Exam MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Civil liberties are that the government has committed to protect. A) freedoms B) property rights C) religious freedoms D) recognitions of equality E) business rights 2) Which clause prevents the national government from sanctioning an official religion? A) full faith and credit B) establishment C) equal protection D) due process E) free exercise 3) Which rule bars the use of illegally seized evidence at trial? A) double jeopardy B) right to pay C) exclusionary D) hate speech E) prior restraint 4) The incorporation doctrine makes the protections from the Bill of Rights applicable to the states through which of the following amendments? A) Fourth B) Fifth C) Tenth D) Fourteenth E) Sixth 5) A false written statement is, the same statement spoken aloud is A) libel; defamation B) slander; defamation C) slander; libel D) libel; slander E) defamation; slander 6) The Constitution protects against search of an individual's person, home, or vehicle without A) compensation B) a good reason C) permission D) a warrant E) due process 7) What does the Sixth Amendment guarantee to those accused of a crime? A) a written indictment B) a jury trial C) assistance of counsel D) assistance by the press E) access to law books 8) Gitlow v. New York, in which the Supreme Court held that freedom of speech and of the press are fundamental liberties protected by the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the states, began the development of the doctrine of A) full faith and credit B) establishment C) incorporation D) eminent domain E) free exercise 9) New York Times Co. v. Sullivan held that there must be proof of which of the following in order to find libel against a public figure? A) actual malice B) property loss C) actual harm D) an audience E) a written record 10) Which of the following generally is unconstitutional in public schools? A) search and seizure B) self incrimination C) free speech D) prayer E) all of the above A-1
11) According to Roe v. Wade, what could the state do if a woman wanted to obtain an abortion in her first trimester? A) The state could not exercise any control over it. B) The state could ban the abortion unless the mother's life was in danger. C) The state could regulate it if the mother's life was in danger. D) The state could regulate it to protect the woman's health. E) The state could ban it. 12) The doctrine of prior restraint prevents the government from prohibiting speech or publication A) that is critical of the government B) after the fact C) that is illegal D) that is obscene E) before the fact 13) Which test examines the constitutionality of religious establishments? A) Orange B) Lemon C) Prior Restraint D) Free Exercise E) Attainder 14) The USA Patriot Act enhances the government's ability to do which of the following? A) take personal property B) control public schooling C) examine private records D) imprison citizens without trial E) indict foreign enemies 15) Which Supreme Court case developed the exclusionary rule? A) Mapp v. Ohio B) Gideon v. Wainwright C) Parker v. Gideon D) New York Times Co. v.sullivan E) Wolfv. Colorado 16) The Supreme Court briefly outlawed which of the following in the 1970s by asserting that it was being imposed in an arbitrary manner? A) the exclusionary rule B) capital punishment C) symbolic speech protection D) school prayer E) access to court-appointed counsel 17) Which amendment forbids coercion in the form of entrapment? A) Second B) Eighth C) Tenth D) Fifth E) First 18) The Supreme Court has used incorporation to the rights of states. A) protect B) define C) limit D) enforce E) expand 19) Legal questions regarding birth control stem from the implied right to which of the following? A) commerce B) family C) privacy D) sexual freedom E) relationships 20) The USA Patriot Act expands an exception found in which amendment to allow spying? A) Sixth B) Fourth C) Fifth D) First E) Second 21) Which Supreme Court case upheld an individual's right to have a gun in his or her home? A) Griswold v. Connecticut B) Mapp v. Ohio C) McDonald v. Chicago D) Gideon v. Wainwright E) Miranda v. Arizona A-2
