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WorksheetsAP Gov Unit 3
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 35mins
Which of the following best describes why the Supreme Court is so frequently asked to decide cases that involve civil liberties?
The need of the government to protect society is often in conflict with the rights of individuals.
The individual amendments within the Bill of Rights include enforcement provisions.
Government regulations of civil liberties have become less frequent over time.
The Supreme Court is required to grant certiorari in all cases involving civil liberties.
The Fifth Amendment forbids
Cruel and unusual punishment.
Forced self-incrimination.
Illegal searches and seizures.
The government establishment of a national religion.
Which of the following is NOT protected in the First Amendment?
Right to privacy
Right of people to petition the government for a redress of grievances
No establishment of religion
Freedom of speech
Which of the following is most likely to be a violation of the Bill of Rights?
The government established a national religion.
The government punishes individuals for speech or expression.
The government refuses to provide a defendant with his choice of attorney.
The government restricts the right of individuals to own weapons.
The case of Engel v Vitale (1962) has most in common with which of the following Supreme Court cases?
Tinker v Des Moines
Roe v Wade
Wisconsin v Yoder
Schenck v United States
Which of the following government principles was at the center of the court’s reasoning in Engle v Vitale?
The Commerce Clause
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Separation of Church and State
Which of the following best summarizes the debate reflected in Wisconsin v Yoder (1972)?
Can Amish families use the Establishment Clause to protect their freedom of worship?
Can Amish students be forced by compulsory education laws to attend public school beyond 8th grade?
Can public schools develop and require the recitation of prayers during the school day?
Can public schools restrict student speech?
Which of the following is NOT a free exercise issue?
Animal sacrifice
Religious use of peyote (drug/medicine)
Teacher led prayers in public schools
Whether Amish children must go to school
First Amendment case where students were allowed to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam war - after first being suspended.
Tinker v. Des Moines
Granville v. NY
Gilman v. Microsoft
Texas v. Johnson
In law, both libel and slander are known as _____________________.
Defamation
Salutation
Abomination
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
This type of defamation is when there are written lies about a person to damage their reputation.
Censorship
Slander
Libel
Bail
Which is NOT protected speech?
Publishing a false statement that is damaging to one's reputation
Yelling fire in a crowded public place.
Explaining in detail when you plan to overthrow the government .
all of these
According to the Supreme Court, the death penalty is not necessarily cruel and unusual punishment.
True
False
Which Amendment was used to justify the decision in Roe v. Wade?
1st
4th
5th
6th
Which Amendment requires that evidence illegally seized by law enforcement cannot be used in criminal prosecutions?
1st
4th
5th
6th
Which Amendment guarantees the right to an attorney, as stipulated by Gideon v. Wainwright. ?
1st
4th
5th
6th
Which Amendment was clarified by the ruling in Wisconsin v. Yoder?
1st
4th
5th
6th
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 arguments would most likely be made by an opponent of affirmative action policies?
Discrimination is a natural part of the human experience.
Unaddressed past discrimination causes perpetual inequality.
Diversity helps Americans better understand each other.
Affirmative action discriminates on the basis of race.
Which of the following ended segregation in accommodations?
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
Brown v. Board decision
Dred Scott decision
School sponsorship of religious activities (teacher led / directed prayer) violates the establishment clause
Tinker v. Des Moines
Engel v. Vitale
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Schenck v. United States
Compelling Amish students to attend school past the 8th grade violates the Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Engel v. Vitale
United States v. Lopez
Baker v. Carr
Public school students have the right to wear black arm bands in school to protest the Vietnam war
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Shaw v. Reno
Tinker v. Des Moines
Brown v. Board of Education
Bolstered freedom of the press, establishing a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" even in cases involving national security
Schenck v. United States
New York Times Co. v. United States
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Speech creating a "clear and present danger" is not protected by the 1st Amendment
Schenck v. United States
Roe v. Wade
United States v. Lopez
Engel v. Vitale
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent
Schenck v. United States
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Marbury v. Madison
Extended the right to privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortion
Roe v. Wade
Griswold v. Connecticut
Wisconsin v. Yoder
McDonald v. Chicago
Extended the right to privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortion
Roe v. Wade
Griswold v. Connecticut
Wisconsin v. Yoder
McDonald v. Chicago
The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self defense is applicable to the states
Gideon v. Wainwright
McDonald v. Chicago
Roe v. Wade
Shaw v. Reno
Race based school segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause
Brown v. Board of Education
Baker v. Carr
Tinker v. Des Moines
McCullouch v. Maryland
Legislative redistricting must be conscious of race and ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but race may not be the sole rationale behind redistricting decisions
Baker v. Carr
Shaw v. Reno
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Check all that apply: These are incorporation cases that apply a right found in the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th Amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Marbury v. Madison
Tinker v. Des Moines
Check all that apply: These cases deal with the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
Baker v. Carr
Brown v. Board of Education
Citizens United v. FEC
Tinker v. Des Moines
This case overturned the Superme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Engel v. Vitale
Brown v. Board of Education
Citizens United v. FEC
Court case that established "separate but equal" doctrine.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Plessy v. Ferguson
Installing a ramp and other physical accommodations for someone who uses a wheelchair would be required because of which act?
Civil Rights Act
Patriot Act
Americans with Disability Act
Voting Rights Act
Which Supreme Court case developed the exclusionary rule?
New York Times v. Sullivan
Mapp v. Ohio
Parker v. Gideon
Barron v. Baltimore
Originally the Bill of Rights only applied to the Federal government, but through the process of Selective Incorporation more rights have been expanded to the state level.
True
False
Most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to the states because of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution's supremacy clause.
True
False
Which law impact female student athletes?
Title IX
Patriot Act
Civil Rights Act
Equal Rights Act
Which court case had nothing to do with Affirmative Action?
Grutter v. Bollinger
Brown v. the School Board of Topeka, Kansas
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Gratz v. Bollinger
Which amendment implies a the right to privacy?
1st
7th
3rd
4th
The power the government has to acquire your property is called:
Economic Freedom
Political Freedom
Eminent Domain
Tyranny
The government can take your property without just compensation
True
False
The ____________ process did not occur at once. Instead it has been a gradual process by which the Supreme Court has used a series of individual decisions to selectively incorporate the Bill of Rights into the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
eminent
incoporation
indoctrination
selection
In what case did the Supreme Court ruled that the state law criminalizing the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy?
Miranda v. Arizona
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Griswold v. Connecticut
Mapp v. Ohio
In Barron v. Baltimore, the Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights limits __________, not __________, activity.
commercial; noncommercial
noncommercial; commercial
federal; state
state; federal
Which of the following best describes why the Supreme Court is so frequently asked to decide cases that involve civil liberties?
The need of the government to protect society is often in conflict with the rights of individuals.
The individual amendments within the Bill of Rights include enforcement provisions.
The Supreme Court is required to grant certiorari in all cases involving civil liberties.
Government regulations of civil liberties have become less frequent over time.
A writ of habeas corpus refers to
the protection against cruel and unusual punishment
a person’s right to know the reasons for his or her imprisonment
a person’s right to trial by jury
a person’s right to not be charged for an action committed before that action was a crime
