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1
The Bill of Rights was enacted in
A)1776.
B)1781.
C)1787.
D)1789.
E)1791.
2
Which test did the Supreme Court justices devise for free speech in Schenck v. United States (1919)?
A)undue burden test
B)clear and present danger test
C)imminent lawless action test
D)free liberty test
E)None of these answers is correct.
3
In 1925, the Supreme Court justices decided that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to the states in
A)Gitlow v. New York.
B)New York Times Co. v. United States.
C)Texas v. Johnson.
D)Roth v. United States.
E)New York Times Co. v. Sullivan.
4
Which amendment guarantees freedom of assembly?
A)Fifth
B)Second
C)Eighth
D)First
E)Third
5
In _____, the Supreme Court justices required the states to furnish attorneys for poor defendants in all felony cases.
A)Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
B)Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
C)Benton v. Maryland (1969)
D)Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
E)Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)
6
In 2007, the Supreme Court reversed an earlier ruling by determining that bans on partial-birth abortion were constitutional. One cause of this shift was the replacement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor by
A)William Rehnquist.
B)Felix Frankfurter.
C)Anthony Kennedy.
D)Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
E)Samuel Alito.
7
Of the following nations, which has the largest rate of incarceration?
A)Japan
B)Great Britain
C)United States
D)Russia
E)China
8
Which Supreme Court case dealt with the publication of the "Pentagon Papers"?
A)Schenck v. U.S.
B)Fiske v. Kansas
C)New York Times Co. v. United States
D)Gitlow v. New York
E)Gideon v. Wainwright
9
What happened in Engel v. Vitale (1962)?
A)The Supreme Court justices upheld the constitutionality of vouchers.
B)The Supreme Court justices upheld the detention of enemy combatants by the government.
C)The Supreme Court justices banned the reciting of prayers in the public schools.
D)The Supreme Court justices banned the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools.
E)None of these answers is correct.
10
Which of the following statements is true?
A)Since Roe v. Wade, public opinion on abortion has not changed greatly.
B)Since Roe v. Wade, public opinion on abortion has changed dramatically.
C)A much higher percentage of Americans oppose the decision in Roe v. Wade now than when it was rendered.
D)Since the decision, public opinion has changed dramatically; a much higher percentage of Americans now support the decision.
E)Discernible opinions about the abortion issue are difficult to identify in polls.
11
Which state has executed more prisoners in the past 25 years than any other state?
A)New York
B)California
C)North Dakota
D)Texas
E)Tennessee
12
The _____ Amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment."
A)Second
B)Third
C)Seventh
D)Eighth
E)Twelfth
13
Which 1973 Supreme Court case stated that obscenity must be defined by "contemporary community standards"?
A)Roth v. United States
B)Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
C)Engel v. Vitale
D)Van Orden v. Perry
E)Miller v. California
14
Civil liberties
A)are not absolute.
B)are absolute.
C)must be balanced against other considerations.
D)are not absolute and must be balanced against other considerations.
E)are guaranteed by federal law.
15
What was the constitutional justification of selective incorporation by the Supreme Court?
A)Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause
B)Fourteenth Amendment due process clause
C)Fifth Amendment due process clause
D)First Amendment freedom of expression
E)First Amendment freedom of assembly
16
England's Glorious Revolution in 1689 focused primarily on the issue of
A)Parliamentary intrusions into personal privacy.
B)freedom of the press.
C)judicial activism.
D)religion.
E)unlawful arrests.
17
The statement, "You have the right to remain silent...Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law...You have the right to an attorney," is called the
A)Miranda warning.
B)Escobedo warning.
C)Gideon warning.
D)Mapp warning.
E)Dickerson warning.
18
_____ is a written attack on a person's reputation.
A)Libel
B)Slander
C)Obscenity
D)Both libel and slander fit this definition.
E)All these answers are correct.
19
Which of the following is true of the USA Patriot Act of 2001?
A)Government was granted more leeway in its wiretapping activities.
B)Authorities were granted more discretion and a lower burden of proof when seeking to wiretap a suspected terrorist.
C)Government was granted enhanced investigative powers.
D)It has led to a reduction of America's constitutional protections.
E)All these answers are correct.
20
Individual rights ultimately must be protected by
A)open-minded representatives.
B)a tolerant citizenry.
C)open-minded representatives and a tolerant citizenry.
D)unelected bureaucrats.
E)federal judges.





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