Unit 3

Question 1

Unenumerated rights of the people

Answer 1

9th Amendment

Question 2

No official religion or preferential treatment for a religion. Gov. can’t force a religion onto the people.

Answer 2

Establishment Clause

Question 3

States cannot hold prayers in public schools, even if participation is voluntary and the prayer isn’t tied to a specific religion.

Answer 3

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Question 4

The right to practice the religion of your choice

Answer 4

Free exercise clause

Question 5

Compelling Amish students to attend public school beyond 8th grade violates the free exercise clause

Answer 5

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Question 6

Students have free speech; symbolic speech is pure speech; schools can only limit speech if it interferes with the operation of the school.

Answer 6

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Question 7

Speech can be limited if it creates a clear and present danger. Upheld the Espionage Act.

Answer 7

Schenck v. U.S. (1919)

Question 8

Libel, slander, obscenity, speech intended to incite “imminent illegal action” and “likely to produce such a result”

Answer 8

Unprotected speech:

Question 9

Because of the First Amendment’s freedom of press there is a heavy presumption against prior restraint; government couldn’t block publication of the Pentagon Papers

Answer 9

New York Times v. U.S (1971)

Question 10

On a case by case basis, the supreme court started applying parts of the bill of rights to apply to the states, (now the states cannot deny the people their rights in the Bill of Rights) the court used the 14th amendment due process to justify having the power to do so 14th amendment due process =.”…nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

Answer 10

Selective Incorporation

Question 11

Suspects in custody must be informed of their 5th and 6th amendment rights

Answer 11

Miranda Rule

Question 12

incorporated an individuals right to bear arms (2nd amendment through the 14th’s due process clause)

Answer 12

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Question 13

Incorporated the right to an attorney (6th amendment) through the 14th’s due process clause

Answer 13

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Question 14

Established and incorporated a right to an abortion (right of privacy and the 14th amendment’s due process clause)

Answer 14

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Question 15

Protect individual personal liberty by limiting federal government.

Answer 15

Purpose of Bill of Rights

Question 16

Individual personal freedoms (freedoms guaranteed from government interference, listed in the Bill of Rights)

Answer 16

Civil Liberties

Question 17

1st Amendment

Answer 17

Religion (establishment clause & free exercise clause)
Assemble
Petition
Press
Speech
(RAPPS)

Question 18

Right to bear arms.

Answer 18

2nd Amendment

Question 19

No quartering of troops in peacetime.

Answer 19

3rd Amendment

Question 20

No unreasonable searches and seizures.

Answer 20

4th Amendment

Question 21

Due process, no self-incrimination, no double jeopardy, eminent domain, grand jury in capital cases

Answer 21

5th Amendment

Question 22

Speedy and public trial by jury in criminal cases, fair trial, right to an attorney

Answer 22

6th Amendment

Question 23

Trial by jury in civil cases

Answer 23

7th Amendment

Question 24

No cruel and unusual punishment or excessive bail

Answer 24

8th Amendment

Question 25

States’ rights; All powers not delegated to the federal or denied to the states are reserved to the states

Answer 25

10th Amendment

Question 26

Pretrial rights of the accused

Answer 26

*Right to legal counsel, speedy and public trial, and an impartial jury
*Protection against warrantless searches of cell phone data under 4th amendment
*Limitations placed on bulk collection of telecommunication metadata

Question 27

Illegally obtained evidence may not be used in a trial against you.

Answer 27

Exclusionary Rule

Question 28

Protection of groups of people from discrimination based off of gender, race, disabilities etc. (the 14th amendment equal protection clause)

Answer 28

Civil Rights

Question 29

Social Movements such as:
Civil rights, women’s rights, and LGBTQ rights are supported and motivated by the

Answer 29

14th amendment’s equal protection clause.

Question 30

A letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. after he had been arrested when he took part in a nonviolent march against segregation. He was disappointed more Christians didn’t speak out against racism.

Answer 30

Letter From A Birmingham Jail

Question 31

Organization that led women’s rights movement in 1960s and 1970s

Answer 31

National Organization For Women (NOW)

Question 32

Banned discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, or national origin in public accommodations (commerce clause) or employment and enforces the Brown ruling (separate is now equal)

Answer 32

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 33

The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated using the 14th amendment equal protection clause.

Answer 33

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Question 34

the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as “separate but equal”.

Answer 34

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Question 35

Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program

Answer 35

Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972

Question 36

Preferential admissions and hiring policies for minorities; allowed but no quota system, no points awarded for race

Answer 36

Affirmative Action

Question 37

You cannot gerrymander based off of race, violation of the 14th amendment’s equal protection clause.

Answer 37

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

Question 38

“One man, one vote.” Ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population; malapportioned districts are unconstitutional (14th amendment equal protection clause issue)

Answer 38

Baker v. Carr (1962)