Chapter 13 Vocabulary

Question 1

Human Rights

Answer 1

Fundamental freedoms

Question 2

Incorporation

Answer 2

The process by which the Bill of Rights was extended to the states and localities.

Question 3

Establishment Clause

Answer 3

The First Amendment guarantee that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”

Question 4

Free Exercise Clause

Answer 4

Prohibits government from unduly interfering with the free exercise of religion

Question 5

Parochial Schools

Answer 5

Schools operated by a church or religious group

Question 6

Secular

Answer 6

Nonreligious

Question 7

Abridged

Answer 7

Limited, freedom of religion

Question 8

Precedent

Answer 8

Decisions made on the same issue in earlier cases

Question 8

Pure Speech

Answer 8

The verbal expressions of thought and opinion before an audience that has chosen to listen

Question 9

Symbolic Speech

Answer 9

The use of actions and symbols, in addition to or instead of words, to express opinions

Question 10

Seditious speech

Answer 10

Speech urging resistance to lawful authority or advocating the overthrow of the government

Question 11

Defamatory Speech

Answer 11

False speech that damages a person’s good name, character, or reputation

Question 12

Slander(spoken)

Answer 12

False speech intended to damage a person’s reputation

Question 13

Libel(written)

Answer 13

False written or published statements intended to damage a person’s reputation

Question 14

Prior retsraint

Answer 14

Government censorship of information before it is published or broadcast

Question 15

Sequested

Answer 15

Kept isolated, until the trial ends

Question 16

Gag Order

Answer 16

An order by a judge barring the press from publishing certain types of information about a pending court case

Question 17

Shield Law

Answer 17

Laws that give reporters some protection from disclosing their sources in state courts