The double jeopardy clause prevents an individual who is acquitted of a crime from which of the following?

1. seeking the assistance of an attorney
2. being tried again for the same crime
3. asserting innocence
4. benefiting financially from that crime

In Barron v. Baltimore, the Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights limits __________, not __________, activity.

1. federal; state
2. state; federal
3. commercial; noncommercial
4. noncommercial; commercial

The incorporation doctrine makes the protections of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states through which of the following amendments?

1. Fourth
2. Fifth
3. Tenth
4. Fourteenth

The free exercise clause states that the national government will not interfere with which of the following?

1. education
2. business
3. speech
4. religion

In the 1960s, the Supreme Court aroused the wrath of many Americans with rulings like that in Engel v. Vitale regarding which controversial religious issue?

1. displays of religious symbols on government buildings
2. teaching of evolution in school
3. displays of religious symbols during holidays
4. recitation of prayer and Bible passages in school

Prohibiting a newspaper from publishing a story critical of the government is an example of __________.

1. probable cause
2. prior restraint
3. the Rothtest
4. symbolic speech

During World War I, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Charles T. Schenck, ruling that government can limit speech that __________.

1. is critical of the government
2. is a prior restraint
3. creates a clear and present danger
4. qualifies as hate speech

Freedom of assembly is guaranteed by which constitutional amendment?

1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth

Which Supreme Court case upheld an individual’s right to have a gun in his or her home for self-defense?

1. Griswold v. Connecticut
2. Gideon v. Wainwright
3. Miranda v. Arizona
4. D.C. v. Heller

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution protects against unreasonable __________.

1. litigation
2. limits on free speech
3. searches and seizures
4. prior restraint

Miranda rights require that the police inform suspects of which of the following rights?

1. a phone call
2. quick and speedy trial
3. a jury trial
4. speak to an attorney

Which Supreme Court case developed the exclusionary rule?

1. Parker v. Gideon
2. New York Times v.Sullivan
3. Mapp v. Ohio
4. Wolf v. Colorado

Opponents of the death penalty have argued that it violates which amendment to the Constitution?

1. Third
2. Eighth
3. Tenth
4. Fifteenth

According to Roe v. Wade, what could a state do if it wanted to limit a woman’s right to an abortion during her first trimester?

1. The state could do very little to limit a woman’s right to an abortion.
2. The state could regulate it if the mother’s life were in danger.
3. The state could ban the abortion unless the mother’s life was in danger.
4. The state could ban it.

The Supreme Court has ruled that states can limit abortions if the regulations do not pose which of the following?

1. an inconvenient truth
2. any additional constraints
3. a prior restraint
4. an undue burden

The Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraception by relying on the implied right to __________.

1. sexual freedom
2. family
3. commerce
4. privacy

Which U.S. Supreme Court case found that a woman’s right to have an abortion is protected by the implied constitutional right to privacy?

1. US v. Morrison
2. Lawrence v. Texas
3. New York Times v. Sullivan
4. Roe v. Wade

Which of the following rights has the Supreme Court found to be one of the penumbras of unstated liberties linked to explicitly stated rights?

1. right to marry
2. right to travel
3. right to vote
4. right to privacy

Which rule bars the use of illegally seized evidence at trial?

1. double jeopardy
2. right to pay
3. prior restraint
4. exclusionary

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from which of the following?

1. double jeopardy
2. unreasonable search and seizure
3. self-incrimination
4. trials without a jury