Civil Rights & Liberties
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- 1.Which constitutional amendment provides for the expansion of individual rights found in the Bill Of Rights?
- A.
14th amendment
- B.
15th amendment
- C.
19th amendment
- D.
22nd amendment
- E.
25 amendment
- 2.The Constitution creates a wall of seperation beetween church and state in the words of the..
- A.
Elastic clause
- B.
Establishment clause
- C.
Exclusionary clause
- D.
Judiciary clause
- E.
Expansion clause
- 3.The Supreme Court case that overturned a state law setting aside time for volentary prayer in public schools was
- A.
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
- B.
Lee v. Weisman
- C.
Edwards v. Aguillard
- D.
Lemon v. Kurtzman
- E.
Wallace v. Jaffree
- 4.Using actions rather thatn words to convey an idea would be an example of
- A.
Speech plus
- B.
Pure speech
- C.
Free speech
- D.
Symbolic speech
- E.
Limited speech
- 5.Which Supreme Court case ruled that flag burning is protected form of symbolic speech?
- A.
Reno v. ACLU
- B.
Miller v. California
- C.
Texas v. Johnson
- D.
Tinker v. Des Moines
- E.
Texas v. White
- 6.The right of the government to take property for public use as long as the government provides just compensation for the property is called
- A.
Substansive due process
- B.
Eminent domain
- C.
Public domain
- D.
Procedural due process
- E.
Emigrant domain
- 7.The Supreme Court, in Mapp v. Ohio, ruled that evidence obtained without a search warrant could be excluded from trial in state courts. this finding upholds the Constitutional guarantee of no unreasonable search and seizure found in the
- A.
4th amendment
- B.
5th amendment
- C.
14th amendment
- D.
1st amendment
- E.
15th amendment
- 8.What government action brought an end to Jim Crow laws and legal segregation in America?
- A.
The Civil Rights Act 1875
- B.
Presidential Executive Order 8802
- C.
The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson
- D.
The Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education
- E.
The 24th amendment
- 9.What has been the most recent government action taken to end discrimination against Native Americans in the United States?
- A.
The American Indian Movement Act
- B.
The Native American Tribal Act
- C.
The Native American Language Act
- D.
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
- E.
The Native American Reservation Act
- 10.Which of the following prohibits gender discrimination in the workplace?
- A.
Equal pay act
- B.
Equal unemployment opportunity act
- C.
Women's civil rights act of 1964
- D.
19th amendment
- E.
Equal emplyment opportunity act
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