Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship in American Politics, by Christine Barbour and Gerald C.

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Chapter 5: Fundamental American Liberties

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Multiple Choice

1. According to John Locke and the Declaration of Independence, our rights are ______.
a. granted by government
b. granted by our fellow citizens
c. natural
d. determined indirectly as whatever is not regulated by government
e. determined arbitrarily
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 5-1: Define rights and liberties and their role in a democratic society.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Fundamental American Liberties
Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The difference between civil rights and civil liberties is ______.

a. inconsequential because the terms are used interchangeably in the United States
b. that civil rights involve speech, press, and religious freedom, whereas civil liberties involve
voting
c. that civil rights limit the power of government, whereas civil liberties expand the power of
government
d. that civil rights involve government action to secure rights of citizenship, whereas civil
liberties involve individual freedoms that limit the power of government
e. that civil rights involve freedoms, whereas civil liberties involve voting
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 5-1: Define rights and liberties and their role in a democratic society.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Fundamental American Liberties
Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Individual actions can come into conflict with the collective good of society ______.
a. only when direct harm occurs to another specific individual
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b. because individual actions often have important consequences and costs for society
c. whenever the majority agrees that such harm exists
d. only when the claim can be tied to a specific provision of the Constitution
e. only rarely because the collective good of society is nothing more than the summation of the
good of all the individual citizens
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 5-1: Define rights and liberties and their role in a democratic society.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: When Rights Conflict
Difficulty Level: Hard

4. The example provided in the textbook concerning the response to the September 11 attacks
demonstrates that ______.
a. “the ends justify the means”
b. the liberty of the people is always more important than the security needs of the nation
c. it may be hard to protect both liberty and security
d. liberties are far more likely to come into conflict with each other than is liberty to come into
conflict with security
e. liberty and security are never really in conflict
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 5-1: Define rights and liberties and their role in a democratic society.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: When Rights Conflict—The Case of National Security
Difficulty Level: Hard

5. As an arbiter between the rights of the individual and the exercise of power by society, the
Supreme Court ______.
a. has sided consistently with individual rights
b. has acted in an inconsistent manner across the spectrum of possible positions over the course
of American history
c. supported government power in the nineteenth century but has been consistently on the side of
the individual since then
d. leaned toward protection of the individual in the nineteenth century but has consistently
favored government power since then
e. has generally remained neutral and allowed Congress to decide issues of individual liberty
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 5-1: Define rights and liberties and their role in a democratic society.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Do We Resolve Conflicts About Rights?
Difficulty Level: Easy

6. An action that criminalizes an act after it occurs is a(n) ______.

a. unconstitutional ex post facto law
b. “closing the barn door after the horse is out” law
c. bill of attainder
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d. habeas corpus law

e. exclusionary rule type of law
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain how the Bill of Rights relates to the federal government and to
the states.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Why Is a Bill of Rights Valuable?
Difficulty Level: Easy

7. The right of an accused to be brought before a judge and informed of the charges and evidence
against him or her is known as ______.
a. habeas corpus
b. ex post facto presentation
c. a bill of attainder
d. Miranda rights
e. a bill of presentment
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain how the Bill of Rights relates to the federal government and to
the states.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Why Is a Bill of Rights Valuable?
Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The source of authority cited by the Supreme Court for applying the Bill of Rights to the states
is ______.
a. the Bill of Rights itself
b. Congress
c. the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
d. Marbury v. Madison
e. Federalist No. 10
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain how the Bill of Rights relates to the federal government and to
the states.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Applying the Bill of Rights to the States
Difficulty Level: Easy

9. All of the following statements concerning incorporation of the Bill of Rights are true
EXCEPT this one:
a. Incorporation has taken place on the basis of provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment.
b. Incorporation is a matter of interpretation rather than a constitutional principle.
c. The Supreme Court began the process of incorporation of the Bill of Rights in the late 1960s.
d. Incorporation has taken place on the theories of both selective incorporation and total
incorporation.
e. Without incorporation, the Bill of Rights would apply only to acts of the federal government.
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Ans: C
Learning Objective: 5-2: Explain how the Bill of Rights relates to the federal government and to
the states.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Applying the Bill of Rights to the States
Difficulty Level: Hard

10. The rights the founders believed were essential to maintaining a representative democracy
included all of the following EXCEPT this one:
a. establishment of religion
b. the right to bear arms
c. freedom of speech
d. freedom of the press
e. the right to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe how the First Amendment protects both church and state, as
well as individuals’ religious freedom.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Freedom of Religion
Difficulty Level: Hard

11. In the conflict between accommodationist and separationist views of the establishment
clause, the Supreme Court has, in recent times, ______.
a. sided consistently with the separationist position
b. sided consistently with the accommodationist position
c. been moving more and more toward the separationist position
d. been moving more and more toward the accommodationist position
e. established no clear pattern and has favored each position at various times
Ans: E
Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe how the First Amendment protects both church and state, as
well as individuals’ religious freedom.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Freedom of Religion
Difficulty Level: Hard

12. The establishment clause guarantees ______.

a. that government will not create and support an official state church
b. that all citizens may freely engage in religious activities of their choice
c. that American government is based on Judeo-Christian values
d. that all churches shall have tax-exempt status
e. the right to set up a church whenever a religious group so desires
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe how the First Amendment protects both church and state, as
well as individuals’ religious freedom.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
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Answer Location: Why Is Religious Freedom Valuable?

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. According to the Supreme Court, for school prayer to violate the establishment clause, it
must be ______.
a. part of official school activities
b. denominational
c. opposed by a majority of the students or their parents
d. anti-Semitic
e. objectionable to at least one student
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe how the First Amendment protects both church and state, as
well as individuals’ religious freedom.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Establishment Clause: Separationists Versus Accommodationists
Difficulty Level: Hard

14. Separationists differ from accommodationists in that ______.

a. separationists wish to separate issues of school prayer from issues involving the establishment
clause
b. accommodationists wish to separate issues of school prayer from issues involving the
establishment clause
c. separationists favor a stricter separation of church and state than accommodationists
d. accommodationists favor a stricter separation of church and state than separationists
e. separationists favor a narrower interpretation of the free exercise clause
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 5-3: Describe how the First Amendment protects both church and state, as
well as individuals’ religious freedom.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Establishment Clause: Separationists Versus Accommodationists
Difficulty Level: Easy

15. The test that seems to provide the most protection for free speech is the ______.
a. Lemon test
b. imminent lawless action test
c. clear and present danger test
d. Scalia test
e. bad tendency test
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 5-4: Demonstrate how the protections of freedom of speech and of the press
have been tested.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Speech That Criticizes the Government
Difficulty Level: Easy
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