civil liberty
Freedom to think and act without government interference
libel
harming someoneās reputation by printing lies
petition
formal request, often in the form of a brief or letter
censorship
banning offensive or alarming information
slander
harming someoneās reputation by speaking lies
false
personal freedoms cannot be used to change laws (True or False)
freedom of press
which freedom in the bill of rights allows citizens to express themselves by writing about their viewpoints in books and magazines (freedom of press, freedom of petition, freedom of religion, or freedom of speech)
true
the establishment clause protects the freedom of religion by preventing the establishment from creating an official religion and keeping government from favoring one religion over another (True or False)
first amendment
Which part of the Bill of Rights protects freedom of speech and freedom of religion (first amendment, fifth amendment, second amendment, or the articles)
true
first amendment freedoms are not absolute freedoms because they have to be balanced against the rights of others (True or False)
true
assigning bail help to ensure that an accused person will appear in court because it gives then a vested financial interest in doing so (True or False)
false
the grand jury system protects individuals accused of minor crimes by determining if there is enough evidence to put them on trial (True or False)
9th
which amendment protects the rights that are not specifically mentioned in the Constitution (1st, 6th, 9th, or 3rd)
5th amendment
the bill of rights protects the person accused of a crime from being tortured and tried by his or her accusers with (1st amendment, 4th amendment, 5th amendment, or 2nd amendment)
There is debate about whether it refers to the stateās rights have a small volunteer army called a militia or whether it refers to an individualās rights
why is there debate over the exact rights guaranteed by the second amendment (Some believe itās unconstitutional, There is debate about whether it refers to the stateās rights have a small volunteer army called a militia or whether it refers to an individualās rights, Everyone agrees with it, there is no debate there, or There's a debate about whether it refers to the federal government's right to maintain the military or whether it refers to individuals' rights)
due process
following the established legal procedures
eminent domain
right of the government to take private property for public use
civil cases
lawsuits involving disagreements rather than crimes
search warrant
court order allowing police to search private property and gather evidence
double jeopardy
being tried twice for the same crime
women
what large segment of the adult population was NOT guaranteed the right to vote by the fifth amendment (white men, African Americans, women, or non-citizens)
true
the language of the fourteenth amendment could also be interpreted to apply beyond the rights of African Americans to the rights of other groups whose rights have been suppresssed (True or False)
true
the Vietnam war helped highlight the inequality of voting rights with the context of draft ages. a man could go to war and possibly die for his country without having voting rights and any say in the running of it (True or False)
true
residents of the nationās capital were denied the right to vote in national elections until passage of the twenty-third amendment because they did not live in a state (True or False)
black codes
restricted rights of African Americans after the Civil war
poll tax
sum of money paid before casting a ballot
civil war amendments
extended civil liberties to African Americans
Gitlow vs. New York
ruled that state governments must honor the Bill of Rights
suffrage
right to vote
freed the slaves and banned forced labor
what did the 13th amendment accomplish (gave African Americans the right to vote, extended citizenship to African Americans, freed the slaves and banned force labor, or gave women the right to vote)
protests where cars were flipped and businesses were burned
all of the following were peaceful protest used during the civil rights era EXCEPT (boycotts, protests where cars were flipped and businesses burned, demonstrations, or speeches)
the large inequalities caused by slavery and the following years of segregation still affect life today for African Americans
all of the following are arguments against affirmative action programs EXCEPT (too much time has passed for those who suffered the injustices to feel a difference, it could be considered reverse racism, everything should be based on merit alone, or the large inequalities caused by slavery and the following years of segregation still affect life today for African Americans)
False
the supreme court decided that the ruling in Plessy versus Ferguson, that separate could be equal, was constitutional in the case Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka Kansas (1954) (True or False)
discrimination
unfair treatment of certain groups because of prejudice
civil rights
freedom of full citizenship and equality under the law
racial profiling
practice of identifying suspects by how they look
affirmative action
programs that try to make up for past discrimination
segregation
social separation of the races
the passage of the 20th amendment
all of the following could be taken as evidence of the effectiveness of MLK Jrās campaign except (the passage of the 20th amendments,Ā the passage of theĀ 24th amendment,Ā the passage of theĀ civil right act of 1964,Ā the passage of theĀ voting rights act of 1965)
African Americans were not allowed on city buses
all of the following are examples of the segregation created by Jim Crow laws in southern states EXCEPT (African Americans had to sit at the back of the bus, African Americans were not allowed on city buses, African Americans had to use separate bathrooms, or African Americans had to use separate theaters)