The first ten amendments in the Constitution are referred to as...
What is the Bill of Rights
100
What is the difference slander and libel?
Both types of defamatory speech
Slander = spoken false statements
Libel = written false statements
Intended damage someone's reputation
100
How would someone exercise their freedom of petition?
Students petitioning for better lunches
Workers petitioning for better wages
100
What extends the Bill of Rights to all levels of government?
A. Seditious speech
B. right to parade in public
C. pure speech
D. Incorperation
What is D
100
What are the three branches of government?
What is Legislative, Executive, Judicial
200
In your own words describe the Free Exercise Clause
What is prohibits government from interfering with the free exercise of religion
200
What is the difference between pure speech and symbolic speech?
What is
Pure speech = verbal expression
Symbolic speech = involves actions and symbols
200
Provide an example of how someone can exercise freedom of assembly
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Million Man March
Protest
Strike
KKK rally
200
***Double Points***
What happened during the case Tinker v. Des Moines?
What part of the First Amendment did it effect?
What is
Students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War
Students keep their free speech rights, and public schools could not suspend the students to symbolize the opposition of the War.
200
How many members are in the US Senate?
What is 100
300
The establishment clause is
A. Government regulating school prayer
B. Separation of church and state
C. Free to exercise the relgion of your choice
D. Government giving aid to religious schools
What is B
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
300
True or False: The government protects speech that presents clear and present danger?
What is False
What case established this?
300
What does the FCC stand for?
A. Federal Collection of Committee
B. Federal Communications Commission
C. Flamingo Cactus Cats
D. Federal Committee of Congress
What is B
300
True or False: Parochial schools do not get state assistance
What is False
Everson vs. BOE - "states provided busing to parochial schools"
Court determined that the law benefits students and not a religion.
300
How long are the terms for Supreme Court justices?
What is "for life"
400
***DOUBLE POINTS***
What is a parochial school? AND provide an example of one
A school operated by by a church or religious group
i.e. Bishop Walsh
400
If you advocate breaking the law and overthrowing the government, you can be punished for ______________
A. Slander
B. Seditious Speech
C. Bad Tendency Doctrine
D. Libel
What is B
400
Censorship of information by the government before it is published is called _____________________.
How can this limit freedom of press?
What is Prior Restraint
The government can censor cases that danger national security.
400
Name the five freedoms of the first amendment in less than 10 seconds
What is Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech
400
What amendment addresses the right to bear arms?
What is 2nd
500
Everson vs. BOE was a case that involved the state of New Jersey busing students to private, religious schools.
The case arguement was that the _______________________ was in violation because the state was supporting a religious school.
What is the Establishment Clause
500
This type of speech not protected by the first amendment _______________.
What is Defamatory Speech
500
***FOR TRIPLE POINTS***
What happened during the case Dejonge v. Oregon?
What is
The Court found that Dirk De Jonge had the right to speak at a peaceful public meeting held by the Communist Party, even though the party generally advocated political change in revolution
Right of Assembly is just as important as free speech and press.
Due Process clause in 14th Amendment counts for Freedom of Assembly
500
This case was the benchmark, or first major case, dealing with state aid to parochial schools. The court said it was constitutional for the state to bus parochial school students to school.
A. Engel v. Vitale
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. Everson v. BOE
D. Schenk v. United States