Selective Incorporation Quiz

What is the significance of incorporation in AP government?

• It protected individual liberties

• It transformed how we interpret the Bill of Rights

• It restricted the power of the federal government

• It limited the rights of the states

Which amendment introduced the Due Process Clause?

• First Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

Before selective incorporation, who was restricted by the Bill of Rights?

• Only the states

• Only the federal government

• No one

• Both the federal government and the states

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Gitlow v. New York?

• States can restrict certain types of speech

• States can restrict speech related to communism

• States can restrict free speech

• States cannot restrict free speech

What does selective incorporation mean?

• Applying the Bill of Rights to the states

• Limiting the power of the federal government

• Restricting the rights of individuals

• Expanding the authority of the judicial branch

When did the process of selective incorporation begin?

• 1833

• 1925

• 2010

• 2019

How has selective incorporation affected the balance of power between states and the federal government?

• States have become stronger

• States have become weaker

• The balance of power has remained the same

• The federal government has become weaker

Which case incorporated the individual right to bear arms?

• Baron v. Baltimore

• Gitlow v. New York

• DC v. Heller

• McDonald v. Chicago