American courts are very hesitant to allow prior restraint, which means
A) it is very easy for the government to censor, or to suppress material before it is published.
B) it is difficult for the government to censor, or to suppress material before it is published.
C) it is easy for the government to detain reporters who are critical of their policies.
D) there are no ways for the government to limit what the press can find or print.
Q. 2In 1857, in the Supreme Court landmark ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote that _______.
A) slavery must end, but African Americans could gain their rights incrementally
B) economic equality was acceptable, but political equality was immoral
C) slavery was immoral and equality was tantamount to a healthy and moral society
D) slavery must be abolished with reasonable speed and effectiveness
E) blacks were so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.
Q. 3Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of the press?
A) First Amendment
B) Second Amendment
C) Fifth Amendment
D) Eighth Amendment
Q. 4A leader of the abolitionist movement was________, who founded the antislavery periodical, The Liberator, in 1831.
A) William Lloyd Garrison
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Roger Taney
E) W. E. B. Du Bois
Q. 5Talk radio has long been dominated by
A) moderates.
B) liberals.
C) conservatives.
D) anarchists.
Q. 6Abolitionists believed that the fatal characteristic of slavery was that it ____________.
A) did not provide slaves with social equality
B) denied slaves the right to own property and enter into contracts
C) disallowed slaves the right to vote
D) was too costly for southern plantation owners
E) took jobs away from American citizens
Q. 7Texas newspapers, with some exceptions, have generally supported
A) conservative political candidates.
B) moderate political candidates.
C) liberal political candidates.
D) no political candidates.
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