Ap government unit two

Question 1

fifth amendment

Answer 1

-right to grand jury in federal cases
- no double jeopardy
-protection against self incrimination

Question 2

sixth amendment

Answer 2

-right to attorney
- right to a speedy and public trial of impartial people
- right to be informed of charges
- right to confront and obtain witnesses

Question 3

civil rights act of 1964

Answer 3

-signed by LBJ
- legislation response to civil rights movement and pressure for racial equality
- banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

Question 4

Voting rights act of 1965

Answer 4

signed by LBJ
- response to systematic disenfranchisement go African Americans (south where there were literacy tests)
-banned discriminative voting practices

Question 5

Title IX of the education act of 1972

Answer 5

-signed by Nixon
- prohibited sexual discrimination in schools
-applied to all levels of education

Question 6

civil liberties

Answer 6

rights- chiefly, rights to be free of government interference- according to an individual by the constitution

Question 7

14 th “due process of law”

Answer 7

denies government the right without due process, to deprive people of life, liberty, and property

Question 8

14th “equal protection of the laws”

Answer 8

a standard of equal treatment the must be observed by the government

Question 9

1st freedom of expression

Answer 9

right of people to speak, publish, and assemble

Question 10

1st freedom of religion

Answer 10

people shall be free to exercise their religion and government may not establish a relgion

Question 11

prior restraint

Answer 11

censorship of publication BEFORE it gets published

Question 12

clear and present danger test

Answer 12

laws should not punish speech unless there is a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions

Question 13

libel

Answer 13

a written statement that defames the character of another person

Question 14

symbolic speech

Answer 14

an act that conveys a political message

Question 15

1st free exercise clause

Answer 15

requirement that law cannot prevent exercise of religion

Question 16

establishment clause

Answer 16

ban on laws “respecting an establishment of religion”

Question 17

exclusionary rule

Answer 17

improperly gathered evidence may NOT reintroduced in a criminal trial

Question 18

good faith exception

Answer 18

an error in gathering evidence that is minor that it may be used in trial

Question 19

public safety exception

Answer 19

police can question a non-marndized suspect If there is an URGENT concern for public safety

Question 20

inevitable discovery

Answer 20

the police can use evidence if it would have inevitably been discovered

Question 21

civil rights

Answer 21

the rights of people to be treated without unreasonable or unconstitutional differences

Question 22

de jure segregation

Answer 22

racial segregation that is required by law

Question 23

de facto segregation

Answer 23

racial segregation’s that occurs because of patterns of residential settlement

Question 24

civil disobedience

Answer 24

opposing a law one considers unjust by peaceful disobeying it and accepting the resulting punishment

Question 25

affirmative action

Answer 25

laws/ administrative regulations that require a business firm, government agency, labor union, school, etc. to take positive steps to increase the number of African Americans, minorities, or women in its membership

Question 26

reverse dissemination

Answer 26

using race or sec to give preferential treatment to some people