Exam #2 Flashcards
The “wall of separation” between church and state is primarily based upon
the free-exercise clause
the incorporation doctrine
the establishment clause
the privileges and immunities clause
the establishment clause
The Supreme Court has ruled that censorship of the press is basically illegal through the doctrine of
suspect classification
affirmative action
no prior restraint
none of the above
no prior restraint
Schenck v. US, in declaring that a “clear and present danger” could justify limitations on free speech, upheld a law against
sedition
libel
slander
symbolic speech
sedition
Printing false, misleading, and defamatory information about someone with the intent to harm them constitutes the civil offense called
slander
libel
neither of the above
libel
The Supreme Court in the case of Miller v. California set out a multi-part test for
libel
sedition
obscenity
abortion
obscenity
The fourth amendment prohibits authorities from searching one’s person and property generally unless they first obtain a warrant based on ____________.
ex post facto proof
prima facie evidence
probable cause
none of the above
probable cause
The federal Exclusionary Rule was adopted as a result of the decision in _______________.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Mapp v. Ohio
both of the above
neither 1 nor 2
Mapp v. Ohio
The 5th amendment protects citizens against being retried on the same charges after once being acquitted by a jury. This is protection against ___________.
a bill of attainder
an ex post facto law
double jeopardy
none of the above
double jeopardy
If a person believes they are being detained in violation of his or her constitutional rights, it is an established feature of the constitution that he or she can apply for release through a writ of ____________, with very narrow exceptions.
habeas corpus
corpus delicto
attainder
ex post facto
habeas corpus
The “Good Faith Exception” applies to
admission of evidence in court
laying aside the exclusionary rule in specific circumstances
police searches, arrests and interrogations
all of the above
all of the above
The Due Process clause of the 5th amendment is generally held to be applicable to
whether a law is substantially fair
whether a law is being enforced properly
whether a law is being enforced properly
“Reading them their rights” has been a feature of placing suspected criminals under arrest since the Supreme Court decision in the case of
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Mapp v. Ohio
Miller v. California
Miranda v. Arizona
The case of Gideon v. Wainwright determined that
suspects had to be read their constitutional rights upon arrest and/or interrogation by the authorities
defendants in state trials were entitled to counsel under the 6th amendment to the Constitution
neither of the above
both 1 and 2
defendants in state trials were entitled to counsel under the 6th amendment to the Constitution
True or False: The two major forms of segregation are de jure and de facto segregation.
True
False
True
The “separate-but-equal doctrine” was established by the Supreme Court in the case of
Milligan v. US
In Re Garland
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board
Plessy v. Ferguson
The first major civil rights association to be formed in the United States was the
Congress of Racial Equality
NAACP
Tuskegee Institute
none of the above
NAACP
The Montgomery Bus Boycott erupted after the arrest of _____________ for refusing to give up her seat to a white man in 1955.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Luxembourg
Cora King
none of the above
Rosa Parks
The leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, who used civil disobedience and passive resistance as the major tool in pushing for civil rights reform, was
Rosa Parks
Ralph Abernethy
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Separate but equal” was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1954 in the case of
Plessy v. Ferguson
Regents v. Bakke
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Loving v. Virginia
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
A major achievement of the Civil Rights movement was the passage of an act providing for government action to prevent electoral discrimination, either through registration or voting fraud. This act, passed in 1965, was the
First Civil Rights Act
King Act
Voting Rights Act
none of the above
Voting Rights Act
Policies designed to create a “level playing field” between whites and minority groups in education, hiring, contracts, etc., are referred to as
Affirmative Action
Quota Acts
neither of the above
Affirmative Action
The case of Bakke v. Regents was based on a claim that preferential admissions to public educational institutions amounted to
de jure segregation
de facto segregation
reverse discrimination
none of the above
reverse discrimination
Women were not to be denied the right to vote after the ratification of the
18th amendment
19th amendment
20th amendment
21st amendment
19th amendment
“Quid pro quo” and “hostile work environment” are possible elements in a civil lawsuit against an employer on the basis of
sexual harassment
age discrimination
disability discrimination
none of the above
sexual harassment
The specific protections of the Bill of Rights must be applied by state courts as well, according to the federal doctrine of
incorporation
integration
assimilation
jointure
incorporation
The federal right of privacy was first enunciated in the Supreme Court case of
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Miranda v. Arizona
Griswold v. Connecticut
Griswold v. Connecticut
The Supreme Court declared that a woman’s choice to bear a child or have a legal abortion was chiefly a private matter to be left to herself and her doctor in the 1973 decision in
Griswold v. Connecticut
Webster v. Planned Parenthood
Roe v. Wade
none of the above
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954 determined that “separate but equal” was
unconstitutional in public schools
constitutional in all public facilities
unconstitutional in Kansas
constitutional in school buses
unconstitutional in public schools
