Selective Incorporation Practice Test

Gitlow v. New York, because it applied First Amendment free speech protections to the states through the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause.

McDonald v. Chicago, because it incorporated the Establishment Clause and required states to fund all religions equally through due process.

Palko v. Connecticut, because it incorporated free speech and free press against states by redefining “ordered liberty” as political dissent.

Dred Scott v. Sandford, because it incorporated the First Amendment by making federal rights enforceable against states for all citizens.

Barron v. Baltimore, because it incorporated the entire Bill of Rights against states using the 14th Amendment after the Civil War.