Extending Voting Rights — Unit test

Question 1

Which term is defined as “a legal doctrine that permitted racial segregation in public facilities?”

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separate but equal

Question 2

Which of the following made Jim Crow laws, such as poll taxes and literacy tests, illegal?

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 3

Which shows how Supreme Court rulings have modified the Fifth Amendment?

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Officers must inform people of their rights before questioning them in custody.

Question 4

All persons have the right to be represented by counsel, also known as

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a lawyer.

Question 5

After Frank Palko was sentenced to death by the state of Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that

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his conviction and execution should be upheld.

Question 6

The Supreme Court’s use of selective incorporation

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takes a subjective case-by-case approach to the question of incorporation.

Question 7

Which of the following was a direct result of the decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

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The process of desegregation began in all public schools throughout the country.

Question 8

Why would the right to privacy implied in the Ninth Amendment not protect an individual writing a blog?

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The information is freely given to others.

Question 9

Jane Roe sued the state of Texas because she wanted

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to have a state law declared unconstitutional.

Question 10

What was the important precedent set by the Gitlow v. New York case?

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First Amendment freedoms were incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment.

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