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Civil Liberties Landmark Court Decisions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which court case stated that students do not "shed their constitutional rights at the school house gates."?
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Texas v Johnson
c)
Tinker v Des Moines
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
2.
Which court case stated that suspects must be read their rights when arrested or anything said is inadmissible in court.
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Texas v Johnson
c)
Tinker v Des Moines
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
3.

Which court case expressed that all individuals have the right to an attorney regardless of their to pay, for any criminal charge?

a)

Lemon v Kurtman

b)

Gideon v Wainwright

c)

US v Nixon

d)

Brown v Board of Ed

4.

Which court case created a test that all parochial (religious schools)- must pass to use public tax money maintain the "Separation of Church and State"?

a)

Lemon v Kurtman

b)

Gideon v Wainwright

c)

US v Nixon

d)

Brown v Board of Ed

5.

Which court case is important in protecting the 4th Amendment right to "unreasonable search and seizures" and the creation of the Exclusionary Rule?

a)

Mapp v Ohio

b)

Gideon v Wainwright

c)

US v Nixon

d)

Brown v Board of Ed

6.

Which of the following ideas BEST describes what protection we have from the case Miranda v. Arizona?

a)

Self- incrimination

b)

Right to counsel

c)

Freedom of speech

d)

Freedom of expression

7.
Prayer in schools is an official approval of religion, violating the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment
a)
Engel v. Vitale
b)
Mapp v. Ohio
c)
Reynolds v. Sims
d)
n Re Gault
8.

In the case of _______ vs. The United States, the Supreme Court created a "clear and present danger" test that allows restrictions to be placed on free speech

a)

Gitlow v. New York

b)

Schenck vs. The United States

c)

Tinker v. The Des Moines School District

d)

Miranda vs. Arizona

9.

This case of Mapp v. Ohio, the Court established the 4th Amendment's _________, which prohibits the use of evidence seized during an illegal search

a)

Subject to Arrest Rule

b)

Plain View Test

c)

Exclusionary Rule

d)

Reasonable Suspicion

10.

Which of the following cases determined that school publications such as newspapers or student year books are NOT protected by the Free Press Clause of the 1st Amendment

a)
Tinker v. Des Moines
b)

Mahonay Schools v. B.L

c)

Lemon v. Kurtzman

d)

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

11.

Capital Punishment is legal and not cruel and unusual punishment. Based on the States on how the state establish the rules for administering the death penalty

a)

Furman v. Georgia 

b)

Gregg v. Georgia 

c)

NJ v. TLO

d)

In Re Gault

12.

In the case of ______________, the Court incorporated free speech and applied it to state laws

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Texas v. Johnson

c)

Engel v. Vitale

d)

Gitlow v. New York

13.

What Supreme Court case said that the government could not make Amish parents send their kids to school past the 8th grade as part of the 1st Amendment's Free Exercise of Religion Clause?

a)
Reynolds v. United States
b)
Wisconsin v. Yoder
c)
Oregon v. Smith
d)
Engle v. Vitale
14.

In the case of Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, the Court determined

a)

school administrators only need a reasonable suspicion to search

b)

schools must obtain a warrant to search a student's phone

c)

free speech is allowed in school assuming it does not disrupt the educational process

d)

that school publications are not protected by free speech

15.

In Mahonay School District vs. B.L, the Supreme Court determined that student ____ speech is protected assuming it's off campus and outside of school hours

a)

direct

b)

symbolic

c)

printed

d)

online

16.

In the case of _______ school adminstrators are allowed to search based on a reasonable suspicion

a)

Mapp v. Ohio

b)

Mahonoy School District v. BL

c)

TLO v. New Jersey

d)

Wolf v. Colorado

17.

In the case of __________, the Supreme Court determined that the "right to keep and bear arms" in the 2nd Amendment was an individual liberty

a)

McDonald v. Chicago

b)

Miller v. the United States

c)

Heller v. Washington DC

d)

New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen

18.

Which of the following cases incorporated the 2nd Amendment's right to keep and bear arms to state the states?

a)
McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010)
b)

New York Rifle and Gun Club vs. Bruen

c)
United States v. Miller (1939)
d)
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
19.

In this landmark court decision, the Court determined that the death penalty given primarily to minorities and the poor violated the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the 8th Amendment

a)
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
b)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
c)
Roper v. Simmons (2005)
d)
Atkins v. Virginia (2002)
20.

In the case of _______, the Supreme Court overturned their ruling in Roe v. Wade, returning the issue of abortions to state voters and elected legislatures

a)
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
b)
Griswold v. Connecticut
c)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
d)
Lawrence v. Texas