Civil Liberties Vocab Quiz
Name:
Class Period:
Section One:
Match the vocabulary word with the correct definition.
1. Civil Liberties _____
2. Selective Incorporation:
_______
3. Due Process:_______
4. Appellate Court:_______
5. 5th Amendment:________
6. 14th Amendment:_______
7. Eminent Domain:_______
8. Prior Restraint:______
9. 1925 Public Nuisance
Law:_____
10. Espionage Act
1917:______
11. Miller Test:______
J. Constitutional provision that grants procedural due
process to individuals; also grants the right to deny self-
incrimination and the right against double jeopardy.
M. Created after the Civil War during Reconstruction
and it grants Procedural Due Process to individuals
L. Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens
K. Minnesota designed this law to close down
newspapers that produced material that was deemed to
cause harm or damage someone’s reputation.
A. Civil liberty in which citizens have the right to be treated
fairly through the judicial system.
C. Making it a crime to interfere with or attempt to
undermine/interfere with efforts of the United States
armed forces during war.
G. Used to determined when speech is protected by
the 1st Amendment.
F. Court Case that stated that public good will usually,
if not always, outweigh private property and ownership;
states and cities can use Eminent Domain Clause to
promote public good and economic growth to take
private property for just compensation.
Q. Process by which federal amendment are incorporated
into the states through a federal court case or mandate;
forces the liberties given by the federal amendments to be
granted by individual states as well.
D. A court that reviews the procedures and the
decisions in the trial court (State Courts) to make sure
that the proceedings were fair and proper laws were
applied.
E. Federal court case that stated burning the U.S. flag in
protest is a legal action and protected under the idea of
Symbolic Speech.
 12. Brandenburg v. Ohio
(1969):________
13. Clear and Present Danger
Test:_______
14. Kelo v. City of New London
(2005):___________
15. Gitlow v. New York
(1925):_______
16. Near v. Minnesota (1931):
_________
17. U.S. v. Eichman
(1990):______
18.
B. State and federal provision that allows for individual
property to be taken for just compensation; central
issue of the Barron and Kelo cases.
I. The ability to deny publication of an press resources
due to illegal or violent substance.
P. Court Case that is predicated off the ideas of prior
restraint; states cannot use prior restraint to stop
publications if they aren’t promoting violence or civil
unrest; racist and bigoted publications are safe from
prior restraint.
H. Litmus test that measures obscene speech and
actions; thoroughly dependent on locale and
educational purposes of the material.
N. Court case that focusses on free press; states and
federal government are able to deny the publication of
resources if they promote civil unrest and violent action
in any way.
O. Court Case that amended the Clear and Present
Danger Test; states that hate speech that is not
projecting violence does not fall within the guidelines of
the Clear and Present Danger test.

Section Two: Using the court cases from the Word Bank, write the correct court case that
matches with each definition.

Work Bank:
1. Barron v. Baltimore (1833) 2. New York Times v. U.S. (1971) 3. Schenck v. U.S. (1919)
4. Texas v. Johnson (1989) 5. Morse v. Fredrick (2007)

19. Court Case that stated that students cannot promote illegal drug or alcohol use at a
school event. ____Morse v. Fredrick ________________________________
20. Court case that created the Clear and Present Danger Test. _____Schenck v. U.S.
21. Court case that stated that Maryland did not have to compensate for the taking of a
private wharf because their state constitution did not have eminent domain clause to it.
____Barron v. Baltimore ______________________
22. Pentagon Papers Case; Court case that stated that the President cannot use the idea of
prior restraint to stop newspapers from publishing illegal activity conducted by the
federal government, specifically the President._______________________ New York
Times v. U.S.
 23. State court case that stated that burning the U.S. flag in protest was
illegal.________________ Texas v. Johnson
24. Court case that stated that “Students’ constitutional rights do not stop at the
schoolhouse gate;” students are able to silently protest with different symbolic
actions.__________________Tinker v. Des Moines

Word Bank #2:

1. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969) 2. Miller v. California (1973)
3. Engel v. Vitale (1962) 4. Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) 5. New Jersey v. TLO (1985)

25. Court case that stated that the exclusionary rule could not be used within a school setting
because the school has more freedom to search and seize within their own school
code.____________________________________ New Jersey v. TLO
26. Court Case that stated that “Students’ constitutional rights do not stop at the schoolhouse
gate;” students are able to silently protest with different symbolic actions.
___________________________ Tinker v. Des Moines
27. Litmus test that measures obscene speech and actions; thoroughly dependent on locale and
educational purposes of the material.______________________________________ Miller v.
California
28. Court case that stated that states cannot force students into schools if it goes against
their religious beliefs.___________________________ Wisconsin v. Yoder
29. Court case that stated that mandated moments of prayer in public schools is illegal.
________________________________ Engel v. Vitale