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Chapter 15: Freedom: The Struggle for Civil Liberties

True/False Quiz

True/False Quiz


This activity contains 17 questions.

	Civil rights laws protect individuals from government interference.    True  False

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

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

	At first, the Bill of Rights did not apply to the states.    True  False

	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.    True  False

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

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

	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.    True  False

	The first incorporation of the Bill of Rights occurred with respect to freedom of religion.    True  False

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

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

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

	The Supreme Court has held that the First Amendment does not protect obscenity.    True  False

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

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

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

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

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