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History 4/22

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John and Mary Beth Tinker, with their friend Christopher Eckhardt, wore arm bands to school in protest of the ________ War.

a)

Civil

b)

Revolutionary

c)

French and Indian

d)

Vietnam

2.

The year John and Mary Beth protested the VIetnam War was _____.

a)

2005

b)

1965

c)

1891

d)

1906

3.

The students who protested refused to remove their armbands at school and _____________.

a)

were sent home until they agreed to return without them

b)

were expelled

c)

flipped over tables and chairs

d)

sang the national anthem

4.

The students believed that in being told they couldn't wear their armbands in protest, that the school was violating their _________.

a)

school dress code policy

b)

Constitutional rights

c)

fashion choices

d)

Miranda Rights

5.

The Amendment that protects one's freedom of speech is _______.

a)

The Third Amendment

b)

The Fifth Amendment

c)

The First Amendment

d)

The Eleventh Amendment

6.

Other forms of "speech" mentioned in the text include expressing ideas in different ways, such as saluting or waving to a flag. This was called _______.

a)

saluting speech

b)

sloppy speech

c)

society's speech

d)

symbolic speech

7.

The name of the court case that resulted from the armband protest was _____.

a)

Tinker vs. Des Moines School District

b)

Bob vs. Joe

c)

Individual Rights vs. Society's Needs

d)

Court of Appeals vs. The Tinkers

8.

The case went to the ______.

a)

Circuit Court

b)

County Courthouse

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Civil Court

9.

Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas felt that sharing ideas, even upsetting ones, was ________.

a)

a normal part of childhood

b)

was cruel and unusual punishment

c)

should result in school suspension

d)

part of how students learn

10.

Justice Potter Stewart felt that children ______.

a)

were superior to adults

b)

should be able to protest in schools, but only with a dance-off

c)

didn't have the same rights to freedom of speech as adults

d)

should wear armbands all of the time

11.

Justice Hugo Black felt that ____________.

a)

protesting with armbands should be banned

b)

the armbands did exactly what the school officials said they would and took the students' minds off of their classwork.

c)

a new amendment should be created in support of armbands

d)

the world was falling apart and resigned

12.

The final ruling in Tinker vs. Des Moines School District was ______.

a)

against the students

b)

a hot mess

c)

a dumpster fire

d)

in favor of the students

13.

The 1969 Court's ruling mean that _________.

a)

Students who rock armbands will be expelled

b)

Supreme Court justices can be jerks

c)

Students under 18 have no rights under the Constitution

d)

All students, everywhere, have the right to freedom of speech