their children wearing black arm bands in school.
The students felt that their freedom of religion was violated.
Why did John & Mary Beth Tinker and Chris Eckhardt wear black arm bands?
To Protest the war in Vietnam.
They disagreed about taxes.
To protest the 4th amendment.
To support WWII veterans.
What was the school's response to the students wearing the black arm bands?
The school supported the students.
They suspended the students.
School officials made extras so other students could participate.
The students were arrested without trial.
What was the Supreme Court's response to siding with the students and parents?
The first amendment is irrelevant to this case.
Parents and students have a stronger say in decisions than schools.
Students have unlimited rights in expression.
Students and teachers don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression.
When can a school limit student speech?
When the act fails the "disruption test".
When the expression offends the teacher.
When parents get annoyed.
Which amendment provides protection to citizens against the following scenario?
The United States is involved in a war. Students who oppose the war wear black armbands to their public school. The school has a policy against wearing them. The school's principal says the policy against wearing them is to avoid arguments or fights between students who support the war and those against the war.
Do the students have a right to wear the black armbands?
Amendment 1
Amendment 2
Amendment 3
Amendment 4
Amendment 5
Allows citizens to have the right to
speak
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Right to Petition
Allows citizens to worship freely
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Right to Petition
gives citizens the right to access different sources of information or broadcasts
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Right to Petition
gives citizens the right to formally ask for government changes
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Right to Petition
gives citizens the right to gather in groups
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Right to Petition
Which of the following is an exception to First Amendment
protections and could land journalists in legal trouble?
Publishing obscenity
Publishing the names of minors
Publishing private facts about someone that are a matter of public concern
Publishing classified government documents that may lead to a souring of relations between the United States and another country
Which statement best describes journalists’ ability to take video or
photographs in public places?
Journalists can be sued for invasion of privacy for taking video or
photographs of anyone in a public places, because such activities
are considered trespassing.
Professional journalists can take video or photographs of anyone in
public places, but non-professional journalists cannot.
Journalists face certain criminal charges if they take video or
photographs of children in public
No one has a reasonable expectation of privacy in public places, so
anyone has a First Amendment right to take video or photographs
of anyone else in public.
To successfully recover damages for defamation, what must a public
official or public figure do?
Prove that the press had a grudge against him or her.
Prove that the press gathered information negligently.
Prove that the press published false information with reckless
disregard for the truth or falsity of that information.
Simply prove that the publication damaged his or her
reputation.
Freedom of Expression means
You can say whatever you want, whenever you want, wherever you want!
You can yell fire in a crowded theater.
U.S. citizens are able to express themselves freely without fear of government interference or persecution. Print and Electronic Media are also protected from censorship by the government.
The government can ban you from doing the Macarena.
Libel is defined as
defaming someone's character or hurting someone's reputation with false information in print.
defaming someone's character or hurting someone's reputation by speech.
Slander is defined as
defaming one's character or hurting one's reputation with false information in speech.
defaming one's character or hurting one's reputation with false information in print.
Check ALL that are correct. What rights or freedoms are protected by the First Amendment?
freedom of speech
freedom of religion
freedom of assembly
freedom of the press
freedom to petition the government
Legally, publishing deliberate untruths is called...
slander
libel
lying
label
The opposite of press freedom is...
censorship
charging for news feeds
media competition
Which of the following is covered under symbolic speech?
Writing a false claim about someone.
Burning a U.S. flag.
Yelling fire into a crowded room when their is no fire.
Making a false claim about someone
Which of the following scenarios is an example of how the federal government can restrict protected speech under the First Amendment?
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) makes a rule banning newspapers from publishing political cartoons that negatively depict political officials
Congress passes a law banning the sale of violent games to children under the age of 12
Congress passes a law that criminalizes depictions of a person using drugs like marijuana
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) makes a rule requiring television networks to use an automated beep when a vulgar word is said on broadcast television
Based on previous rulings, which of the following scenarios would most likely violate the freedom of speech clause of the First Amendment?
A woman is arrested for yelling racial slurs at a group of children as they are walking to school
A teenager is arrested for shouting “Bomb!” in an airport and pointing to his friend’s bag, causing people to panic
A public school district requires students to recite a non-denominational prayer at the start of the school day
A man is charged with a crime for displaying an American flag with a taped peace symbol on it
Which of the following scenarios is an example of how a state can reasonably restrict speech protected under the First Amendment?
A group of workers is arrested for picketing on the sidewalk outside a restaurant during the day, claiming that they are paid less than the minimum wage
A man is arrested after organizing a protest against a new sanctuary city law proposed by his state legislature
A woman is arrested for wearing a shirt that says “End military involvement in the Middle East
A group of protesters is arrested after staging a sit-in on the governor’s front lawn to protest a Voter ID law
Brett’s science teacher asks the class to exchange papers to correct last night’s homework. Brett refuses to let anyone except the teacher see his homework paper, and is sent to the principal.
No Violation
1st Amendment
John, a fourteen year old public school student, wears a shirt to school that says “Be happy, not gay” to express his belief that homosexuality is wrong. His dean tells him he must change his shirt or be suspended from school. John refuses, and is suspended for a week.
No Violation
1st Amendment
Thirteen year old Marianne is a freshman in high school. She is an honor student and wants to sing in the choir. When she arrives at choir practice, the teacher tells her she must take a drug test if she wants to participate in any extra-curricular activities. Marianne refuses and is kicked out of choir
1st Amendment
No Violation
Elizabeth is twelve years old. Her parents are very religious, but she is not. Once a week, Elizabeth’s parents make her come with them to their place of worship. Elizabeth always says she does not want to go, but her parents make her come with them anyway
1st Amendment
No Violation
Which of the following is the best example of a thesis which supports the 1st amendment in a total aspect.
The 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the freedoms that many consider to be the essence of America. The five freedoms guaranteed by the 1st Amendment are speech, press, religion, assembly and petition.
Collectively, these are sometimes referred to as freedom of expression.
While some people argue that people don't have basic rights, the first amendment does an amazing job at protecting the people's rights from the government from tyranny by giving people freedom of speech, religion, and freedom of petition.
