WorksheetsCivil Liberties and Civil Rights
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which constitutional amendment provides for the expansion of individual rights found in the Bill of Rights?
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
Twenty-Second Amendment
The Constitution creates a "wall of separation between Church and State" in the words of the
Elastic Clause
Establishment Clause
Exclusionary Clause
Judiciary Clause
The Supreme Court case that overturned a state law setting aside time for "voluntary prayer" in public schools was
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Lee v. Weisman
Wallace v. Jaffree
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Using actions rather than words to convey an idea would be an example of
speech plus
pure speech
fee speech
symbolic speech
Which Supreme Court case ruled that flag burning is a protected form of symbolic speech?
Reno v. ACLU
Miller v. California
Texas v. Johnson
Tinker v. Des Moines
The right of the government to take property for public use as long as the government provides just compensation for the property is called
substantive due process
eminent domain
public domain
procedural due process
The Supreme Court, in Mapp v. Ohio, ruled that evidence obtained without a search warrant could be excluded from trial in state courts. This finding upholds the constitutional guarantee of no unreasonable search and seizure found in the
Fourth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
First Amendment
What government action brought an end to Jim Crow laws and legal segregation in America?
the Civil Rights Act of 1875
Presidential Executive Order 8802
the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson
the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education
what has been the most recent government action taken to end discrimination against Native Americans in the United States?
the American Indian Movement Act
the Native American Tribal Act
the Native American Language Act
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
Which of the following prohibits gender discrimination in the workplace?
Equal Pay Act
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Women's Civil Rights Act of 1964
Nineteenth Amendment
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr,. Letter from Birmingham Jail
Which statement is most consistent with the author's argument in this quote?
We should oppose injustice everywhere we see it
It is justifiable that injustice may occur in some places but not others
Forcing justice everywhere endangers society
Justice cannot occur everywhere
