PSC Chapters 4 and 5

Question 1

The 13th Amendment, which __________, was ratified right after the ______.

Answer 1

banned slavery, Civil War

Question 2

Civil liberties

Answer 2

fundamental rights that the government cannot abridge or restrict against an individual.

Question 3

The 14th Amendment’s Due Process clause is

Answer 3

the basis for civil liberties

Question 4

The 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection clause is the

Answer 4

basis for civil rights.

Question 5

The 14th Amendment, among other things, attempted to

Answer 5

guarantee to former slaves citizenship rights.

Question 6

In Wisconsin v. Yoder, SCOTUS ruled that it was a fundamental right for

Answer 6

Amish parents to determine the education of their children.

Question 7

In Loving v. Virginia, SCOTUS ruled that it was a fundamental right for

Answer 7

couples to marry, regardless of race.

Question 8

The 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause

Answer 8

prohibits any states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Question 9

Miranda v. Arizona was the SCOTUS case that requires the

Answer 9

police to warn criminal suspects of their 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination before interrogation.

Question 10

Originally, the Bill of Rights only applied to the ________, and not the ______.

Answer 10

federal government, states

Question 11

The 15th Amendment guarantees

Answer 11

to citizens (men) the right to vote regardless of race.

Question 11

Jim Crow laws mandated racial segregation, also known as

Answer 11

de jure segregation.

Question 11

SCOTUS has used the Due Process clause of the 14th Amendment to

Answer 11

apply most of the Bill of Rights provisions to the states in a process known as selective incorporation.

Question 12

Women were guaranteed the right to vote with the ratification of the _______ Amendment.

Answer 12

19th

Question 13

The three Civil War (or Reconstruction) Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are the

Answer 13

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

Question 14

Strict Scrutiny is the standard of review used by the Supreme Court of the United States to decide whether a government practice that classifies citizens based on a protected category

Answer 14

(race, religion, or national origin) violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

Question 15

___ is the source of de facto segregation and discrimination.

Answer 15

Practice

Question 16

Southern states enacted poll taxes to get around the ___________

Answer 16

15th Amendment.

Question 17

An opponent of affirmative action would most likely argue that it discriminates on the basis of _________

Answer 17

race.

Question 18

Civil liberties are personal freedoms that the government cannot take away.

Question 19

The ________ clause prevents the government from sanctioning an_______

Answer 19

establishment, official religion.

Question 20

The _________ bars the use of illegally seized evidence at trial (evidence that was obtained in violation of a person’s 4th Amendment rights).

Answer 20

exclusionary rule

Question 21

A false written statement is _____, and a false spoken statement is _________.

Answer 21

libel, slander

Question 22

The _______ guarantees a person accused of a crime the assistance of counsel (attorney).

Answer 22

6th Amendment

Question 23

The ______ test examines the constitutionality of religious establishments.

Answer 23

Lemon