Quiz
A Conversation on the Constitution with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the
Fourteenth Amendment
1. Our original Constitution doesn't have any equality provision in it. Equal protection was not guaranteed in
the Constitution until 1868 with the passing of the ________________.
2. The original Bill of Rights operated against the federal government only—not against the states.
True
False
3. The due process clause of the 14th Amendment provides that no state shall deny to any person the equal
protection of the laws.
True
False
4. The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment reads, "nor shall any state deprive any person of life,
liberty or property without due process of law."
True
False
5. The incorporation doctrine means that because of the 14th amendment due process clause, states must
protect the right of people to freedom of speech, press, peaceably assemble.
True
False
6. The 14th Amendment operates against the Federal government and the 5th Amendment against the states.
True
False
7. Under the incorporation doctrine, the due process clause now applies most of the first ten amendments to
the states just as it earlier had made them applicable to the federal government.
True
False
8. What two provisions of the Bill of Rights have never been incorporated?
Right of peaceably assemble
Freedom of speech
Requirement of a civil jury trial and of a Grand Jury
9. The United States Constitution clearly states that mean and women are persons of equal dignity and are
entitled to the same respect by the government.
True
False
1. Our original Constitution doesn't have any equality provision in it. Equal protection was not guaranteed in
the Constitution until 1868 with the passing of the ________________. (14th Amendment)
2. The original Bill of Rights operated against the federal government only—not against the states. (True)
3. The due process clause of the 14th Amendment provides that no state shall deny to any person the equal
protection of the laws. (False, equal protection clause)
4. The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment reads, "nor shall any state deprive any person of life,
liberty or property without due process of law."
(False, The due process clause of the 14th Amendment reads, "nor shall any state deprive any
person of life, liberty or property without due process of law." )
5. The incorporation doctrine means that because of the 14th amendment due process clause, states must
protect the right of people to freedom of speech, press, peaceably assemble. (True)
6. The 14th Amendment operates against the Federal government and the 5th Amendment against the states.
(False, The Fifth Amendment operates against the Federal government and the 14th against the
states.)
7. Under the incorporation doctrine, the due process clause now applies most of the first ten amendments to
the states just as it earlier had made them applicable to the federal government. (True)
8. What two provisions of the Bill of Rights have never been incorporated?
 Requirement of a civil jury trial and of a Grand Jury (correct)
9. The United States Constitution clearly states that mean and women are persons of equal dignity and are
entitled to the same respect by the government.
(False, There is no simple statement in our Constitution that says men and women are persons of
equal dignity, entitled to the same respect by the government. The Equal Rights Amendment was
first introduced in 1923 and has been reintroduced almost every year since, but it has never been
ratified).