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True/False Quiz



This activity contains 17 questions.

Question 1.
Civil rights laws protect individuals from government interference.


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Question 2.
In the original Constitution, the framers protected few liberties from national government interference and almost none from state government interference.


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Question 3.
Many of the freedoms Americans expect today are not specifically mentioned in the Constitution or in the Bill of Rights.


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Question 4.
At first, the Bill of Rights did not apply to the states.


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Question 5.
When conflicts arose over the use of property, the Taney Court favored the use of property in ways that encouraged economic growth over simple enjoyment of property.


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Question 6.
In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), the Supreme Court ruled that blacks were citizens of the United States.


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Question 7.
Soon after the Civil War the Supreme Court began using provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to protect property rights.


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Question 8.
Liberties unrelated to property were not protected much by the courts before the twentieth century because the Bill of Rights did not apply to state governments.


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Question 9.
The first incorporation of the Bill of Rights occurred with respect to freedom of religion.


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Question 10.
The Supreme Court case of Gitlow v. New York (1925) was an important advance for civil liberties in the United States.


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Question 11.
In general, no government today may regulate or interfere with the content of speech without a compelling reason.


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Question 12.
Symbolic expressions (e.g., wearing arm bands, burning the flag, or picketing) may receive less protection from the Supreme Court than simple speech.


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Question 13.
The Supreme Court has held that the First Amendment does not protect obscenity.


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Question 14.
The Supreme Court has established that government may not interfere with religious beliefs but may interfere with religious actions.


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Question 15.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the Warren court favored the due process approach to criminal prosecutions.


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Question 16.
The Rehnquist court held that a confession coerced by threats of violence might be "harmless error" that does not constitute unconstitutional self-incrimination.


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Question 17.
As a result of recent Supreme Court decisions, no state may use capital punishment.


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