Quiz Me! - Documents and Supreme Court Cases Here you can review many of the most importantoriginal historical documents in American history. 1 / 10 Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaim, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’” Outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania From a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama Marching in San Francisco, California On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 2 / 10 Miranda v. Arizona is one of the best known (and most controversial) criminal procedure Supreme Court decisions in history. The decision requires the police to inform an individual taken into custody to be informed of which rights and consequences? If they choose to talk, anything they say may be used against them The right to remain silent All of the above The right to an attorney; if they can’t afford a lawyer, one will be provided 3 / 10 The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 did all of the following except? Set an annual ceiling of 170,000 from Eastern Hemisphere with a 20,000 cap per-nation. Set an annual ceiling of 120,000 from Western Hemisphere with no cap per-nation. Kept the quota system based on nation of origin for Asian countries. Abolished the quota system based on nation of origin. 4 / 10 In Hernandez v. Texas, why did the lower court rule that Pete Hernandez was not being discriminated against? (The Supreme Court later agreed to review this decision and struck it down.) Because Mexican Americans were able to own property Because Mexican Americans were receiving enough education Because Mexican Americans were classified as “white” under Texas law Because Mexican Americans were able to use the all-white restrooms 5 / 10 Who wrote the Second Treatise of Civil Government in 1690? Baron Charles de Montesquieu Thomas Hobbes William Blackstone John Locke 6 / 10 The New York Times advertisement in the Sullivan case referred to what specific movement then ongoing in the South? The Environmental Movement The Anti-Vietnamese War Movement The Feminist Movement The Civil Rights Movement 7 / 10 What does the USA Patriot Act stand for? United States of America Providing Against Terror Repealing Ignorance and Overthrowing Tyranny. United States of American Protecting and Treating Real Intelligence and Conservation of Territory. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. Uniting Self and Presidents always to require intelligence over terror. 8 / 10 Who is the author of the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail?” Henry David Thoreau Ralph Waldo Emerson Chief Justice Earl Warren Martin Luther King, Jr. 9 / 10 What document declared slaves in rebelling states to be “forever free”? The Constitution of the Confederate States of America The Gettysburg Address Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address The Emancipation Proclamation 10 / 10 What does it mean to “establish laws for the general good of the colony”? It means the colony will follow the laws of its Mother Country. It means not everyone will agree with the laws but they are what is best. It means that only good laws will be recognized. It means everyone in the colony will vote on each law. Your score is Try another 10!
