Unit 5 Test Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Unit Test Flashcards
What describes the civil liberties derived from the Bill of Rights?
A. They are things the president must do for the people.
B. They are things private corporations are not allowed to do.
C. They are things citizens must do to live in the United States.
D. They are things the government is not allowed to do.
D. They are things the government is not allowed to do.
What is the difference between civil liberties and civil rights?
A. Civil liberties are passed by a constitutional amendment, while civil rights exist by Supreme Court rulings.
B. Civil liberties are rights protected by the state governments, while civil rights are protected by the federal government.
C. Civil liberties are protections from the government, while civil rights are protections by the government.
D. Civil liberties apply to everyone, while civil rights apply only to United States citizens.
C. Civil liberties are protections from the government, while civil rights are protections by the government.
In which types of cases would the Supreme Court use the rational basis test?
A. Cases related to workplace gender discrimination
B. Cases concerning discrimination against African Americans
C. Cases involving discrimination that do not involve protected classes
D. Cases connected to discrimination against religious minorities
C. Cases involving discrimination that do not involve protected classes
What did segregated educational institutions violate according to the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
A. The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
B. The precedent established in Regents of University of California v. Bakke
C. The necessary and proper clause of the 10th Amendment
D. The precedent established in Plessy v. Ferguson
A. The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
Which criminal justice issue is addressed by the courts under the Eighth Amendment?
A. Providing attorneys for defendants that cannot afford one
B. Conditions related to capital punishment
C. Protection from illegal searches and seizure of property
D. Informing someone of the right to remain silent
B. Conditions related to capital punishment
Which Supreme Court case set the precedent that poor defendants must be provided legal counsel in felony cases?
A. Weems v. United States
B. Miranda v. Arizona
C. Powell v. Alabama
D. Gideon v. Wainwright
D. Gideon v. Wainwright
Which constitutional amendment protects people from illegal searches and seizures of property?
A. Sixth Amendment
B. Fifth Amendment
C. Third Amendment
D. Fourth Amendment
D. Fourth Amendment
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that evidence obtained without a warrant and that does not fall under any exclusionary rule is inadmissible in court?
A. Gideon v. Wainwright
B. Lawrence v. Texas
C. Mapp v. Ohio
D. Miranda v. Arizona
C. Mapp v. Ohio
What describes the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette?
A. A school cannot prohibit students from using bathrooms associated with their gender identity.
B. A school cannot prohibit students from wearing clothes that express political opinions.
C. A school cannot censor a student-run newspaper unless it violates libel laws.
D. A school cannot force students to salute the flag if doing so violates their religious beliefs.
D. A school cannot force students to salute the flag if doing so violates their religious beliefs.
What was the Supreme Court’s rationale for ruling a Pennsylvania program that helped fund the salaries of parochial school teachers unconstitutional in Lemon v. Kurtzman?
A. It would have the primary effect of supporting due process because the funding would go to parochial schools.
B. It did not have a sufficiently secular purpose since it indirectly supported free speech.
C. It violated the free exercise clause because the teachers’ personal expression could have been inhibited.
D. It violated the establishment clause because it would have created excessive government entanglement with religion.
D. It violated the establishment clause because it would have created excessive government entanglement with religion.
Which question is not part of the Miller standard for obscenity that was developed by the Supreme Court in Miller v. California?
A. Does the material offensively depict sexual conduct?
B. Does the work lack serious artistic merit?
C. Does the work depict male or female nudity?
D. Does the material violate community standards?
C. Does the work depict male or female nudity?
religious practice should be allowed to stand?
A. The action or law must have some secular purpose.
B. The action or law must not affect a large number of people.
C. The action or law must not lead to excessive government entanglement with religion.
D. The action or law must neither inhibit nor advance a religious practice.
B. The action or law must not affect a large number of people.
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that Congress could regulate firearms that are not regularly used by the military because of an interpretation of the Second Amendment clause regarding a “well-regulated militia”?
A. United States v. Cruikshank
B. McDonald v. Chicago
C. United States v. Miller
D. District of Columbia v. Heller
C. United States v. Miller
What describes the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges?
A. It declared that state laws prohibiting interracial marriages were unconstitutional.
B. It invalidated state sodomy laws that had made same-sex relationships illegal.
C. It recognized that same-sex married couples had the same rights as other married couples.
D. It limited the application of federal laws related to the adoption of Native American children.
C. It recognized that same-sex married couples had the same rights as other married couples.
Which of the following Supreme Court cases held that married couples have the right to use birth control?
A. Roe v. Wade
B. Obergefell v. Hodges
C. Griswold v. Connecticut
D. Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
C. Griswold v. Connecticut
