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AP Gov Unit 3

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 35mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following best describes why the Supreme Court is so frequently asked to decide cases that involve civil liberties?

a)

The need of the government to protect society is often in conflict with the rights of individuals.

b)

The individual amendments within the Bill of Rights include enforcement provisions.

c)

Government regulations of civil liberties have become less frequent over time.

d)

The Supreme Court is required to grant certiorari in all cases involving civil liberties.

2.

The Fifth Amendment forbids

a)

Cruel and unusual punishment.

b)

Forced self-incrimination.

c)

Illegal searches and seizures.

d)

The government establishment of a national religion.

3.

Which of the following is NOT protected in the First Amendment?

a)

Right to privacy

b)

Right of people to petition the government for a redress of grievances

c)

No establishment of religion

d)

Freedom of speech

4.

Which of the following is most likely to be a violation of the Bill of Rights?

a)

The government established a national religion.

b)

The government punishes individuals for speech or expression.

c)

The government refuses to provide a defendant with his choice of attorney.

d)

The government restricts the right of individuals to own weapons.

5.

The case of Engel v Vitale (1962) has most in common with which of the following Supreme Court cases?

a)

Tinker v Des Moines

b)

Roe v Wade

c)

Wisconsin v Yoder

d)

Schenck v United States

6.

Which of the following government principles was at the center of the court’s reasoning in Engle v Vitale?

a)

The Commerce Clause

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Church and State

7.

Which of the following best summarizes the debate reflected in Wisconsin v Yoder (1972)?

a)

Can Amish families use the Establishment Clause to protect their freedom of worship?

b)

Can Amish students be forced by compulsory education laws to attend public school beyond 8th grade?

c)

Can public schools develop and require the recitation of prayers during the school day?

d)

Can public schools restrict student speech?

8.

Which of the following is NOT a free exercise issue?

a)

Animal sacrifice

b)

Religious use of peyote (drug/medicine)

c)

Teacher led prayers in public schools

d)

Whether Amish children must go to school

9.
The Supreme Court case Engle v. Vitale had to do with the _________ of the Constitution?
a)
Establishment Clause
b)
Free Exercise Clause
c)
14th Amendment 
d)
Elastic Clause
10.

First Amendment case where students were allowed to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam war - after first being suspended.

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Granville v. NY

c)

Gilman v. Microsoft

d)

Texas v. Johnson

11.

In law, both libel and slander are known as _____________________.

a)

Defamation

b)

Salutation

c)

Abomination

d)

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

12.

This type of defamation is when there are written lies about a person to damage their reputation.

a)

Censorship

b)

Slander

c)

Libel

d)

Bail

13.

Which is NOT protected speech?

a)

Publishing a false statement that is damaging to one's reputation

b)

Yelling fire in a crowded public place.

c)

Explaining in detail when you plan to overthrow the government .

d)

all of these

14.

According to the Supreme Court, the death penalty is not necessarily cruel and unusual punishment.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which Amendment was used to justify the decision in Roe v. Wade?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

6th

16.

Which Amendment requires that evidence illegally seized by law enforcement cannot be used in criminal prosecutions?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

6th

17.

Which Amendment guarantees the right to an attorney, as stipulated by Gideon v. Wainwright. ?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

6th

18.

Which Amendment was clarified by the ruling in Wisconsin v. Yoder?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

6th

19.

Which of the following categories of speech is never protected by the First Amendment?

a)

Expression intended and likely to incite imminent lawless action

b)

"True threats"

c)

Clear and immediate threats to national security

d)

All of the above

20.

Which of the following arguments would most likely be made by an opponent of affirmative action policies?

a)

Discrimination is a natural part of the human experience.

b)

Unaddressed past discrimination causes perpetual inequality.

c)

Diversity helps Americans better understand each other.

d)

Affirmative action discriminates on the basis of race.

21.

Which of the following ended segregation in accommodations?

a)

Voting Rights Act

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Brown v. Board decision

d)

Dred Scott decision

22.

School sponsorship of religious activities (teacher led / directed prayer) violates the establishment clause

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

d)

Schenck v. United States

23.

Compelling Amish students to attend school past the 8th grade violates the Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment

a)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

United States v. Lopez

d)

Baker v. Carr

24.

Public school students have the right to wear black arm bands in school to protest the Vietnam war

a)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

b)

Shaw v. Reno

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

25.

Bolstered freedom of the press, establishing a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" even in cases involving national security

a)

Schenck v. United States

b)

New York Times Co. v. United States

c)

Mc Donald v. Chicago

d)

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

26.

Speech creating a "clear and present danger" is not protected by the 1st Amendment

a)

Schenck v. United States

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

United States v. Lopez

d)

Engel v. Vitale

27.

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent

a)

Schenck v. United States

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

d)

Marbury v. Madison

28.

