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Question 1

Civil Liberties

Answer 1

The personal guarantees and freedoms that the federal gov’t can not abridge by law, construction, or judicial interpretation.

Question 2

Civil Rights

Answer 2

The gov’t protected rights of individuals against arbitrary or as criminatory treatment.

Question 3

Bill of Rights

Answer 3

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which largely guarantee specific rights and liberties.

Question 4

Ninth Amendment

Answer 4

Part of the bill of rights that reads “the enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retrained by the people.”

Question 5

Due process clause

Answer 5

Clause contained in the fifth and fourteenth amendments, over the years, it has been construed to guarantee to individuals a variety of rights ranging from economic liberty to criminal procedural rights to protection from arbitrary governmental action.

Question 6

Substantive due process

Answer 6

Judicial interpretation of the fifth and fourteenth amendments due process clause that protects citizens from arbitrary or unjust laws.

Question 7

Incorporation doctrine

Answer 7

An interpretation of the constitution that holds that the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment requires that state and local gov’t also guarantee those rights.

Question 8

Selective incorporation

Answer 8

A judicial doctrine whereby most but not all of the protections found in the bill of rights are made applicable to the states via the fourteenth amendment.

Question 9

Fundamental freedoms

Answer 9

Those rights defined by the court to be essential to order; liberty and justice.

Question 10

Establishment clause

Answer 10

The first clause in the first amendment; it prohibits the national gov’t from establishing a national religion.

Question 11

Free exercise clause

Answer 11

The second clause of the first amendment, It prohibits the U.S. gov’t from interfering with a citizens rights to practice his or her religion.

Question 12

Due process rights

Answer 12

Procedural guarantees provided by the fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth amendments for those accused of crimes.

Question 13

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Answer 13

A landmark supreme court ruling that held the fifth amendment requires that individuals arrested for a crime must be advised of their rights to remain silent and have a council present.

Question 14

“Miranda” rights

Answer 14

Statements that must be said by the police informing a suspect of their rights.

Question 15

Exclusionary rule

Answer 15

Judicially created rule that prohibits from using illegally seized evidence at a trial.

Question 16

Right to privacy

Answer 16

The right to be alone; a judicially created doctrine encompassing an individuals decision to use birth control or secure an abortion.

Question 17

Thirteenth Amendment

Answer 17

One of the three civil war amendments; specifically bans slavery in the united states. It was ratified in 1865

Question 18

Black Codes

Answer 18

Laws that deny most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the civil war.

Question 19

Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 19

The second amendment to be written during the civil war; guarantees equal protection and due process of the laws to U.S citizens.

Question 20

Fifteenth Amendment

Answer 20

The final of the three civil war amendments; specifically enfranchised newly freed male slaves.

Question 21

De Jure Discrimination

Answer 21

Racial segregation that is a direct result of the law or official policy.

Question 22

De Facto Discrimination

Answer 22

Racial discrimination that is the result of practice (such as housing or other social factors) rather than law.

Question 23

Grandfather Clause

Answer 23

Voting qualification provision in many southern states that allowed only those whose grandfathers had voted before reconstruction to vote unless they passed a wealth or literacy test.