Exam 1 - Pretest 3 Flashcards
What best describes the Seditions Act of 1798
It was the first major challenge to First Amendment Freedoms
Which of the following describes a public policy that works to remove past barriers to discrimination?
Equality of opportunities
What was established by the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
The separate-but-equal doctrine
T or F
The Supreme court ruled that a student-led prayer at a sporting event is a violation of the establishment clause.
True
Which of the following is the Lemon test used to determine?
If state aid to sectarian schools is constitutional
What is TRUE about the fourteenth amendment?
It is directed to state governments
If the NFL decided to equalize the thirty-two team rosters with a balance of women and previously underrepresented ethnicities. This would be an example of ____.
Affirmative action
The ___ decision was first significantly enforced by the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Brown
_____ was NOT used by southern legislatures to get around the 15th Amendment
Minimum age requirements
The right to ___ is provided by the Ninth Amendment. It is NOT specifically enumerated in the Constitution
Privacy
Which of the following best describes the Voting Rights Acts of 1965?
It is the most important voting legislation ever enacted
Which of the following is a concept in criminal procedure that places the burden of proof on the government in establishing guilt?
A presumption of innocence
Which of the following issues has been most affected by the Fourteenth Amendment?
Civil rights
One example of ___ is burning an American flag, according to the supreme court.
Symbolic speech
___ Is legislative punishment that bypasses the procedural safeguards of the legal process.
A bill of attainder
The NAACP stands for which of the following?
National Associations for the Advancement of Colored People
If the Tampa Bay Times was ordered to halt a story in the process of being published because it contains potentially harmful content, it would be an example of ___.
Prior restraint
Capital punishment has changed over the history of the United States. Between 1976 and 2018 no state executed more persons (482) than____.
Texas
___, decided by the Supreme court in 1966, produced requirements to protect a suspect during a police interrogation
Miranda v Arizona
The Supreme Court ruling that college professors cannot cut off the fingers of students that score poorly on their American government quizzes is an example of a court protecting citizens from ______, as stated in the _____.
Cruel and unusual punishment; Eights amendment
Which of the following cases struck down the separate-but-equal doctrine?
Brown v Board of education
Americans are protected from ___ by the Fourth Amendment
Unreasonable searches and seizure
What did Roe v Wade accomplish?
It prohibited virtually all restrictions on abortions during the first trimester
The ___ establishes a preservation of a sphere of religious practice free of interference by the government.
Free exercise clause
Many people believe that positive steps called Affirmative Action are needed to overcome ____.
The residuals effects of generations of racial bias
The thirteenth Amendment ___
Banished slavery
The ____ clause of the First Amendment was violated when the Ten commandments was displayed in a Kentucky courthouse, according to the Supreme court.
Establishment
T or F
The supreme court focused its desegregation efforts on school systems in the north until the 1970s because de facto segregation was more prevalent there than in the south.
False
What year was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
1791
Although Dora is arrested for abusing her pet monkey Boots and she has no resources to hire an attorney, there is a provision in the Constitution assuring her of a right to counsel. Where is this provision found?
In the sixth amendment
