Congress shall make
no law respecting an
establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom
of speech, or of the press;
or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the
Government for a redress
of grievances.1ST AMENDMENTTHE FIRST AMENDMENT
ESTABLISHMENT
The government
cannot establish an
official state religion
or favor one religion
over others.FREE EXERCISE
The government
cannot prevent people
from practicing
their religion.FREEDOM OF
RELIGIONFREEDOM OF
EXPRESSIONFREEDOM OF
THE PRESSFREEDOM OF
ASSEMBLYFREEDOM OF
SPEECH
FREEDOM TO
PETITION THE
GOVERNMENTPolitical
speech and
symbolic
speech Less
protected
forms of
speechAnswers: 1.a; 2.dThe First Amendment’s “establishment clause”
says that the government cannot
a establish categories of speech.
b prevent people from practicing
their religion.
c ban offensive speech.
d create an official state religion.
e prevent people from peaceably assembling.Which type of speech is strongly protected
under the First Amendment?
a political speech
b commercial speech
c obscenity
d libel
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