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Extending Voting Rights — Unit test Answers

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What idea was the decision in Griswold v. Connecticut based upon?

If the Constitution forbids self-incrimination, husbands and wives should not be forced to testify against each other.

The Constitution cannot possibly include all rights, so judges can create new ones based on what the founders must have been thinking.

If the Constitution forbids unreasonable searches, there must be a reasonable right to privacy.

The Constitution does not meet everyone’s needs, so citizens can disregard laws when they think the government is violating their rights.

In Tinker v. Des Moines, why did the Supreme Court rule in favor of the students who wore armbands?

Their action did not negatively influence other students.

Their action was not disruptive.

Their action occurred off school grounds.

Their action was political speech.

How did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

It was against the law to segregate people based on race.

Laws permitting separation are unconstitutional.

Separation does not necessarily imply any inequality.

Desegregation was the only option to solve this court case.

In the case Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that state laws

were protected by federal laws.

were protected by the Ninth Amendment.

violated the right to privacy.

violated the Second Amendment.

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Unenumerated rights apply only to the states.

Unenumerated rights are not listed in the Bill of Rights.

Unenumerated rights can never be defined.

Unenumerated rights combine procedural and substantive rights.

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