Unit 3 check
Unit 3 check: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
13 questions from 13 lessons in Unit 3. Answer each one, and if you miss, follow the link back to where it is taught, then try again. Your score counts first tries.
Question 1 · from 3.1 · Fill the statement
Complete the distinction in this situation.
A federal rule must comply with constitutional even after an election.
Question 2 · from 3.2 · Fill the statement
Complete the distinction in this situation.
In Engel, the constitutional problem was state of prayer, even though participation was .
Question 3 · from 3.3 · Fill the statement
Complete the distinction in this situation.
Written defamatory accusations are ; oral defamatory accusations are .
Setup for question 4
Original teaching situations: distinguish what each institution can do.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Timing | The report has not reached readers. |
| Actor | A federal official requests a court order. |
| Justification | The request asserts a national security interest. |
Question 4 · from 3.4 · Sort it
Classify the timing and actor in each original press dispute.
Government restraint before publication
Legal consequence after publication
Private editorial choice
Setup for question 5
Original paraphrase of the cited opinions, not a quotation. Describe each source’s argument, perspective, evidence, and reasoning.
| Source feature | Paraphrased content |
|---|---|
| Heller interpretation | The operative text and history support an individual right for lawful purposes including home self-defense. |
| McDonald reasoning | The recognized right is fundamental to ordered liberty and rooted in American history and tradition. |
| Stated boundary | Recognition of the right does not mean every firearm restriction is unconstitutional. |
Question 5 · from 3.5 · Multiple choice
Which description best identifies the argument in the Heller row?
Setup for question 6
Original policy discussion with accurately identified judicial illustrations. Forecasts are fictional and are not measured results.
| Evidence card | What it states |
|---|---|
| A: Roper | Execution is barred for crimes committed before eighteen. |
| B: City forecast | Officials predict fewer firearm injuries under a proposed rule. |
| C: Carpenter | Acquiring the historical cell-site location records at issue was a search generally requiring a warrant. |
Question 6 · from 3.6 · Multiple choice
What does card B establish about the proposed rule?
Setup for question 7
Read the primary-source relationships, then apply them. The quotations are short extracts from the constitutional text; the case summary is an original paraphrase.
| Source | Text or relationship |
|---|---|
| Second Amendment | “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms” |
| Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1 | “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law” |
| McDonald holding | The self-defense right recognized in Heller applies to state and local government. |
Question 7 · from 3.7 · Multiple choice
What does selective incorporation imply about a city’s regulatory authority?
Setup for question 8
Original teaching record. Assume the phone search lacks a warrant and any applicable exception. Do not infer guilt from the allegation.
| Event | Recorded action |
|---|---|
| Arrest | Police take the suspect into custody |
| Phone | An officer opens private message history without a warrant |
| Trial | The indigent state felony defendant requests a lawyer |
Question 8 · from 3.8 · Multiple choice
Which explanation best connects the counsel request to Gideon?
Question 9 · from 3.9 · Fill the statement
Complete the explanation using the specific legal mechanism.
A right named in constitutional text is ; one inferred without a separate express listing is .
Question 10 · from 3.10 · Fill the statement
Complete the explanation using the specific legal mechanism.
A claim against discriminatory treatment invokes , while a challenge to arbitrary deprivation methods emphasizes .
Question 11 · from 3.11 · Fill the statement
Complete the explanation using the specific legal mechanism.
addresses sex discrimination in federally assisted education; the addresses racial discrimination in voting.
Setup for question 12
Original teaching situations: distinguish what each institution can do.
Question 12 · from 3.12 · Sort it
Classify the authority and change described.
Executive wartime action
Constitutional amendment
Historical judicial restriction
Judicial protection or review
Setup for question 13
Original teaching proposals. Assume the university is public. The SFFA summary above supplies the governing admissions comparison.
| Proposal | Decision rule |
|---|---|
| A | Award a category-based racial admissions advantage |
| B | Evaluate specific leadership described in an applicant's experience of discrimination |
| C | Provide need-based fee waivers without a racial preference |
Question 13 · from 3.13 · Multiple choice
Which explanation most accurately applies the supplied holding to proposal B?
0 of 13 answered.