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For most of the 1900s, the legal voting age was

A
16
B
18
C
21
D
24
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Which shows how Supreme Court rulings have modified the Fifth Amendment?

A
Officers may create different sets of rules to apply to groups of citizens as they please.
B
Officers must inform people of their rights before questioning them in custody.
C
Officers can pressure a person to confess to a crime.
D
Officers can inform suspects of their rights at any point in the questioning process.
3

Which is a procedural right protected by the Bill of Rights?

r
right to bear arms
f
freedom of speech
r
right to call witnesses
f
freedom of assembly
4

Why was it decided to lower the voting age to 18 from 21?

N
Not enough people were showing up to vote in elections.
C
College students began to protest a lack of rights.
I
It was unusual that 18-year-olds could be drafted but could not vote.
Y
Young people were the only group to not receive increased rights.
5

A reasonable right to privacy can be expected if

A
publishing a blog about a future vacation.
B
speaking out against a proposed state law.
C
publishing personal information on social media.
D
refusing to testify against oneself in court.
6

Read this excerpt from the Constitution.The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent . . . abuse of its powers, that further . . . restrictive clauses should be added.

t
to adopt the Constitution
t
to restrict citizens’ rights
t
to prevent the abuse of power
t
to create a convention
7

Protections are guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment to ensure that

A
police officers have more rights than suspected criminals.
B
the police do not become powerful at the expense of citizens’ rights.
C
judges can work with the police to keep suspected criminals in jail.
D
citizens do not become more powerful than the police.
8

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

h
his conviction and execution should be upheld.
t
the case should be thrown out for lack of evidence.
h
his sentence should be reduced.
h
he was the victim of double jeopardy.
9

As a result of the Miranda decision, police must now

A
issue warrants before arresting a suspect.
B
inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning them.
C
inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights after questioning them.
D
seize any evidence that might be used to convict a suspect.
10

The graph shows the population of the United States in 2011.

Question illustration
A
one-fourth
B
one-third
C
one-half
D
two-thirds
11

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

T
The equal protection clause was dropped from the Fourteenth Amendment.
T
The due process clause was dropped from the Fourteenth Amendment.
F
First Amendment freedoms were incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment.
F
Fourteenth Amendment rights were incorporated into the Fifteenth Amendment.
12

What is the difference between the establishment clause and the free-exercise clause?

A
The establishment clause stops the government from favoring a religion while the free exercise clause allows people to express their religion.
B
The establishment clause allows the government to favor a religion and the free exercise clause allows people to express their religion.
C
The establishment clause stops the government from favoring a religion and the free exercise clause stops people from expressing their religious beliefs.
D
The establishment clause allows the government to favor a religion and the free exercise clause stops people from being able to express their beliefs.
13

In Schenck v. United States, what circumstance made this speech case special?

A
It pertained to a foreign citizen.
B
It involved events that occurred abroad.
C
It occurred during wartime.
D
It related to the commission of a crime.
14

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

T
Thirteenth Amendment
V
Voting Rights Act of 1965
C
Civil Rights Act of 1964
N
Nineteenth Amendment
15

How did Regents v. Bakke change affirmative action policies?

A
It struck down the use of strict racial quotas.
B
It ruled race could not be factored into admissions.
C
It limited diversity and inequality in the workplace.
D
It changed the way applications could be written.

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