The Supreme Court case that incorporated the freedom of speech and freedom of the press provisions of the First Amendment into the state is called
a. Wolf v. Colorado.
b. Gitlow v. New York.
c. Cantwell v. Connecticut.
d. Everson v. Board of Education.
e. Mapp v. Ohio.
Question -2-In Gitlow v. New York (1925), the Supreme Court upheld a conviction under New York's _________________, which prohibited advocacy of the overthrow of government by force or violence..
a. Criminal Anarchy Act
b. Clear and Present Danger Act
c. Seditious Libel Act
d. Smith Act
Question -3-In the contemporary sense of the term, liberalismbelieves in
a. strong government protection of civil rights and freedom from government intervention in social affairs.
b. complete free trade and open markets.
c. strong government to ensure that all states comply with federal law.
d. all of the above.
Question -4-The process the Supreme Court uses to extend the Bill of Rights into the states is called
a. selective incorporation.
b. total incorporation.
c. minimum standard policy.
d. doctrine of original intent.
e. logical reasoning policy.
Question -5-In Schenck v. United States (1919), Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. first articulated the famous ________________ test.
a. clear and present danger
b. clear and probable danger
c. imminent lawless action
d. bad tendency
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