Chapter 5

Question 1

laws unde3r which specific persons or groups are detained and sentenced without trial.

Answer 1

Bills of attainder

Question 2

citizenship rights guaranteed to the people and protected by the govt. (13-15th, 20+25th amendments)

Answer 2

Civil Rights

Question 3

freedom of speech/can’t harm others.

Answer 3

Freedom of expression

Question 4

1st amendment guarantee that the govt. will not create and support and official state church.

Answer 4

establishment clause

Question 5

1st amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice.

Answer 5

free-exercise clause

Question 6

right of an accused person to be brought before a judge and informed of the charges and evidence against him or her.

Answer 6

habeas corpus

Question 7

supreme court making the protections of the bill of rights applicable to the states.

Answer 7

incorporation

Question 8

censorship of or punishment for the expression of ideas before the ideas are printed or spoken

Answer 8

prior restraint

Question 9

incorporation of rights by a case-by-case basis.

Answer 9

selective incorporation

Question 10

actions that convey a message (burning a flag or draft card, marching in a parade) partially protected in the 1st amendment. Gitlow v. New York

Answer 10

symbolic speech

Question 11

No person shall… be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; laws must be carried out fairly to all

Answer 11

due process clause (of the 14th amend.)

Question 12

Right to be left alone except for reasonable public interest in a person’s activities; no search and seizure without probable cause (4th amend)

Answer 12

Right to Privacy

Question 13

individual freedoms guaranteed to the people primarily by the bill of rights

Answer 13

Civil Liberties

Question 14

freedom of religion, speech, press;right to bear arms; right to privacy; right to speedy trial; (1st 10 amendments)

Answer 14

Bill of Rights

Question 15

states must respect all the legal rights guaranteed to criminals.

Answer 15

Due process of law

Question 16

laws that criminalize a action after it occurs

Answer 16

Ex post facto laws

Question 17

speech intended to incite violence

Answer 17

Fighting words

Question 18

people are free to come together and express, defend, discuss their ideas

Answer 18

Freedom of assembly

Question 19

rule used by the courts that restricts speech only if it is aimed at producing or is likely to produce imminent lawless action

Answer 19

imminent lawless action test

Question 20

speech intended to incite rebellion

Answer 20

sedition

Question 21

supporters of separation of church and state

Answer 21

separationists

Question 22

the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime

Answer 22

Capital punishment

Question 23

From Alabama; served on supreme court, democrat, held segregation in public schools unconstitutional; preferred strict reading of the constitution.

Answer 23

Hugo Black

Question 24

the rate or frequency at which people are confined in prison.

Answer 24

Incarceration rate