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Answers -- Fun, Facts, and Trivia
January 2004 Issue

The Dirksen Center wants to help teachers teach better by giving them the opportunity to use technology to create, customize, and share online learning activities in their classrooms. The Center wants to help students learn more by bringing educational resources together in one place that provide new ways to learn about Congress interactively.

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Have your students assess what they have learned about the First Amendment and the freedom of the press by taking the "American Constitutional Law" practice test including specific questions and instant feedback. Find Freedom of the Press at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/billofrights/2_billofrights.htm and click on "Chapter Five" to begin the fun!

1. Government may impose punishments on a newspaper after it has published words lacking constitutional protection, such as libelous statements, but it may not exercise _____ __________ by preventing a publication before it gets released.
Answer: Prior Restraint

2. Near v. Minnesota (1931) articulated three exceptions to a general ban on prior restraint. Which of these circumstances is not an acceptable condition for prior restraint as defined in this case?

A) libel -- "Near v. Minnesota" (1931) overthrew a Minnesota gag law and is a landmark case concerning freedom of the press. In 1931 the Supreme Court had not yet dealt with libel as a first amendment issue.
B) Obscenity
C) Advocation of the overthrow of government
D) Revealing of military secrets

Answers to the December issue of Fun, Facts, and Trivia link here: http://www.webcommunicator.org/funfactstrivia1203ans.htm

Do you have or know of an online activity you would like The Dirksen Congressional Center to feature on its new Web site for students -- Congress for Kids? The Center is currently seeking online activities that provide new ways to learn about Congress and the workings of the federal government interactively.

If you have questions or suggestions for online activities, contact Cindy Koeppel.

 
 
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