6 Unit Four Question Pool1

Multiple Choice Question

• An African-American man denied the right to vote in the South due to not having paid his poll taxes is being victimized by:
  A. Jim Crow laws.
  B. Sam Cro laws.
  C. Senator Strom Thurmond.
  D. Jefferson Davis laws.
• Juan Gonzalez was denied a position within the federal government and feels as though he was denied the job due to his race.  His case reaches the Supreme Court. By which standard will the Court view the case?
  A. Strict scrutiny.
  B. Intermediate scrutiny.
  C. Traditional burden of proof.
  D. Common scrutiny.
• The “right to privacy” is implied through which amendments?
  A. 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 9th.
  B. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th.
  C. 1st, 5th, and 8th.
  D. 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 10th.
• The Civil Rights legislation that ended discrimination in public places was the:
  A. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  B. 1965 Voting Rights Act.
  C. Brown v. Board bill.
  D. 1957 Civil Rights Act.
• The Court case that upheld the constitutionality of “separate but equal” was:
  A. Plessy v. Ferguson.
  B. Mapp v. Ohio.
  C. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
  D. Bowers v. Hardwick.
• The Supreme Court case that incorporated “the Exclusionary Rule” was:
  A. Mapp v. Ohio.
  B. Gideon v. Wainwright.
  C. Marbury v. Madison.
  D. Bowers v. Hardwick.
• The Supreme Court case that incorporated the right to an attorney was:
  A. Mapp v. Ohio.
  B. Gideon v. Wainwright.
  C. Marbury v. Madison.
  D. Bowers v. Hardwick.
• The principle of “dual citizenship” established in Barron v. Baltimore meant that:
  A. An individual was a citizen of the federal government and his state separately and the Bill of Rights did not apply to the states.
  B. An individual was a citizen of the federal government and his respective state concurrently and the Bill of Rights did not apply to the states.
  C. An individual was allowed to maintain citizenship status between two countries.
  D. An individual was only a citizen of the federal government and states were merely inferior entities. The Bill of Rights did not apply to the states.
• The process of the Supreme Court applying the Bill of Rights to the states is known as:
  A. Incorporation.
  B. Supreme Initiative.
  C. Supreme Application.
  D. A writ of certiorari.
• This amendment nullified the decision made in Barron v. Baltimore.
  A. The 14th Amendment.
  B. The 15th Amendment.
  C. The 11th Amendment.
  D. The 17th Amendment.
• This Amendment provides for freedom from the government taking one’s land without providing just compensation.
  A. Fifth Amendment.
  B. Sixth Amendment.
  C. Fourth Amendment.
  D. Seventh Amendment.
• “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed” is language drawn from the:
  A. Second Amendment.
  B. Third Amendment.
  C. Fourth Amendment.
  D. Fifth Amendment.
• Protections against cruel and unusual punishment can be found in the _____________ Amendment.
  A. Sixth
  B. Seventh
  C. Eighth
  D. Ninth
• The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from:
  A. Unlawful searches and seizures.
  B. Excessive bail.
  C. Laws mandating a national religion.
  D. Racial discrimination.
• This amendment protects citizens from being forced to quarter members of the militia.
  A. Third Amendment.
  B. Fourth Amendment.
  C. Fifth Amendment.
  D. Sixth Amendment.
• The amendment that reserves powers to the states is the:
  A. Seventh.
  B. Eighth.
  C. Ninth.
  D. Tenth.

• The “right to privacy” comes from which Court case? 
  A. Mapp v. Ohio 
  B. Brandenburg v. Mississippi
  C. Gideon v. Wainwright 
  D. Griswold v. Connecticut

• Civil Rights can best be defined as:
  A. Protections from improper government action.
  B. Rights everyone has.
  C. Protections provided by the government to prevent discrimination. 
  D. Polite freedoms.
• Civil Liberties can best be defined as:

A. Protections from improper government action.
B. Rights everyone has.
C. Protections provided by the government to prevent discrimination. 
D. Polite freedoms.

• The only amendment in the Bill of Rights that explicitly addresses itself exclusively to the national government is the:
  A. First Amendment.

B. Second Amendment.
C. Fourth Amendment.
D. Seventh Amendment.

Essay Questions:

1. How has the 14^th Amendment impacted the extension of civil liberties and civil rights?  Be sure to cite at least two specific examples.

2. Identify and define the three types of scrutiny with which the Courts seek to provide civil rights protections.  Next, provide a real or hypothetical example of a case in which each level of scrutiny may be used.