Civil Liberties Quiz #1: Judicial Interpretation, Incorporation, Privacy And Religion
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- 1.Prior to the Supreme Court ruling in Gitlow v. New York, how were state governments restricted by the Bill of Rights?
- A.
Only the First Amendment restricted state governments, with the Bill of Rights in its entirety applying just to the national government
- B.
The Bill of Rights restricted state governments just as it did the national government
- C.
The Bill of Rights did not restrict state governments but only the national government
- D.
The Bill of Rights restricted state governments on a case-by-case basis as it did the national government
- 2.The legal concept under which the Supreme Court has applied the Bill of Rights to the states is the
- A.
Incorporation Doctrine
- B.
Establishment Doctrine
- C.
Inclusion Doctrine
- D.
Privileges and Immunities Clause
- 3.The establishment clause in the First Amendment does which of the following?
- A.
Guarantees freedom of speech to all citizens
- B.
Prevents prior restraint of the press
- C.
Prohibits the setting up of a state church
- D.
Defines the concept of dual citizenship
- 4.The free-exercise clause protects
- A.
Individuals who, for religious reasons, refuse to pay Social Security taxes.
- B.
A person’s right to practice polygamy.
- C.
Voluntary prayer by student groups before school.
- D.
A person’s right to burn the American flag.
- 5.The “wall of separation” refers to the
- A.
Division between levels of government.
- B.
Unique powers possessed by each branch of government.
- C.
Division between church and state.
- D.
Barrier between legislative chambers.
- 6.The establishment clause of the First Amendment was at question in the Supreme Court cases of
- A.
Barron v. Baltimore and Gitlow v. New York
- B.
Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade
- C.
Lemon v. Kurtzman and Engel v. Vitale
- D.
Texas v. Johnson and Schenck v. United States
- 7.The right to privacy implied in the Bill of Rights was at question in the Supreme Court cases of
- A.
Barron v. Baltimore and Gitlow v. New York
- B.
Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade
- C.
Lemon v. Kurtzman and Engel v. Vitale
- D.
Texas v. Johnson and Schenck v. United States
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