First Amendment Flashcard

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The Bill of Rights is:

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The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

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True or false: The First Amendment protects students while at school.

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True

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Which of the following is not a right explicitly protected by the First Amendment? Press, Privacy, Assembly, Religion

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Privacy

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True or false: The Constitution prohibits public school teachers from teaching about religion in school.

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False

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True or false: The First Amendment protects a person's right to burn the American flag as a form of political protest?

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True

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Which of the following are true? The First Amendment prohibits government officials from establishing an official religion. The First Amendment restricts government officials from interfering with an individual's exercise of his or her religious beliefs.

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Both of the above

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Which of the following categories of speech is never protected by the First Amendment?
Expression intended and likely to incite imminent lawless action,
"True threats",
Clear and immediate threats to national security,
All of the above

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All of the above

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True or false: The government can ban song lyrics that most people would find offensive.

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False

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True or false: The church/state clause of the First Amendment prohibits students from praying in class before a test.

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False

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True or false: Students cannot be forced to pledge allegiance to the flag.

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True