Unit 5 Chapter 5 True/False Questions
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Unit 5 Chapter 5 - True/False Questions: In Gitlow v. New York, the Supreme Court used the Fourteenth Amendment to apply the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech to the states. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 156-157 In Gitlow v. New York, the United States Supreme Court ruled that states cannot infringe on a citizen’s freedom of speech. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 156-157 The incorporation doctrine is a principle used to limit the powers of the national government in the realm of civil rights and liberties. Answer: FALSE Bloom’s level: Application Page reference: 156 The establishment clause prohibits the national government from establishing a national religion and is found in the First Amendment. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 158 In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has been more likely to allow the mingling of church and state. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Synthesis Page reference: 159 Recent Supreme Court decisions have strengthened the “wall of separation” between church and state. Answer: FALSE Bloom’s level: Synthesis Page reference: 159 The Court first ruled that a prayer recited in public school was unconstitutional in Engel v. Vitale. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 159 At times, the Supreme Court allows the use of hallucinogenic drugs for use in religious observances. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 160 The Supreme Court has ruled that burning the American flag is a protected form of symbolic speech. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Application Page reference: 164 Two-thirds of colleges and universities ban some forms of speech or related conduct. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Knowledge Page reference: 166 The first Supreme Court case dealing with symbolic speech was Stromberg v. California. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Knowledge Page reference: 164 According to the First Amendment, government cannot prevent speech based on its content. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Application Page reference: 164 The Supreme Court has ruled that public universities can use mandatory student fees to fund student groups that may be unpopular with some students. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Knowledge Page reference: 165 In New York Times v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. government could prevent the publication of papers that painted the government in a negative light. Answer: FALSE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 164 In New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), the Supreme Court made it extremely difficult for a public figure to win a libel suit. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Synthesis Page reference: 166-167 The right to bear arms is guaranteed by the Third Amendment. Answer: FALSE Bloom’s level: Knowledge Page reference: 169 The Supreme Court has ruled that police do not need a search warrant to search a person being arrested. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 171 Police officers do not need a warrant if they have consent to search. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Knowledge Page reference: 171 The Fourth Amendment's purpose was to deny the national government the authority to conduct general searches. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 170 The police can search anyone who willingly gives consent to be searched. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 170-172 The prohibition against double jeopardy prevents the government from retrying someone who has been acquitted, even if compelling new evidence comes to light after the trail is over. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Application Page reference: 172-173 The exclusionary rule was adopted in the case of Miranda v. Arizona. Answer: FALSE Bloom’s level: Knowledge Page reference: 173 If new evidence comes to light after the accused has been acquitted, the courts can order a new trial if the recently discovered evidence is sufficiently compelling. Answer: FALSE Bloom’s level: Application Page reference: 174 The Fifth Amendment guarantees the right to counsel. Answer: FALSE Bloom’s level: Knowledge Page reference: 174 The Supreme Court has determined that mentally retarded convicts are eligible for the death penalty if they received a fair and public trial. Answer: FALSE Bloom’s level: Application Page reference: 177 Over 100 people have been released from death row due to the results of DNA tests. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Knowledge Page reference: 177 Capital punishment is banned in all Western democracies. Answer: FALSE Bloom’s level: Comprehension Page reference: 178-179 In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that women have an absolute right to an abortion in the first trimester. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Application Page reference: 182 The right to privacy prevents states from criminalizing private sexual behavior between consenting adults. Answer: TRUE Bloom’s level: Application Page reference: 185 Directory: uploaded -> faculty -> aiacono -> AP Gov faculty -> Purpose: Read to learn how a bully provides some comic relief amid the tragedy of war faculty -> Across Five Aprils Chapters 1-6 faculty -> America, My Country ‘Tis of Thee AP Gov -> Unit 2 Chapter 11 True/False Questions faculty -> Lecture on How the West was Settled Land Fever faculty -> By Matthew Martinelli AP Gov -> Unit 3 Chapter 7 True/False Questions AP Gov -> Unit 1 Chapter 1 True/False Questions AP Gov -> Unit 4 Chapter 12 True/False Questions Download 48 Kb. Share with your friends:
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