Goverment Unit 3

Question 1

1st amendment

Answer 1

Religion, assembly, press, petition, speech. SELF EXPRESSION

Question 2

2nd amendment

Answer 2

Right to bear arms

Question 3

Fourth amendment 

Answer 3

Probable cause unreasonable seizure

Question 4

Fifth amendment 

Answer 4

Indictment of a grand jury/intimate domain/double Jeopardy/self-incrimination


Question 5

Sixth amendment 

Answer 5

Speedy trial, right to trial by jury right to a lawyer

Question 6

Seventh amendment 

Answer 6

Right to a civil trial 

Question 7

Eighth amendment 

Answer 7

No excessive bail/cruel and unusual punishment


Question 8

Ninth amendment

Answer 8

Rights that aren’t specifically in the constitution are still retained by citizens 

Question 9

10th amendment

Answer 9

Federalism/power reserved for states 

Question 10

13th amendment

Answer 10

Abolishment of slavery

Question 11

14th amendment

Answer 11

 citizenship/equal protection under the law 

Question 12

15th amendment

Answer 12

All races can vote as long as they were a man 

Question 13

19th amendment

Answer 13

Women’s suffrage

Question 14

Exclusionary rule 

Answer 14

Must have probable caused to search/can only search what’s on the warrant/only legally obtained evidence can be used in court 

Question 15

Double Jeopardy

Answer 15

Can only be tried once for the crime

Question 16

Federalism

Answer 16

States have power

Question 17

Libel

Answer 17

Written slander/lies written about someone I’m sorry gross

Question 18

Expo facto

Answer 18

Can’t be charged for something that wasn’t the law at the time of the crime 

Question 19

Due process

Answer 19

Government must act fairly/follow the law

Question 20

Writ of habeas corpus

Answer 20

Government must show why prisoner should not be released from prison

Question 21

Civil rights

Answer 21

Actions taken by the government to protect

Question 22

Civil liberties

Answer 22

How we are protected from the government

Question 23

Bill of Rights

Answer 23

First 10 amendments

Question 24

Free exercise clause

Answer 24

Believe any religion you want. Part of the first amendment.

Question 25

Establishment clause

Answer 25

Government can’t force religion/separation of church and state 

Question 26

Shield law

Answer 26

Protection of reporters. Part of first amendment. 

Question 27

Slander

Answer 27

Lies said about someone. Not protected in first amendment.


Question 28

Prior restraint

Answer 28

Government cannot tell reporters not to report.