Study Guide for AP Government Unit 3 Test Chs 5 and 6 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 1617

  1. Describe “selective incorporation.”
  2. Know the Miranda Rights components.
  3. What laws have added to women’s legal rights and protections?
  4. What is the purpose of the exclusionary rule? From what court case did it come? Why might those in the law and order professions see this rule as problematic?
  5. How do Americans view free speech and assembly in principle? In practice?
  6. Of course, know the two clauses covered specifically in the Fourteenth Amendment.
  7. For what purpose has the Supreme Court used its interpretations of these clauses in the Fourteenth Amendment?
  8. From which case did the “clear and present danger” test arise? What was the civil liberties issue involved in the case?
  9. When speech is not speech but an action, what is it called? Is it protected under the Constitution? (What case deals with this issue?)
  10. What were literacy tests designed to do? How have they been dealt with?
  11. What was the initial impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
  12. What constitutional clause did the Supreme Court invoke when upholding statutes that outlawed segregation in public accommodations? Congress has used this clause to give civil rights legislation “teeth.”
  13. What is the most famous case noted for giving the Supreme Court the opportunity to declare a right to privacy? What constitutional provisions were used in the decision?
  14. Define “penumbra.”
  15. Review Griswold v. Connecticut.
  16. Review Schenck v. United States.
  17. Review Gitlow v. New York.
  18. Review Gideon v. Wainwright.
  19. Review the Bakke case.
  20. Review the Roe v. Wade case; specifically, what was the Court’s decision on abortion?
  21. What court case dealt with the definition of obscenity? How did the Court deal with this definition?
  22. What are the three provisions of the “Lemon Test?”
  23. We looked at a couple of cases that dealt with religious involvement with public education. What are these cases, and what was the issue each dealt with?
  24. If an Amendment was covered/mentioned in this unit, be familiar with it.
  25. In light of No. 20, it would be a good idea to know which of the Bill of Rights Amendments pertain to the rights of the criminally accused.
  26. Define “due process.”
  27. Describe the difference between civil liberties and civil rights.
  28. What are the conditions under which a religious activity could take place at a public school?
  29. You’re being arrested for racking up too many tardies (shame on you!). What can be legally searched at this point, even without a warrant?
  30. To what federal post was Mr. Whitfield’s oldest brother appointed in 1984?