TEST #3 // Homework

Question 1

First clause of the amendment ; states that “ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”

Answer 1

Establishment Clause

Question 2

Second clause of the amendment ; prohibits government from unduly interfering with the free exercise of religion.

Answer 2

Free Exercise

Question 3

______ was the first to use the phrase “ building a wall of separation between church and state.”

Answer 3

Thomas Jefferson

Question 4

Since the year _____, most of the nations coins have “in God we trust.”

Answer 4

1864

Question 5

How does the government encourage religion?

Answer 5

(1) most government officials take their oath of office in the name of God
(2) many public meetings, including daily sessions of Congress and most state legislatures open with prayer

Question 6

How does the bill of rights protect individual rights?

Answer 6

Limits government power

Question 7

Government censorship of information before it is published or broadcast.

Answer 7

Prior Restraint

Question 8

What is the difference between libel and slander?

Answer 8

Slander is false speech intended to damage a person’s reputation. Libel is the same but only applies to written of published statements.

Question 9

Two examples of unprotected speech.

Answer 9

(1) Giving away military secrets

(2) Calling for an overthrow of the government

Question 10

A reasonable basis to believe a person or premises is linked to a crime.

Answer 10

Probable Clause

Question 11

Principle in the fifth amendment stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedure in trials and in other actions it takes against individuals.

Answer 11

Due Process

Question 12

The power of the government to take private property for public use.

Answer 12

Eminent Domain

Question 13

The 6th amendment gives an accused person the right to a ______.

Answer 13

Speedy, public trial by an impartial jury

Question 14

What is a change of venue?

Answer 14

A new trial location

Question 15

Why is a change of venue requested?

Answer 15

When an unfavourable publicity makes it unlikely the defendant can receive a fair trial in the original location.

Question 16

The 7th amendment provides for the right to a jury trial in _______ for disputes about property worth more than $_______.

Answer 16

Federal courts ; $20

Question 17

The 8th amendment prohibits _______.

Answer 17

Excessive bail

Question 18

Which amendment forbids cruel and unusual punishment especially for capital punishment?

Answer 18

Eighth

Question 19

What is the name of the first group of amendments?

Answer 19

Bill of Rights

Question 20

Which amendments are involved in the Bill of Rights?

Answer 20

Amendments 1 to 12

Question 21

What is the name of the second group of amendments?

Answer 21

Civil War Amendments

Question 22

13th Amendment

Answer 22

Outlawed slavery

Question 23

14th Amendment

Answer 23

Intended to protect the legal rights of the freed enslaved people and their descendants.

Question 24

15th Amendment

Answer 24

Prohibits the government from denying a person’s right to vote on the basis of race.

Question 25

16th Amendment

Answer 25

Gives Congress the power to levy individual income taxes.

Question 26

17th Amendment

Answer 26

Says that the people, not state legislatures, elect United States senators directly.

Question 27

19th Amendment

Answer 27

Guaranteed women the right to vote.

Question 28

____ are the people engaged in a lawsuit.

Answer 28

Litigants

Question 29

The Power of the Supreme Court to review acts of Congress as constitutional is _______.

Answer 29

Judicial review

Question 30

The Supreme Court extended its power to review _____ form 1810 to 1819.

Answer 30

State laws

Question 31

What Supreme Court case supported southern states right to call slaves property?

Answer 31

Dred Scott vs. Sanford

Question 32

The “Due Process Clause” for states is found in the 5th and ____ amendment.

Answer 32

14th

Question 33

Briefly Describe the Santa Fe vs. Jane Doe case from 2000.

Answer 33

Ruled that Santa Fe School district violated the establishment clause of the first amendment when it allowed student council member to deliver a prayer over the intercom before a varsity football game.

Question 34

The ____ case is one in which the Supreme Court ruled that a state had to provide a lawyer in cases that dealt with the death penalty.

Answer 34

Powell vs Alabama (1932)

Question 35

Which court case reversed the decision in number 1 for 20 years?

Answer 35

Betts vs. Brady

Question 36

What was Clarence Gideon’s petition in his Supreme Court case ?

Answer 36

Requested the court appointed him an attorney and the court refused

Question 37

What was the ruling in the Miranda Case?

Answer 37

The man was convicted but later appealed because the police did not clearly inform the suspects of their rights in the 5th and 6th amendments.