pols 2311 ch 4 pre test.docx

 An example of speech plus would be Selected Answer: c. giving a speech against abortion and then distributing informational leaflets. Answers: a. a march on Congress in Washington, D.C. b. burning the American flag. c. giving a speech against abortion and then distributing informational leaflets. d. giving a speech that is critical of U.S. foreign policy.  Question 2 5 out of 5 points Beginning in 2015, the "Black Lives Matters" Movement primarily focused attention on Selected Answer: d. police misconduct against African Americans. Answers: a. the discrepancy of wages between African Americans and other underrepresented populations. b. Home loan discrepancies between African Americans and Caucasians. c. the conditions of African Americans in the school system. d. police misconduct against African Americans.  Question 3 5 out of 5 points *For nearly the first 100 years after the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court interpreted the equal protection clause to Selected Answer: d. permit a system of segregated social facilities. Answers: a. maintain integrated private facilities. b. ensure that black schools got equal funding.

c. require that public facilities be shared by whites and blacks. d. permit a system of segregated social facilities.  Question 4 5 out of 5 points *In 1961 selective incorporation had been applied to the states for Selected Answer: c. the First and part of the Fifth Amendments. Answers: a. most of the Bill of Rights. b. the First Amendment. c. the First and part of the Fifth Amendments. d. all of the Bill of Rights.  Question 5 5 out of 5 points In recent years, the "fighting words standard" has been Selected Answer: b. under scrutiny as more and more cases ruled through it have been overturned. Answers: a. upheld through numerous Court decisions. b. under scrutiny as more and more cases ruled through it have been overturned. c. been renamed the "hate speech test." d. has been made completely obsolete.  Question 6 5 out of 5 points Miranda rights concern Selected Answer: d. self- incrimination.

Answers: a. capital punishment. b. eminent domain. c. double jeopardy. d. self- incrimination.  Question 7 5 out of 5 points Protection of citizens from improper government action is the definition of Selected Answer: c. civil liberties. Answers: a. civil tort claims. b. civil rights. c. civil liberties. d. civil liabilities.  Question 8 5 out of 5 points Segregation by fact rather than required by law is referred to as Selected Answer: d. de facto. Answers: a. de jure. b. state- sanctioned. c. discrimination .

d. de facto.  Question 9 5 out of 5 points Taking private property for public use is covered under the provision of Selected Answer: d. eminent domain. Answers: a. Palko v. Connecticut . b. the Sixth Amendment. c. the Second Amendment. d. eminent domain.  Question 10 5 out of 5 points *The 2007 Supreme Court case, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 , Selected Answer: b. limited the measures that could be used to promote school integration. Answers: a. increased the measures schools can use to promote integration. b. limited the measures that could be used to promote school integration. c. has been considered a modern day success for civil rights. d. has been considered a reaffirmation of Brown .  Question 11 5 out of 5 points The First Amendment's ____ protects the right to believe in and practice one's religion of choice. Selected Answer: a. free exercise clause

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