Ch. 5 civil liberties

Question 1

Civil liberties

Answer 1

Individual rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution enumerated in the Bill of Rights the first ten amendments

Question 2

Civil rights

Answer 2

Concerned with the protection against discrimination derived from the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

Question 3

First Amendment

Answer 3

Freedom of press religion assembly and petition

Question 4

Second Amendment

Answer 4

Right to bear arms

Question 5

Third amendment

Answer 5

Quartering of soldiers you can be free from the government forcing you to let soldiers stay in your house without permission

Question 6

Fourth Amendment

Answer 6

Arrest and searches

Question 7

Fifth Amendment

Answer 7

Provides protection against self-incrimination and double jeopardy

Question 8

6th amendment

Answer 8

Ensures that the accused will have legal representation and a speedy public trial gives the right to be informed and cause of accusation

Question 9

7th amendment

Answer 9

Guarantees trial by jury in civil cases where the value of the issue needing resolution exceed $75,000 applies to federal civil cases only

Question 10

8th amendment

Answer 10

Prohibits excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment

Question 11

9th amendment

Answer 11

Reserves other rights not mentioned in the Constitution for the people and by the people

Question 12

Tenth Amendment

Answer 12

Reserved powers not delegated to the federal government to the states and the people

Question 13

Selective incorporation

Answer 13

Incorporation of rights on a case by case basis

Question 14

The Establishment Clause

Answer 14

Major issues pertaining to church/ state associations

Question 15

Examples of the Establishment Clause

Answer 15

Public funds to religious parachial schools prayer in public schools and religious displays on public property

Question 16

Free Exercise Clause

Answer 16

Manifest in speech the press assembly and the right to petition the government

Question 17

Compelling interest

Answer 17

The court examine the claims of religious freedoms that conflict with government policy example of Jehovah Witness must register to knock on doors/permit

Question 18

What is the exclusionary rule

Answer 18

Common law allowed the use of evidence at a trial regardless of how it was obtained

Question 19

The 14th amendment

Answer 19

Equal Protection Clause all persons born or naturalized in the United States granted citizenship