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READING COMPREHENSION
Freedom of Religion
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ECTION
1. What are the two guarantees of religious freedom in the 1st Amendment?
a. ____________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________
2. What “wall” does the Establishment Clause set up?
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3. Summarize the Supreme Court’s rulings about religion and education in each
of the cases in the table below.
Case
Summary
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Everson v. Board of
Education
Engel v. Vitale
Abington School District
v. Schempp
Stone v. Graham
Wallace v. Jaffree
Lee v. Weisman
Santa Fe Independent
School District v. Doe
Westside Community
Schools v. Mergens
Epperson v. Arkansas
Grand Rapids School
District v. Ball
Zelman v. SimmonsHarris
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READING COMPREHENSION (continued)
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Freedom of Religion
4. What is the Lemon test, and what are its three criteria?
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5. Why is legislative prayer constitutionally permissible while school prayer is not?
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6. Explain why the Supreme Court ruled differently in the following cases:
a. County of Allegheny v. ACLU and Pittsburgh v. ACLU
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b. Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
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c. Minersville School District v. Gobitis and West Virginia Board of Education
v. Barnette
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7. What beliefs are protected by the Free Exercise Clause?
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8. In what ways are a person’s actions under the Free Exercise Clause limited?
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