In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court rule in favor of a religious group that did not send its children to school, using the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
A) Wisconsin v. Yoder.
B) Reynolds v. U.S.
C) Employment Division v. Smith.
D) Engel v. Vitale.
E) Wallace v. Jaffree
Q. 2Preparing the official ballot for general elections is done by the county
A) clerk or elections administrator.
B) sheriff or constable.
C) elections board.
D) commissioners court.
Q. 3The compelling state interest test is a standard that _______________.
A) the Court uses to strike down all government entanglement with religion.
B) required government to show a program would be significantly undermined by providing religious exemptions.
C) the Court has never used.
D) requires government to demonstrate that speech will lead to an illegal act.
E) the Court continues to use in its free exercise cases.
Q. 4Voting precincts in the 254 Texas counties are drawn by
A) city councils.
B) election judges.
C) the secretary of state.
D) the county commissioners courts.
Q. 5In the case of Sherbert v. Verner (1963), the Supreme Court applied the __________ test, and found in favor of the Seventh-Day Adventist who refused to work on Saturdays.
A) prior restraint
B) compelling state interest
C) good faith exception
D) rational basis
E) bad tendency.
Q. 6The basic geographic area for conducting national, state, district, and county elections is the
A) congressional district.
B) voting precinct.
C) county commissioner precinct.
D) municipality.
Q. 7In which case did the Court order school officials to reinstate the children of Jehovah's Witnesses who had been suspended for refusing to salute the American flag in their public school classroom?
A) Sherbert v. Verner
B) Reynolds v. U.S.
C) Wisconsin v. Yoder
D) West Virginia v. Barnette
E) Cantwell v. Connecticut
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