First Amendment Quiz
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Think you know the First Amendment?
- 1.In what year were free speech rights given to students?
- A.
1969
- B.
1691
- C.
1916
- D.
1619
- E.
9161
- 2.What is a "Free Speech Zone"?
- A.
An area where the First Amendment is suspended, and the government assumes control over freedom of speech.
- B.
An area where the First Amendment can be suspended, and the government can assume control over freedom of speech.
- C.
A public area where activists can protest and use their free speech
- D.
A public area where protesters are not allowed
- E.
Areas not owned by the USA government, but respect the American First Amendment.
- 3.What is a Son of Sam Law?
- A.
Laws that make it illegal to declare yourself an American citizen, when you are really not.
- B.
Laws that make it illegal to sell books using inaccurate information to make America look flawed.
- C.
Laws that make it illegal for criminals to make profits by selling their stories and memoirs.
- D.
A vague regulation passed after Watergate that is often considered as nothing but a confidence booster for Americans.
- 4.United States v. Eichman involved which of the following issues?
- A.
Protests supporting terrorism
- B.
Flag desecration
- C.
Frivolous protests
- D.
The 1970 crackdown on communism
- E.
Post WW2 background checks on Germans
- 5.The "gag rule" is a rule that does not allow the questioning of certain topics because they may cause a strict division in controversy. The gag rule impeded which of the following movements?
- A.
The propaganda of Communism during the 1970s
- B.
Proposal that America protest the Beijing Olympics
- C.
Freeing of Japanese Americans during WW2.
- D.
Investigations of 9/11 on the basis of popular conspiracy theories
- E.
Anti-Slavery in the United States
- 6.Is it legal for states to tax the press?
- A.
Yes - though it is controversial
- B.
Yes - and is commonly practiced in the US
- C.
No - absolutely not
- D.
No - only the federal government can impose such taxes
- 7.Select the correct excerpt of the First Amendment...
- A.
... the right of the people to assemble peaceably...
- B.
... the right of the people assemble peacefully..
- C.
... the right of peaceful people to assemble...
- D.
... the right of the people peaceably to assemble...
- E.
... the right of the people to peacefully assemble...
- 8.The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 restricted contributions and spending of candidates running political campaigns. How did Buckley v. Valeo affect this act?
- A.
It considered the constitutionality of the act.
- B.
It got the act repealed
- C.
It enforced the act by adding stricter limitations
- D.
It is irrelevant to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
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