Unit 3

Question 1

Establishment Clause of the 1st amendment

Answer 1

congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion

Question 2

Free Exercise Clause of the 1st amendment

Answer 2

congress cannot prohibit or interfere in practice of religion

Question 3

Engel v Vitale date

Answer 3

1962

Question 4

Engel v Vitale case

Answer 4

New York public school students were read a prayer before school. The court ruled this unconst. violating the establishment clause

Question 5

Wisconsin v Yoder date

Answer 5

1972

Question 6

Wisconsin v Yoder case

Answer 6

state law required school attendance to age 16 but Amish parents kept kids home after 8th grade. The state argued that the lack of education put a drain on society, but court ruled this unconstitutional.

Question 7

Schenck v U.S. date

Answer 7

1919

Question 8

Schenck v U.S. case

Answer 8

Schenck distributed anti-draft papers and was charged with violating the sedition Act. This is constitutional because this speech represented a clear and present danger.

Question 9

Tinker v Des Moines date

Answer 9

1969

Question 10

Tinker v Des Moines case

Answer 10

students wore armbands in protest of the Vietnam war and were suspended. The parents sued because of freedom of speech and the court validated this.

Question 11

New York Times Co. v U.S. date

Answer 11

1971

Question 12

New York Times Co. v U.S. case

Answer 12

the Nixon administration tried to prevent NY times from printing a leaked classified study. The court ruled that this prevention violates the 1st amendment.

Question 13

14th amendment

Answer 13

-due process
- selective incorporation
- equal protection clause

Question 14

Patriot Act 2001

Answer 14

intended to prevent terrorist attacks but citizens argued it violated rights

Question 15

USA Freedom’s Act 2015

Answer 15

limits the patriot act

Question 16

Mapp v Ohio

Answer 16

established exclusionary rule: illegally or unconstitutionally acquired evidence cannot be used in trial

Question 17

Gideon v Wainwright date

Answer 17

1963

Question 18

Gideon v Wainwright case

Answer 18

Gideon was accused of breaking and entering and could not afford a lawyer. Florida law did not require that he be given a lawyer but the 6th amendment does. This selectively incorporated the 6th amendment.

Question 19

Miranda v Arizona date

Answer 19

1966

Question 20

Miranda v Arizona case

Answer 20

Miranda was interrogated before he was aware he had the right to a lawyer. This violated the 5th amendment

Question 21

Roe v Wade

Answer 21

legalized abortion for first three months of pregnancy
9th amendment

Question 22

Martin Luther King Junior

Answer 22

leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and writer of Letter from Birmingham Jail

Question 22

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Answer 22

calls people to stand up to injustice

Question 23

Civil Rights Act 1964

Answer 23

no discrimination

Question 24

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer 24

outlawed literacy tests and poll taxes

Question 25

Betty Friedan

Answer 25

founder of NOW, 1966

Question 26

Equal Rights amendment

Answer 26

never passed, supposed to improve equality for women

Question 27

John and Barbara Wilkes

Answer 27

founder of Life Issues Institute

Question 28

National Right to Life Committee

Answer 28

founded 1968 for anti-abortion campaigns

Question 29

Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders

Answer 29

founded 1978 as legal organization to defend LGBTQ

Question 30

Obergefell v Hodges

Answer 30

states must recognize same sex marriages

Question 31

Gutter v Bollinger

Answer 31

woman denied admission to law school because race was considered. Court ruled it's fine to consider race as long as other factors are consider too

Question 32

Executive Order 11246

Answer 32

prohibited employment discrimination

Question 33

Regents of the University of California v Bakke

Answer 33

due to affirmative action, a man was denied entrance to a school. He was admitted, but it was still okay to use race as long as it is one of multiple criterion. No more quotas!