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AP GOPO Chapter 4 Quiz
1. Civil liberties are
A) freedoms that are not specified in the Constitution or in statutory laws, but make up the Unwritten Constitution.
B) the rights to vote and participate in the political process in a democracy.
C) laws that provide and set limits on oneʹs freedoms.
D) citizensʹ rights to equal treatment under the law.
E) individual legal and constitutional protections against the government.
2) Americansʹ civil liberties are set down in
A) the Declaration of Independence.
B) the Bill of Rights.
C) Article I of the Constitution.
D) no written document or law.
E) the Preamble to the Constitution.
3) The ________ is the final interpreter of the content and scope of Americansʹ civil liberties.
A) president
B) Congress
C) Supreme Court
D) American Civil Liberties Union
E) Constitution
4. The Bill of Rights was adopted primarily in response to
A) the Spanish Inquisition.
B) British abuses of the colonistsʹ civil liberties.
C) the abuses committed by the United States Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
D) the horrors of the French Revolution.
E) Shaysʹ Rebellion.
5. In the case of ________, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights restrained only the national government, not states and
cities.
A) Miranda v. Arizona
B) Barron v. Baltimore
C) New York v. the United States
D) Engel v. Vitale
E) Gitlow v. New York
6. The great freedoms of speech, press, religion, and assembly are contained in the
A) First, Second, Third and Fourth Amendments.
B) Fourth Amendment.
C) Second Amendment.
D) Third Amendment.
E) First Amendment.
7. In deciding to incorporate parts of the Bill of Rights into state laws since 1925, the Supreme Court has relied on the due process
clause of the
A) First Amendment.
B) Twenty-sixth Amendment.
C) Fourteenth Amendment.
D) Fifth Amendment.
E) Eighteenth Amendment.
8. The ________ includes the clause ʺCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.ʺ
A) Fifth Amendment
B) First Amendment
C) Second Amendment
D) Religious Rights Amendment
E) Fourteenth Amendment
9. The incorporation doctrine involves
A) application of the Bill of Rights to the states.
B) the governmentʹs power to regulate corporations.
C) the procedures for creating a city government.
D) the interpretation of the commerce clause.
E) the extension of judicial review to state courts.
10. In Lemon v. Kurtzman, the Supreme Court established that aid to church-related schools must do all of the following EXCEPT
A) have a secular purpose.
B) inhibit religion.
C) not advance religion.
D) not create excessive government entanglement with religion.
E) treat all religions equally.
11. The abridgment of citizensʹ freedom to worship, or not to worship, as they please is prohibited by the
A) due process clause.
B) establishment clause.
C) free exercise clause.
D) freedom of religion.
E) Second Amendment.
12. In dealing with First Amendment cases involving religion, the Supreme Court has ruled that
A) the Constitution does not protect anti-religious beliefs and practices.
B) such questions should be resolved at the state and local levels of government.
C) while all religious beliefs are constitutionally protected, all religious practices are not.
D) government must not interfere with any expression of religious faith.
E) none of the above
13. In the Engel v. Vitale case of 1962, the Supreme Court ruled that ________ was (were) unconstitutional.
A) prayers done as classroom exercises in public schools
B) the Connecticut statute barring the distribution of birth control information
C) segregation
D) prior restraint
E) police search or seizure without an authorized warrant
14. ________ refers to a governmentʹs censorship of material before it is published.
A) The exclusionary rule
B) Probable cause
C) Equal protection
D) Prior restraint
E) Just cause
15. In what case did the Supreme Court rule that a newspaper, no matter how outrageous its opinions, must be allowed to publish
without prior restraint?
A) Wisconsin v. Yoder
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Near v. Minnesota
D) New York Times v. Sullivan
E) Mapp v. Ohio
16. The Supreme Court has permitted prior restraint of which of the following?
A) high school newspapers
B) compact discs by 2 Live Crew
C) the Pentagon Papers
D) a newspaper that called local officials ʺJewish gangstersʺ
E) It has permitted prior restraint of all of these.
17. Prior restraint is most often considered acceptable on the grounds of
A) libel.
B) obscenity.
C) national security.
D) cruel and unusual punishment.
E) religious freedom.
18. In Schenck v. United States (1919), Justice Holmes said that speech can be restricted when it
A) is uttered by government officials in an effort to establish a religion.
B) provokes ʺa clear and present dangerʺ to people.
C) advocates the violent overthrow of the United States.
D) is spoken rather than non-verbal or symbolic.
E) is expressed on private property.
19. Constitutional protections of free speech are ________ on private property .
A) completely invalidated
B) fully protected
C) diminished
D) untested
E) unchanged
20. A shield law
A) gives reporters the right to withhold information from the courts.
B) gives judges the right to issue a gag order.
C) protects certain religious practices not covered by Supreme Court rulings.
D) prevents the courts from closing criminal trials to the press.
E) prevents reporters from disclosing secret government information.
21. The principle that ʺobscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or pressʺ was established in
A) Roth v. United States.
B) Osborne v. Ohio.
C) Miller v. California.
D) United States v. Snepp.
E) Ohio v. Pussycat Theater.
