Exam 4: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

A) The Court upheld the act constitutional.
B) The Court declared the act unconstitutional because it protected against acts of private discrimination rather than state discrimination.
C) The Court declared the act unconstitutional because Congress had violated the principles of federalism.
D) The Court declared the act unconstitutional because Congress had violated the separation of powers.

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A) applied the Second Amendment to state governments.
B) rejected the idea that the Second Amendment applies to state governments.
C) concluded that the Second Amendment applies only to state governments and not to the federal government.
D) upheld the state of Illinois's restrictions on gun ownership by former felons.

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A) writing a letter to the editor of a newspaper
B) distributing leaflets while chanting slogans at a protest demonstration
C) reading a poem out loud in the middle of a public park
D) posting a comment to a social media website

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A) the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was unconstitutional.
B) the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was constitutional on the grounds of military necessity.
C) state governments must provide multilingual ballots for all elections.
D) school districts have to provide education for students whose English is limited.

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A) First
B) Fourth
C) Tenth
D) Fourteenth

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A) any law that declares an action to be illegal after it has been committed.
B) the right of government to take private property for public use.
C) a law that declares a person guilty of a crime without a trial.
D) a court order demanding that an individual in custody be brought into court and shown the cause for detention.

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A) without prior notification.
B) without just compensation.
C) without returning it in due time.
D) for any reason.

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A) there were no federal government agencies or departments authorized to investigate complaints or enforce the law.
B) the complaining party was required to show evidence that deliberate discrimination was the cause of a failure to get a job or a training opportunity.
C) both the federal and state government civil rights agencies were required to reach the same conclusion about a complaint before any penalty could be assessed to a discriminatory employer.
D) it covered only state government agencies and did not apply to private employers.

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A) prohibited states from making abortion a criminal act at any point in a woman's pregnancy.
B) prohibited states from making abortion a criminal act prior to the point at which the fetus becomes viable.
C) prohibited states from covering the costs of an abortion through government-subsidized health insurance programs.
D) prohibited states from instituting the death penalty for doctors who provide abortions.

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A) Nine
B) Eighteen
C) Twenty-seven
D) Thirty-four

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A) Racially segregated schools can never be equal.
B) States that segregate must spend more money to make African American schools equal.
C) States that segregate must spend less money on all-white schools in order to make them equal with African American schools.
D) School segregation is unethical but does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.

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A) cannot impose any restrictions on abortion.
B) can prohibit abortions entirely but the federal government cannot.
C) can impose any restriction on abortion they see fit as long as they provide public
Funding for birth control.
D) can impose restrictions on abortion as long as they do not pose an "undue burden"
On women.

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A) the government could block publication of newspapers during a time of crisis such as the Cold War.
B) only under the most extraordinary circumstances could the government prevent the publication of newspapers and magazines.
C) news articles that were not truthful received no First Amendment protection.
D) the news media could not publish obscene material.

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A) religious organizations cannot lose their tax exempt status under federal law simply because they organized a protest event at the funeral service of a soldier.
B) religious organizations must lose their tax exempt status under federal law if they organize protest events at funeral services.
C) protests during funeral services for military personnel can be prohibited by state governments even if held in a public place.
D) the First Amendment protects free speech in a public place against emotional distress lawsuits.

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A) The justices ruled that a newspaper had to print false and malicious material deliberately in order to be guilty of libel.
B) The justices ruled that newspapers could be guilty of libel if they published any information that was ultimately proven to be inaccurate.
C) The justices ruled that the government could prevent the publication of newspapers and magazines only under the most extraordinary circumstances.
D) The justices ruled that "shield laws" were unconstitutional.

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A) guarantee of trial by jury in state where crime was committed
B) protection against "double jeopardy"
C) protection against self-incrimination
D) guarantee of habeas corpus

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