Newsela Quiz: Flag Desecration

Greg Johnson was found guilty in Texas for flag desecration. Which words could be considered desecration? (There is more than one answer!)

• burning

• trampling

• spitting

• washing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What amendment protects protestors that decide to burn the U.S. flaga?

• Second

• Third

• First

• Fifth

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The Federal Flag Desecration of 1968 was passed due to protestors burning flags concerning what event?

• Civil War

• Vietnam War

• World War 2

• The War of 1812

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

True or False: Our current flag is the only flag that the United States has had.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Showing contempt for the flag is considered offensive, but not against the law. What word does NOT mean the same as contempt?

• disrespect

• disregard

• honor

• dishonor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What case made the Supreme Court strike down all state flag desecration laws?

• Texas vs. Johnson

• Spence vs. Washington

• Halter vs. Nebraska

• The article does not say.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What word is a synonym of DISSENT?

• approval

• agreement

• permission

• disapproval

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Most early flag desecration statutes prohibited which of the following? (HINT: THERE IS MORE THAN ONE ANSWER)

• defacing the flag design

• marking on the flag

• using the flag for commercial advertising

• folding the flag into a small triangle

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1