Lesson 4

Question 1

Explain the Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment.

Answer 1

The free exercise of religion

Question 2

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 2

Established the constitutionality of racial segregation

Question 3

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 3

racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional

Question 4

Engel v. Vitale

Answer 4

unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools

Question 5

Tinker v. Des Moines

Answer 5

cemented students’ rights to free speech in public schools

Question 6

Mapp v. Ohio

Answer 6

Introduced Exclusionary rule

Question 7

Miranda v. Arizona

Answer 7

right to have an attorney present during questioning and an understanding that anything they say will be held against them.

Question 8

Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 8

requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own.

Question 9

Obergefell v. Hodges

Answer 9

Marriage is a right guaranteed

Question 10

What is Incorporation Theory?

Answer 10

most Bill of Rights protections apply to state governments

Question 11

Explain the significance of the 4th, 5th, 6th, & 8th Amendments.

Answer 11

ensure that people are treated fairly if suspected or arrested for crimes.

Question 12

Explain the significance of the 14th, 19th, & 26th Amendments.

Answer 12

Gives citizens the right to vote