SS.7.CG.2.4

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When Dimitri was applying for college, he received a rejection letter from a state university informing him that he was not from a good neighborhood. What does this rejection violate?

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Dimitri's civil rights, because citizens are assured equal treatment despite individual differences.

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The picture shows the Occupy Wall Street movement. The people in the picture are protesting the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States and the government policies that encourage it. All of the Occupy Wall Street protesters in the picture are exercising which right?

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the right to assemble

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Which statement best explains why the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment does not protect speech creating a "clear and present danger"?

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Speech that creates a "clear and present danger" may interfere with the rights of other people.

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What is the practical effect of the First Amendment in US society and governance today?

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It prohibits both the federal government and state governments from passing laws that abridge the freedom of speech.

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Under the Fourth Amendment, when may the government search a citizen's private possessions?

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when a judge decides that it is likely a crime is being committed and issues a warrant

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Which is an example of unprotected speech? Options: writing something that may be found offensive, criticizing the government, publicly disagreeing with a new law, maliciously printing lies about another person

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maliciously printing lies about another person

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Which of the following is a way the judicial branch of the United States government protects individual rights? Options: by enacting constitutional laws, by writing constitutional laws, by overturning unconstitutional laws, by vetoing unconstitutional laws

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by overturning unconstitutional laws