Extended the right to privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortion

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

Griswold v. Connecticut

c)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

d)

McDonald v. Chicago

29.

Extended the right to privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortion

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

Griswold v. Connecticut

c)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

d)

McDonald v. Chicago

30.

The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self defense is applicable to the states

a)

Gideon v. Wainwright

b)

McDonald v. Chicago

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Shaw v. Reno

31.

Race based school segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Baker v. Carr

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

McCullouch v. Maryland

32.

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

a)

Baker v. Carr

b)

Shaw v. Reno

c)

Mc Donald v. Chicago

d)

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

33.

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

a)

Gideon v. Wainwright

b)

Mc Donald v. Chicago

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

34.

Check all that apply: These cases deal with the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

a)

Baker v. Carr

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Citizens United v. FEC

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

35.

This case overturned the Superme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.

a)

Mc Donald v. Chicago

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Citizens United v. FEC

36.

Court case that established "separate but equal" doctrine.

a)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Mc Donald v. Chicago

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

37.
Which of the following is NOT a clause found in the 14th amendment?
a)
Equal Protection Clause
b)
Due Process Clause
c)
Supremacy Clause
d)
Citizenship Clause
38.
What was the outcome of the University of California v Bakke case?
a)
The Supreme Court ruled that racial quotas in university admissions was acceptable
b)
The Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot deny a woman the right to an abortion
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that racial quotas in university admissions was a violation of the 14th amendment
d)
The Supreme Court ruled that the Japanese Internment camps did not violate the 14th amendment
39.

Installing a ramp and other physical accommodations for someone who uses a wheelchair would be required because of which act?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Patriot Act

c)

Americans with Disability Act

d)

Voting Rights Act

40.

Which Supreme Court case developed the exclusionary rule?

a)

New York Times v. Sullivan

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Parker v. Gideon

d)

Barron v. Baltimore

41.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Which law impact female student athletes?

a)

Title IX

b)

Patriot Act

c)

Civil Rights Act

d)

Equal Rights Act

44.

Which court case had nothing to do with Affirmative Action?

a)

Grutter v. Bollinger

b)

Brown v. the School Board of Topeka, Kansas

c)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

d)

Gratz v. Bollinger

45.
Right to bear arms
a)
3rd Amendment
b)
6th Amendment
c)
2nd Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
46.
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizure
a)
8th Amendent
b)
6th Amendment
c)
2nd Amendment
d)
4th Amendment
47.
Criminal Proceedings; Due Process; Eminent Domain; Double Jeopardy; Protection from Self incrimination
a)
3rd Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
2nd Amendment
d)
5th  Amendment
48.
Criminal Proceedings; Must inform defendant of charge/s; Right to Attorney; Right to fair impartial jur
a)
3rd Amendment
b)
6th Amendmeent
c)
1st Amendment
d)
14th Amendment
49.
Women's suffrage is the right for all females to vote.
a)
21st Amendment
b)
27th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
50.

Which amendment implies a the right to privacy?

a)

1st

b)

7th

c)

3rd

d)

4th

51.

The power the government has to acquire your property is called:

a)

Economic Freedom

b)

Political Freedom

c)

Eminent Domain

d)

Tyranny

52.

The government can take your property without just compensation

a)

True

b)

False

53.

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

a)

eminent

b)

incoporation

c)

indoctrination

d)

selection

54.
A court order which prevents unjust arrests & imprisonments
a)
Writ of Habeas Corpus
b)
Due Process
c)
“Plead the Fifth”
d)
Double Jeopardy
55.
Which type of law makes an act a crime after it has been committed?
a)
Ex Post Facto Law
b)
Writ of Habeas Corpus 
c)
Bills of Attainder
d)
Impeachment 
56.
a law that punishes a person without a trial
a)
ex post facto law
b)
writ of habeas corpus
c)
impeach
d)
bill of attainder
57.

In what case did the Supreme Court ruled that the state law criminalizing the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

c)

Griswold v. Connecticut

d)

Mapp v. Ohio

58.

In Barron v. Baltimore, the Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights limits __________, not __________, activity.

a)

commercial; noncommercial

b)

noncommercial; commercial

c)

federal; state

d)

state; federal

59.

Which of the following best describes why the Supreme Court is so frequently asked to decide cases that involve civil liberties?

a)

The need of the government to protect society is often in conflict with the rights of individuals.

b)

The individual amendments within the Bill of Rights include enforcement provisions.

c)

The Supreme Court is required to grant certiorari in all cases involving civil liberties.

d)

Government regulations of civil liberties have become less frequent over time.

60.

A writ of habeas corpus refers to

a)

the protection against cruel and unusual punishment

b)

a person’s right to know the reasons for his or her imprisonment

c)

a person’s right to trial by jury

d)

a person’s right to not be charged for an action committed before that action was a crime