AP GOPO.Chapter 4 Study Guide

Question 1

Which of the following rights has the Supreme Court found to be one of the penumbras of unstated liberties?

Accepted Answer

right to privacy

Question 2

Which amendment protects the right to bear arms in a well-regulated militia?

Accepted Answer

2nd Amendment

Question 3

What does the 6th Amendment guarantee to those accuse of a crime?

Accepted Answer

assistance of counsel

Question 4

Which of the following shows how the Court is reluctant to exercise prior restraint, even with national security issues?

Accepted Answer

New York Times v. United States

Question 5

Which of the following statements best expresses the outcome of conflict between civil liberties in the United States?

Accepted Answer

when gov't tries to limit individual expression, individuals usually win

Question 6

An officer can stop and frisk a suspect they reasonably believe is engaged in criminal activity _____.

Accepted Answer

without getting a warrant

Question 7

Which amendment to the Constitution do opponents of the death penalty believe it violates?

Accepted Answer

Eighth

Question 8

A false and malicious written statement.

Accepted Answer

libel

Question 9

The Supreme Court upset people with rulings like Engel v. Vitale over the issue of _____.

Accepted Answer

recitation of prayer and Bible passages in school

Question 10

Which rule bars the use of illegally seized evidence at trial?

Accepted Answer

exclusionary

Question 11

Which Supreme Court case established the exclusionary rule?

Accepted Answer

Mapp v. Ohio

Question 12

During WW 1, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Schenck, ruling government can limit speech that _____.

Accepted Answer

creates a clear and present danger

Question 13

Which U.S. Supreme Court case found that a woman's right to an abortion is protected by the right to privacy.

Accepted Answer

Roe v. Wade

Question 14

Roth v. U.S., the Court held that material must be utterly without social importance to be considered _____.

Accepted Answer

obscene

Question 15

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from which of the following?

Accepted Answer

unreasonable search and seizure

Question 16

Which clause prevents the national government from sanctioning an official religion?

Accepted Answer

establishment

Question 17

The incorporation doctrine makes the protections of the Bill of Rights apply to the states through the

Accepted Answer

14th Amendment

Question 18

In Gitlow v. New York, the Court held that free speech and free press were applied to the states, and established

Accepted Answer

selective incorporation

Question 19

The Court ruled on the constitutionality of a law prohibiting contraception by relying on the implied right to _____.

Accepted Answer

privacy

Question 20

A false and malicious spoken statement.

Accepted Answer

slander

Question 21

In Barron v. Baltimore, the Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights limits _____, not_____, activity.

Accepted Answer

federal; state

Question 22

Which test examines the constitutionality of religious establishment issues?

Accepted Answer

Lemon

Question 23

Miranda rights require police to inform suspects of which of the following rights?

Accepted Answer

to speak to an attorney

Question 24

The Bill of Rights is made up of the first ___ amendments to the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

10

Question 25

The free exercise clause states that the national government will not interfere with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

religion

Question 26

Which of the following generally is unconstitutional in school?

Accepted Answer

mandatory prayer

Question 27

The double jeopardy clause prevents an individual who is acquitted of a crime from which of the following?

Accepted Answer

being tried again for the same crime

AP GOPO.Chapter 4 Study Guide

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AP GOPO.Chapter 4 Study Guide

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