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1. | A process called incorporation has extended the Bill of Rights so that it now protects human rights from abuse by __________
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| a) foreign governments within their own borders.
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| b) all levels of government in the United States.
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| c) acts of state and local governments.
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| d) congressional actions.
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2. | The Supreme Court has ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment extends the Bill of Rights to state and local governments in its __________
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| a) reference to "unalienable rights."
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| b) Preamble.
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| c) definition of citizenship.
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| d) due process clause.
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3. | The establishment clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from __________
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| a) using public tax money to support one particular religion.
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| b) opening daily sessions of Congress with a prayer.
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| c) having any contact with any church or religious group.
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| d) administering oaths of office in the name of God.
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4. | To be constitutional, state aid to church schools must __________
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| a) benefit students of non-Christian religions.
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| b) have a clear, secular, nonreligious purpose.
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| c) in its main effect inhibit religion.
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| d) encourage "excessive government entanglement with religion."
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5. | In the 1919 case of Schenck v. United States, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., developed a guideline for courts called the __________
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| a) bad tendency doctrine.
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| b) preferred position doctrine.
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| c) alternative channels of communication.
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| d) "clear and present danger" test.
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6. | An example of libel is __________
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| a) calling a dance partner clumsy when he or she steps on your toe.
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| b) naming people who bribed a mayor in a newspaper column.
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| c) telling customers that a baker puts insects in the raisin bagels.
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| d) falsely accusing a classmate of cheating in a letter to the teacher.
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7. | In 1931 the Court ruled a state law unconstitutional because it involved prior restraint in the case __________
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| a) Near v. Minnesota.
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| b) New York Times Co. v. United States.
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| c) Sheppard v. Maxwell.
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| d) Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart.
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8. | Because pretrial publicity interfered with the defendant's right to a fair trial, the Court overturned a murder conviction in the case __________
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| a) New York Times Co. v. United States.
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| b) Sheppard v. Maxwell.
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| c) Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart.
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| d) Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia.
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9. | In Cox v. New Hampshire, the Supreme Court upheld a law requiring a parade permit to ensure that the parade would not __________
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| a) enter the grounds of a county jail.
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| b) disrupt classes in nearby schools.
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| c) interfere with other citizens using the streets.
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| d) interfere with trials in nearby courthouses.
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10. | In Thornhill v. Alabama, the Supreme Court ruled that __________
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| a) depriving a business of its customers is unconstitutional.
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| b) picketing without a labor dispute is prohibited.
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| c) peaceful picketing is a form of free speech.
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| d) people cannot cross a labor picket line.
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