US Politics Civil Rights Movement Test 6

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Politics & Civics — Test 6 (Civil Rights Movement) High School & Adult (US Government & Civics, USA) USA US Constitution, Bill of Rights & Civics (USCIS)

What is this test? for US Government & Civics practice (Politics & Civics — Test 6 (Civil Rights Movement)), USA — High School & Adult (US Government & Civics, USA) level, USA.
For High School, University and adult learners preparing for civics/citizenship in the USA
Section: Politics & Civics — Test 6 (Civil Rights Movement) · Education: High School & Adult · Part: Politics & Civics — Test 6 (Civil Rights Movement) · Country: USA

Civics knowledge is crucial for knowing individual rights and responsibilities and understanding government structure.

This test is designed to assess your knowledge of constitutional law and essential civics.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

What are civil liberties?

A) freedoms protected from government

B) tax breaks

C) free goods

D) voting only

Question 2

Which of the following best defines affirmative action?

A) bans

B) considering race to remedy bias

C) no policy

D) quotas always

Question 3

What is freedom of petition?

A) voting

B) lobbying ban

C) asking government for change

D) protest ban

Question 4

Which of the following best defines the right to counsel?

A) Free civil lawyer

B) Judge as lawyer

C) Self-trial only

D) Lawyer in criminal cases

Question 5

Which of the following best defines equal protection?

A) same laws for all

B) no laws

C) state only

D) special rights

Question 6

What is freedom of speech?

A) Shouting fire falsely

B) Expressing views

C) Threatening harm

D) Obscenity always

Question 7

Which of the following best defines Roe v. Wade (1973)?

A) school case

B) death penalty

C) abortion rights ruling

D) voting case

Question 8

What were sit-ins?

A) Court delays

B) Tax strikes

C) Walkouts only

D) Segregated-seat protests

Question 9

Which of the following best defines liberty?

A) Freedom with limits

B) Total license

C) No laws

D) King's favor

Question 10

What was Gideon v. Wainwright?

A) voting

B) right to a lawyer

C) guns

D) free press

Question 11

Which term means "false written defamation"?

A) civil liberties

B) civil rights

C) libel

D) Brown v. Board

Question 12

Which of the following best defines libel?

A) parody always

B) true news

C) opinion

D) false written defamation

Question 13

Which of the following best defines selective incorporation?

A) Applying rights to states

B) Picking judges

C) Counting votes

D) Taxing imports

Question 14

Which term means "1848 women's rights"?

A) civil liberties

B) the Seneca Falls meeting

C) civil rights

D) Brown v. Board

Question 15

Which term means "Staying silent"?

A) civil liberties

B) civil rights

C) the right against self-incrimination

D) Brown v. Board

Question 16

What best defines Lawrence v. Texas?

A) gun case

B) tax case

C) school case

D) struck sodomy laws

Question 17

What are civil rights?

A) equal treatment under law

B) free speech only

C) gun rights

D) travel rights

Question 18

What best defines protection from takings?

A) Free seizures

B) Paid public-use seizures

C) No seizures ever

D) Church seizures

Question 19

Provide the definition of freedom of press:

A) Printing money

B) Leaking secrets always

C) Publishing news

D) Libeling freely

Question 20

Provide the definition of freedom of religion:

A) State church

B) Forced prayer

C) Taxing churches

D) Believing and worshiping

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