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| 1) The first ten amendments to the Constitution are referred to as the Bill of Rights. |
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| 2) The Federalists put forward the idea of a Bill of Rights in order to protect the liberty of individual citizens from the national government. |
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| 3) When was the Bill of Rights adopted? |
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| 4) Which Amendment in the Bill of Rights states that all powers not specifically given to the federal government shall be given to the states? |
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| 5) The Tenth Amendment says that |
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| all powers not specifically given to the federal government shall be given to the states |
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| 6) The liberty to exercise religion freely is protected by the ________ Amendment. |
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| 7) Which of the following freedoms is absolute and cannot be limited by government? |
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| 8) The establishment clause prohibits the national government from establishing a national religion and is found in the First Amendment. |
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| 9) In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has been more likely to allow the mingling of church and state. |
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| 10) The Court first ruled that a prayer recited in public school was unconstitutional in Engel v. Vitale. |
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| 11) At times, the Supreme Court allows the use of hallucinogenic drugs for use in religious observances. |
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| 12) Which of the following statements about a public school club that studies Islam and the Koran is accurate? |
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| Public schools cannot prohibit the formation of the club because they cannot discriminate on the basis of religious speech |
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| 13) The Supreme Court uses the ________ test in dealing with religious establishment cases. |
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| 14) Where secular law conflicts with religious beliefs, freedom of religion is |
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| 15) The judicial doctrine that government cannot prohibit speech or publication before the fact is called |
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| 16) Under most circumstances, government cannot exercise prior restraint of speech. |
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| 17) Which of the following is a limit on the First Amendment’s freedom of speech? |
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| speech that poses a clear and present danger, libel and slander, obscenity, fighting words |
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| 18) The Supreme Court has ruled that burning the American flag is a protected form of symbolic speech. |
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| 19) Which of the following is not protected as a form of symbolic speech? |
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| 20) Which of the following types of speech can government restrict? |
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| 21) Public officials cannot win a libel suit unless |
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| b. they can prove that actual malice was involved. |
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| 22) New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), the Supreme Court ruled that |
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| b. “actual malice” must be proven to support libel against a public figure. |
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| 23) The Supreme Court has defined obscenity |
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| d. differently in different periods of time. |
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| 24) According to the First Amendment, government cannot prevent speech based on its content. |
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| 25) The Supreme Court has ruled that public universities can use mandatory student fees to fund student groups that may be unpopular with some students. |
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| 26) The right to bear arms is guaranteed by the Third Amendment. |
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| 27) According to Supreme Court decisions, the Second Amendment guarantees citizens the unrestricted right to own firearms. |
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| 28) The Second Amendment was added to the Constitution to |
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| b. prohibit Congress from disarming state militias. |
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| 29) The Brady Bill established |
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| a. waiting periods for purchasing handguns. |
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| 30) The Supreme Court has ruled that depending on the circumstances police do not need a search warrant to search a person being arrested. |
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| 31) Which of the following is an unreasonable search and seizure? |
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| d. Police may use thermal imaging equipment to look for indoor marijuana greenhouses. |
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| 32) Police officers do not need a warrant if they have consent to search. |
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| 33) The Fifth Amendment guarantees the right to counsel. |
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| 34) The Fourth Amendment's purpose was to deny the national government the authority to conduct general searches. |
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| 35) During the Civil War, Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus, which normally provides for what right? |
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| b. The right to a court determination that you are being held lawfully |
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| 36) The prohibition against double jeopardy prevents the government from retrying someone who has been acquitted, even if compelling new evidence comes to light after the trail is over. |
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| 37) The right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury is guaranteed by the ________ Amendment. |
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| 38) In 2008, the Roberts Court ruled that |
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| a. detained terrorist suspects could challenge their extended incarceration in federal court. |
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| 39) The right to a grand jury; the prohibition against depriving life, liberty, or property without due process; the right against self-incrimination; and the prohibition against eminent domain seizures without fair compensation are all found under which Amendment? |
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| 40) Someone who “took the Fifth” has |
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| b. refused to testify against himself. |
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| 41) Who is least likely to be eligible to serve on a jury? |
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| e. those who have prejudged a case |
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| 42) The Supreme Court has determined that mentally retarded convicts are eligible for the death penalty if they received a fair and public trial. |
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| 43) In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that convicts who were under eighteen years old at the time of their crime could not be executed for capital murder because doing so would violate the |
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| e. ban on cruel and unusual punishment. |
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| 44) Over 100 people have been released from death row due to the results of DNA tests. |
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| 45) Why does Mexico refuse to extradite some suspected criminals to the United States for trial? |
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| b. because the U.S. uses capital punishment and Mexico prohibits the death penalty |
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| 46) Texas executes more people than any other state. |
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| 47) In which constitutional amendment is the right to privacy enumerated? |
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| 48) Which provision of the Constitution was used by the Supreme Court in deciding that Americans had a right to marital privacy? |
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| d. the Thirteenth Amendment |
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| 49) In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that women have an absolute right to an abortion in the first trimester. |
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| 50) The foundation for the Court's decision in Roe v. Wade is the right to |
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| 51) The Supreme Court's decision in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey |
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| c. upheld some restrictions on the right to an abortion. |
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| 52) What did the Supreme Court decide in Lawrence v. Texas? |
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| d. States cannot criminalize consensual private sexual behavior. |
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| 53) Which state’s Right to Die law was upheld by the court despite the actions of the U.S. Attorney General? |
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| 54) Which of the following best summarizes how the Patriot Act affects civil liberties? |
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| c. The Patriot Act likely encroaches on Americans’ civil liberties in numerous ways. |
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| 55) During the George W. Bush administration, the government used an interrogation technique known as water-boarding. |
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