Some examples from this set of practice questions
1.
What are civil liberties?
Answer: Fundamental rights and freedoms protected from infringement by the government
2.
What are civil rights?
Answer: Protections from discrimination as a member of a particular group
3.
What did Barron v. Baltimore (1833) decide?
Answer: The bill of rights only restricts the federal government
4.
What Supreme Court case made handgun ownership essentially illegal in Washington, D.C.?
Answer: D.C. v. Heller (2008)
5.
What Supreme Court case temporarily stopped the death penalty in the United States?
Answer: Furman v. Georgia (1972)
6.
What was the reasoning behind the ruling in Furman v. Georgia?
Answer: The death penalty was being applied with a racial bias against black defendants
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