22) If a police officer has a reasonable belief that someone is committing or about to commit a crime, that officer can stop and frisk the suspect without A) a warrant B) evidence C) arresting them D) their consent E) a witness 23) Opponents of the death penalty have argued that it violates which amendment to the Constitution? A) Tenth B) Fifth C) Fourteenth D) Eighth E) Second 24) In Barron v. Baltimore, the Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights limits not, action. A) local; state B) state; local C) federal; state and local D) federal; local E) state; federal 25) Which of the following is responsible for determining whether enough evidence exists to support a conviction against a criminal defendant? A) prosecutor B) defense attorney C) petit jury D) trial court E) grand jury 26) Which of the following Supreme Court cases demonstrates how reluctant the courts are to exercise prior restraint even when national security issues are involved? A) New York Times v. United States B) Near v. Minnesota C) Roe v. Wade D) Barron v. Baltimore E) Miranda v.arizona 27) Which of the following best represents the reasoning used by the Supreme Court in Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah, in which the Court overturned a city ordinance prohibiting the ritual killing of animals? A) People must be free to practice their religion, no matter what it involves. B) The establishment clause would prevent the city from having such an ordinance. C) Any law banning a religious practice must be passed at the state, not the local, level. D) Local laws that interfere with religion, even if not aimed at religion, are unconstitutional. E) A government that permits other forms of killing animals may not ban sacrifices. 28) During World War I, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Charles T. Schenck, ruling that government can limit speech that A) is symbolic but obscene B) qualifies as hate speech C) creates a clear and present danger D) is critical of the government E) is a prior restraint 29) InEngelv. Vitale, the Supreme Court found it unconstitutional to require school children to do which of the following? A) desegregate B) pray C) pay for books D) be bussed E) take standardized tests 30) The Fourteenth Amendment attempted to guarantee which of the following to former slaves? A) free university education B) forty acres of farmland and a mule C) economic equality with whites D) citizenship rights E) debt forgiveness A-3
31) The Fifteenth Amendment guarantees citizens the right to vote regardless of A) involvement in insurrection B) gender C) race D) age E) property ownership 32) What was the objective of the women's suffrage movement? A) end women's suffering from abusive husbands B) the right to an abortion C) broad gender equality D) the right to vote E) equal pay for equal worth 33) Which of these does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ban? A) poll truces and grandfather clauses B) affirmative action C) discrimination in public accommodations D) discrimination based on sexual orientation E) nonviolent resistance 34) What did Jim Crow laws mandate? A) racial segregation B) poll taxes C) black codes D) voting rights E) grandfather clauses 35) What provision of the Fourteenth Amendment serves as a cornerstone of our understanding of civil rights? A) the equal protection clause B) the all men are created equal clause C) the privileges and immunities clause D) the grandfather clause E) the Equal Rights Amendment 36) How has the Equal Rights Amendment affected women's civil rights? A) It solidified the civil rights women had earlier won through legal victories. B) It has eliminated gender discrimination in the military. C) It has ensured that men and women are treated equally in the workplace. D) It has had little effect because it was not formally adopted. E) It has ensured that the courts evaluate gender discrimination using the inherently suspect test. 37) The Supreme Court's decision inlawrencev. Texas (2003) primarily enhanced the civil liberties of, A) disabled Americans B) gays and lesbians C) Asians D) African Americans E) American Indians 38) Which of the following is an example of de iure segregation? A) the small number of African American senators B) Jim Crow laws C) Title IX legislation D) the tendency for churches to be racially homogeneous E) sequestering the jury in order to ensure a fair trial 39) Dean Houston taught Thurgood Marshall law at A) Harvard B) Howard C) Hartford D) Humber 40) Which interest group supported the fight against segragation in the courts A) NCAA B)NARAL C) NAACP D) NRA A-4
Answer Key Testname: CHAP 4 5 QUIZ 1) A 2) B 3) c 4) D 5) D 6) D 7) c 8) c 9) A 10) D 11) A 12) E 13) B 14) c 15) A 16) B 17) D 18) c 19) c 20) B 21) c 22) A 23) D 24) c 25) c 26) A 27) E 28) c 29) B 30) D 31) c 32) D 33) c 34) A 35) A 36) D 37) B 38) B 39) A 40) c A-5