Chapter 4 Practice Questions
1. Civil liberties are legal and constitutional protections against
a. criminals.
b. government.
c. foreign invasions.
d. minority tyranny.
e. factions.
2. Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the ______ Amendment.
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth
e. Tenth
3. The Supreme Court decision in Barron v. Baltimore (1833) maintained that the Bill of
Rights intended to prevent
a. both the national and state governments from violating civil rights.
b. cities from taking private property without due process.
c. only the national government from abridging civil liberties.
d. the states from infringing on individual rights.
e. the United States government from granting titles of royalty.
4. The legal concept through which the Supreme Court has nationalized the Bill of Rights is
called the
a. implied powers doctrine.
b. enumerated powers doctrine.
c. incorporation doctrine.
d. disincorporation doctrine.
e. due process doctrine.
5. The Supreme Court has ruled that government aid to church-related schools
a. is acceptable for things such as field trips and teacher salaries but not for
textbooks or transportation to school.
b. is permitted when the aid is for a nonreligious purpose.
c. is acceptable if the school is affiliated with a major religion but not for small,
fringe religious sects.
d. violates the establishment clause.
e. does not constitute an establishment of religion.
6. 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
7. The principle that “obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or
press” 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.
8. 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 speech.
c. slander.
d. libel.
e. fraud.
9. In NAACP v. Alabama (1958), the Supreme Court ruled that forcing the NAACP to turn
over its membership list to the state of Alabama was an unconstitutional violation of the
NAACP’s
a. freedom of association.
b. freedom of expression.
c. freedom of religion.
d. freedom of belief.
e. None of these are correct.
10. Which of the following is NOT a constitutionally permissible limitation on the Second
Amendment right to bear arms?
a. Background checks for gun buyers
b. Mandatory trigger locks
c. Prohibitions on concealed weapons
d. Limits on the possession of firearms by the mentally ill and by felons
e. Restrictions on dangerous and unusual weapons not typically used for selfdefense
11. Obtaining evidence in a haphazard or random manner, in violation of the Fourth
Amendment, is known as
a. bounty hunting.
b. unreasonable search and seizure.
c. a violation of privacy.
d. cruel and unusual punishment.
e. an Ariel search.
12. The ________ Amendment forbids forced self-incrimination, stating that no person “shall
be compelled to be a witness against himself.”
a. First
b. Twenty-sixth
c. Fifth
d. Fourth
e. Ninth
13. In what case did the Supreme Court rule that suspects must be told of their constitutional
rights to remain silent, that what they say can be used against them, and of their right to
have an attorney present during any questioning?
a. Gideon v. Wainwright
b. Near v. Minnesota
c. Plucennik v. United States
d. Miranda v. Arizona
e. Mapp v. Ohio
14. In 2008 in Boumediene v. Bush, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay do not have any constitutional
right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts.
b. foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have constitutional rights to
challenge their detention in U.S. courts.
c. National Security Agency domestic spying and wiretapping of international
telephone calls without court-approved warrants were unconstitutional.
d. National Security Agency domestic spying and wiretapping of international
telephone calls without court-approved warrants were constitutional.
e. The USA PATRIOT Act was unconstitutional.
15. In Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), the Supreme Court
a. ruled that various portions of the Bill of Rights cast “penumbras” protecting a
right to privacy, including a right to family planning.
b. overturned a woman’s legal right to abortion.
c. ruled that the state of Connecticut could legally ban the sale of contraceptives
under state police powers of the Tenth Amendment.
d. held that abortion was a woman’s legal right.
e. overturned a Connecticut state sodomy law.
1.Answer: b
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2. Answer: a
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3. Answer: c
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4.Answer: c
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5. Answer: b
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6.Answer: c
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7. Answer: a
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8. Answer: d
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9. Answer: a
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10. Answer: b
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11. Answer: b
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12. Answer: c
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13. Answer: d
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14. Answer: a
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15. Answer: b
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