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Question 1

_____ restrict government action to protect individual rights.

Answer 1

Civil liberties

Question 2

Initially, the Bill of Rights only protected citizens’ rights from violation by _____ government(s).

Answer 2

the federal

Question 3

The extension of protections from the Bill of Rights to the state governments, one right at a time, is called _____ incorporation.

Answer 3

selective

Question 4

The right to _____ is never directly mentioned in the Constitution.

Answer 4

privacy

Question 5

In 2003, the Supreme Court extended the right of privacy to same-sex couples by striking down _____.

Answer 5

anti-sodomy laws

Question 6

The _____ Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

Answer 6

First

Question 7

The Sedition Act of 1798 relates to freedom of/from _____.

Answer 7

speech

Question 8

The _____ test was created in Schenck v. United States (1919).

Answer 8

clear and present danger

Question 9

_____ is/are defined as hostile statements based on someone’s personal characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.

Answer 9

Hate speech

Question 10

Prior _____ is defined as the legal effort to stop speech before it occurs—in effect, censorship.

Answer 10

restraint

Question 11

The Nixon administration attempting to stop publication of the Pentagon Papers demonstrates the principle of prior _____.

Answer 11

restraint

Question 12

In Miller v. California(1973), the Supreme Court created a test for judging a work to be

Answer 12

obscene

Question 13

The _____ Amendment protects people from government officials bursting into their houses and conducting unreasonable searches and seizures.

Answer 13

Fourth

Question 14

The _____ rule states that evidence obtained in an illegal search may not be introduced in a trial.

Answer 14

exclusionary

Question 15

_____ is the principle that an individual cannot be tried twice for the same offense.

Answer 15

Double jeopardy

Question 16

You have the right to remain silent” is the first of four _____ warnings

Answer 16

Miranda

Question 17

The _____ Amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial decided by an impartial jury.

Answer 17

Sixth

Question 18

The _____ is often criticized for trampling individual civil liberties in the name of enhancing national security.

Answer 18

U.S.A Patriot Act

Question 19

A large and growing concern of citizen privacy surrounds the collection of _____.

Answer 19

cell phone Internet searches and calls 
  credit card activity 
  personal computer Internet activity 
Correct!
  all of the above

Question 20

_____ refers to the principle that government does not violate the Establishment Clause as long as it does not confer an advantage to some religions over others.

Answer 20

Accommodation