22. In ________, the Court clarified its doctrine of what was obscene, including such gauges as whether material appealed to merely a
prurient interest in sex, and whether it lacked serious artistic, literary, political or scientific merit.
A) Osborne v. Ohio
B) Engel v. Vitale
C) Miller v. California
D) Near v. Minnesota
E) Federal Communications Commission v. Stern
23. In the case of New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), the Supreme Court ruled that
A) government officials cannot sue newspapers for libel since this would entail prior restraint of the press.
B) the Pentagon Papers could be legally published despite the governmentʹs desire to keep the material secret.
C) the publication of the Pentagon Papers could be legally barred as a matter of national security.
D) statements made about political figures, however malicious, can never be deemed libelous.
E) statements made about political figures are libelous only if made with malice and reckless disregard for the truth.
24. The publication of statements known to be false that are malicious and tend to damage a person’s reputation is called
A) obscenity.
B) symbolic.
C) slander.
D) libel.
E) fraud.
25. Wearing an arm band and burning a United States flag are examples of ________: actions that do not consist of speaking or
writing but that express an opinion.
A) commercial speech
B) symbolic speech
C) obscenity
D) the free exercise clause
E) unspoken speech
26. Advertising is considered a form of ________, and, according to the decisions of the Supreme Court, is subject to greater
restrictions on free speech than religious or political speech.
A) symbolic speech
B) paid speech
C) imaged expression
D) propaganda
E) commercial speech
27. Commercial speech on radio and television is regulated by
A) state and local governments.
B) no government agency, as such would be a violation of the freedom of speech.
C) the Federal Communications Commission.
D) the Federal Trade Commission.
E) the Bureau of Consumer Affairs.
28. The content, nature, and existence of radio and television broadcasting is regulated by
A) the National Broadcasting Board.
B) the states.
C) Congress.
D) the Federal Communications Commission.
E) no one, because to do so would violate the freedom of the press as applied to broadcasters.
29. Freedom of assembly includes the right to do all of the following EXCEPT
A) riot.
B) parade.
C) protest.
D) picket.
E) demonstrate.
30. In the case of ________, the Supreme Court ruled that requiring an organization to turn over its membership lists was an
unconstitutional restriction on freedom of association.
A) Planned Parenthood v. Casey
B) NAACP v. Alabama
C) Near v. Minnesota
D) Mapp v. Ohio
E) United States v. Communist Party
31. Unreasonable searches and seizures are specifically forbidden in the
A) Sixteenth Amendment.
B) Fifth Amendment.
C) Second Amendment.
D) Tenth Amendment.
E) Fourth Amendment.
32. Unless they witness a crime, police officers cannot arrest a suspect without
A) due process.
B) a search warrant.
C) informing them of their Miranda rights.
D) probable cause.
E) a writ of habeas corpus.
33. In the case of ________, the Supreme Court ruled that the protection against unreasonable search and seizure applied to the state
and local governments, as well as the national government, thus nationalizing the exclusionary rule.
A) Miranda v. Arizona
B) Gideon v. Wainwright
C) Roth v. United States
D) United States v. New York
E) Mapp v. Ohio
34. The Fifth Amendment forbids
A) cruel and unusual punishment.
B) forced self-incrimination.
C) illegal searches and seizures.
D) the government establishment of a national religion.
E) all of the above except D
35. In the case of Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court ruled that
A) illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in a trial.
B) police must inform any suspect of a series of rights, including the constitutional right to remain silent.
C) the death penalty could be imposed for the most extreme of crimes.
D) defendants in all felony cases have a right to counsel, even if the state has to provide such legal assistance.
E) the police must show probable cause before making an arrest.
36. The Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright
A) extended the right to counsel to everyone accused of a felony.
B) prohibited government officials from issuing gag orders to the media.
C) ruled that illegally seized evidence can not be used in court.
D) gave only those accused of capital crimes the right to counsel.
E) set guidelines for police questioning of suspects.
37. The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution
A) is the freedom of privacy.
B) forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
C) is the right to bear arms.
D) grants women equal rights including the right to vote.
E) protects freedom of assembly.
38. In Gregg v. Georgia (1976), concerning applications of the Eighth Amendment, the Supreme
Court ruled that
A) only the federal government, and not the states, can impose the death penalty.
B) execution by electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment.
C) Georgiaʹs death penalty law was ʺfreakishʺ and ʺrandom.ʺ
D) capital punishment is an extreme sanction, but it is suitable to the most extreme of
crimes.
E) the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
39. Which of the following is NOT specifically stated in the Bill of Rights?
A) right to privacy
B) protection against double jeopardy
C) right to bear arms
D) freedom of speech
E) All of these are specifically stated.
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121) The Supreme Court ruled in its Roe v. Wade decision that
A) each state and not the federal government has authority to determine whether to permit or prohibit abortion in that state.
B) all restrictions on abortions at any stage of a pregnancy were a violation of a woman’s right to privacy.
C) abortion was murder.
D) abortion was to be allowed only in cases of rape or incest, or when the life of the pregnant woman was in danger.
E) abortion could not be prohibited by any state during the first trimester of pregnancy.