Question

What is the current definition of seditious speech?

Group of answer choices

any criticism of the president or Congress

speech that has an obvious and immediate danger of creating unrest or violence

speech urging people to follow philosophies that might lead to a future revolution

making plans for what to do in the event of some future revolution

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Question 71 pts
If students wore black sweatshirts to protest a war, what sort of free speech would they be exercising?

Group of answer choices

clothing speech

silent speech

visual speech

symbolic speech

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Question 81 pts
Why has the Supreme Court repeatedly ruled that flag burning is a protected form of political protest?

Group of answer choices

Flags are not considered symbols.

Flag desecration laws were violating the separation of church and state.

"Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive."

"Truth is great and will prevail if left to itself."

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Question 91 pts
What is symbolic speech?

Group of answer choices

using nonverbal means to convey meaning, especially political meaning

using mathematical shorthand in daily conversation

speech that emphasizes abstract political theory rather than calling for any immediate or violent action

speech that uses a particular person or action to represent a larger class of behavior

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Question 101 pts
What is a prior restraint?

Group of answer choices

when journalists are protected from turning over the identities of their sources

when the media is prevented from publishing or is forced to clear information with the government before publishing

knowingly and falsely harming another person's reputation

an act passed by the Federalists in 1798 that made it a crime to criticize the president

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Question 111 pts
What is a shield law?

Group of answer choices

when journalists are protected from turning over the identities of their sources

knowingly and falsely harming another person's reputation

an act passed by the Federalists in 1798 that made it a crime to criticize the president

when the media is prevented from publishing or is forced to clear information with the government before publishing

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Question 121 pts
What is freedom of assembly?

Group of answer choices

the right to organize mob action

the right to peacefully gather in groups

the right to form militias

the right to impede traffic and safety vehicles

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Question 131 pts
Which of the following does the freedom to petition allow?

Group of answer choices

Individuals, groups of citizens, and corporations can lobby for laws and policies that favor their causes.

Students can protest bad grades.

People can write their own laws.

Members of organized groups, including religious groups, can handle internal disputes themselves without turning to courts of law.

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Question 141 pts
Which of the following is a use of the freedom to petition?

Group of answer choices

writing a letter to your congressperson to demand that a streetlight be installed at a busy intersection near your house

e-mailing your senator to request that he or she vote against a major tax bill

organizing a rally to march on the state capitol to demand action on a new immigration policy

all of the above

Answer 1

6. speech that has an obvious and immediate danger of creating unrest or violence

7. symbolic speech

8. "Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive."

9. using nonverbal means to convey meaning, especially political meaning

10. when the media is prevented from publishing or is forced to clear information with the government before publishing

11. when journalists are protected from turning over the identities of their sources

12. the right to peacefully gather in groups

13. Individuals, groups of citizens, and corporations can lobby for laws and policies that favor their causes.

14. all of the above