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WorksheetsTinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District: Can Students
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 3mins
What right does the First Amendment in the U.S. Constitution protect?
The right to safety
The right to healthy food
The right to protest
The right to a fair trial
How does the author describe the protest organized by the students in this case?
The students wore black armbands as symbols of protest against the Vietnam War.
The students stood outside school and refused to go in as a protest
The students printed angry articles in their school newspaper to protest a war.
The students refused to eat their lunches as a protest against world hunger.
Read the following sentences
“A similar case to Mary Beth Tinker’s had come to a U.S. court three years earlier. In that case, a school principal banned students from wearing buttons protesting racial discrimination. The court disagreed with the principal’s actions.”
What can you conclude based on this information?
The court wanted to be able to use this earlier case when thinking about Tinker’s case, but they weren’t similar enough.
The court went against its earlier ruling in the case of students being banned from wearing buttons protesting racial discrimination.
Wearing buttons is very different from wearing armbands in school because armbands are larger and more visible.
The court cWearing buttons is very different from wearing armbands in school because armbands are larger and more visible.
The court could use this earlier case when thinking about Tinker’s case because both used similar forms of protest.
The author says that the Supreme Court study the Constitution to make decisions in cases. What part of the Constitution did they study to make a decision in the Tinker case?
the First Amendment
the Preamble
the Declaration of Independence
the Second Amendment
What is the main idea of this text?[This answer may not be accurate]
The Supreme Court ruled to protect students’ right to protest in schools in a case where students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
The Supreme Court looks at earlier cases when making decisions in cases as well as the U.S. Constitution.
Mary Beth Tinker and a group of other students decided to wear black armbands with white peace signs on them to school.
The First Amendment protects people’s rights to freedom of protest, including going to marches, making signs, or wearing certain clothing.
