American Government Unit 6: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Question 1

Fundamental individual rights

Answer 1

Civil liberties

Question 2

The rights belonging to an individual by virtue of citizenship

Answer 2

Civil Rights

Question 3

A false and malicious statement/report about someone

Answer 3

Slander

Question 4

To make and publish slander

Answer 4

Libel

Question 5

Expressing an idea or emotion without the use of words

Answer 5

Symbolic Speech

Question 6

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or religion.”

Answer 6

Free exercise clause

Question 7

The government can’t favor or disfavor or form any religion

Answer 7

Establishment clause

Question 8

Governmental suppression of speech

Answer 8

Prior restraint

Question 9

To furnish with housing

Answer 9

Quarter

Question 10

A body of rules that provide that evidence may not be introduced if it was obtained in violation of a party’s rights

Answer 10

Exclusionary rule

Question 11

The prosecution of someone a second time for the same offense

Answer 11

Double jeopardy

Question 12

Incriminating oneself by one’s own statements or answers

Answer 12

Self-incrimination

Question 13

A charge made by a grand jury against a defendant

Answer 13

Indictment

Question 14

An established course for judicial proceedings or other government activities designed to safeguard rights

Answer 14

Due process

Question 15

Reasonable grounds for presuming guilt in someone charged with a crime

Answer 15

Probable cause

Question 16

The power of a government to take private property for public use without owner consent

Answer 16

Eminent domain

Question 17

Government preventing states from enacting laws that violate some of the basic rights of American citizens

Answer 17

Selective incorporation

Question 18

The right to vote

Answer 18

Suffrage

Question 19

A fixed tax levied on all persons in a certain area - regarding voting

Answer 19

Poll tax

Question 20

A policy/program for correcting the effects of discrimination in the employment or education of members in a certain area

Answer 20

Affirmative action

Question 21

One and three, abolition of slavery

Answer 21

13th Amendment

Question 22

One and four, I’m ca citizen and I’ll say no more

Answer 22

14th Amendment

Question 23

One and five, blacks can vote but not their wives

Answer 23

15th Amendment

Question 24

Senators can’t be mean

Answer 24

17th Amendment

Question 25

One and nine, women will vote just fine

Answer 25

19th Amendment

Question 26

D.C. can elect just like me

Answer 26

23rd Amendment

Question 27

Poll tax no more

Answer 27

24th Amendment

Question 28

They said 18 and it sticks

Answer 28

26th Amendment

Question 29

BOR 1st Amendment

Answer 29

Freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly
*(Priorities)

Question 30

BOR 2nd Amendment

Answer 30

The right to bear arms
*(Some would say this is second most important)

Question 31

BOR 3rd Amendment

Answer 31

No quartering of troops
*(World War III)

Question 32

BOR 4th Amendment

Answer 32

No search and seizure without a warrant
*(Hate to have police knocking at my door)

Question 33

BOR 5th Amendment

Answer 33

Double jeopardy, due process, no testifying against yourself
*(Double 5 to get the 10 Amendments in the BOR)

Question 34

BOR 6th Amendment

Answer 34

Right to a fair and speedy trial with a jury
*(A slow trial makes me sick)

Question 35

BOR 7th Amendment

Answer 35

Ability to sue for $20+ in court
Right to a trial with jury
*(Sitting in jail w/o a jury)

Question 36

BOR 8th Amendment

Answer 36

No excessive bail and no cruel and unusual punishment
*(You eight my finger)

Question 37

BOR 9th Amendment

Answer 37

You have rights other than those listed
*(Summary goes at the end)

Question 38

BOR 10th Amendment

Answer 38

States have powers not given to the federal government
*(Sates are LAST priority)