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WorksheetsAP US Government Civil Rights
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which amendment protects you from being searched without a warrant?
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Third Amendment
Fourth Amendment
If one is arrested for a misdemeanor and cannot afford an attorney the suspect is entitled to a lawyer free of charge courtesy of what case?
Gideon v. Wainwright
Engel v. Vitale
Tinker v. Des Moines
Wisconsin v. Yoder
In Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), the Supreme Court upheld a student's right to wear an armband in protest. The wearing of the armband was protected as a form of which of the following?
Prior restraint
Symbolic speech
Redress of grievances
Peaceful public protest
Which of the following correctly describes the concept of prior restraint?
The government attempting to prevent something from being published by the press
The right of individuals to plan, coordinate, and execute peaceful methods of protest
The punishment of individuals for making statements critical of the government
The Supreme Court blocking government action on the grounds that it is unconstitutional
Which of the following protects people from discrimination?
The Tenth Amendment reserved power clause
Article 1 Section 8 elastic clause
The Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause
First Amendment separation of church and state
Which court case overruled Plessy v Ferguson and declared that separate is not equal?
Mapp v Ohio
Gideon v Wainwright
US v Nixon
Brown v Board of Ed
The idea that people should be allowed to vote whether or not to have slavery in a territory is known as.....
Compromise
Popular vote
Popular sovereignty
What was one effect of the Fifteenth Amendment?
Immigrants faced less discrimination
Black voters helped bring the Republican Party to power in the South
Electors selected the president and vice president on separate ballots
American Indian tribal land was divided into individual plots
Which group does the 24th Amendment aim to protect?
soldiers
women
poor citizens
European Americans
What amendment, made all people born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves— citizens of the country and guaranteed equal protection of the laws?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
Policy requiring police to inform suspects in custody of their rights
Discretionary spending
Proportional representation
Miranda rule
Filibuster
Race based segregation is illegal
Engel v Vitale
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
Roe v Wade
McDonald v Chicago
A group of protestors in Washington, D.C., carry out a public demonstration against American military involvement in the Middle East. The protestors were wielding signs critical of American soldiers and questioning the President's mental fitness. They block a major intersection and stop traffic for nearly an hour. Dozens of people are arrested. The courts ultimately uphold their arrest and conviction. What is the likely reason for the courts' decision?
Protesting in the nation's capital can be taken as a threat of rebellion.
Defamatory statements toward soldiers and the president count as slander.
Blocking intersections pose a threat to public safety and impede the lives of others.
Opposing the American military during wartime is offensive to many Americans and thus not protected speech.
When the process of incorporation is referred to as "selective," it is in reference to the fact that
the Court only incorporates a right in some cases but not all.
incorporation has happened on an amendment-by-amendment basis.
extension of rights may be withheld from some groups, such as students.
decisions from those cases do not set precedent for future cases.
This case was based on the Free Exercise Clause
McDonald v. Chicago
Engel v. Vitale
Tinker v. Des Moines
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Schenck v. United States established that "Clear and Present Danger" could limit which basic right?
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Religion
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Which Supreme Court case established the 'separate but equal' doctrine that was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education?
A) Plessy v. Ferguson
B) Marbury v. Madison
C) Roe v. Wade
D) Miranda v. Arizona
What is the primary purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
A) To end segregation in public places and ban employment discrimination
B) To provide voting rights to women
C) To establish the Environmental Protection Agency
D) To regulate interstate commerce
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 14th Amendment
C) 15th Amendment
D) 19th Amendment
What was the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
A) It prohibited racial discrimination in voting
B) It granted women the right to vote
C) It lowered the voting age to 18
D) It established the Electoral College
Which Supreme Court case ruled that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional?
A) Brown v. Board of Education
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Dred Scott v. Sandford
D) Loving v. Virginia
What is the main focus of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment?
A) To ensure that no state shall deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
B) To grant Congress the power to tax
C) To establish the right to bear arms
D) To protect freedom of speech
Which civil rights leader is famous for the 'I Have a Dream' speech?
A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Malcolm X
C) Rosa Parks
D) Thurgood Marshall
What was the primary goal of the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement?
A) To challenge segregation in interstate bus terminals
B) To promote environmental conservation
C) To advocate for women's suffrage
D) To support the Vietnam War
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote?
A) 19th Amendment
B) 15th Amendment
C) 24th Amendment
D) 26th Amendment
